U.S Presidential Elections - Dare to call it?

Capt'n Midnight

Countdown to the recount
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* How to make your vote recount
* Where to re-register for the re-vote
* When will the next president be appointed?
* Polls show Supreme Court split 5-4:a closer look at the swing justices
* The Electral College reconsidered for the 20 billionth time
* Is your state really a state
* Your dead relatives:how they'll vote, and why
* A state-by-state breakdown of likley fraud and malfeasance
* Should the two Americas hold separate elections?
* A look at the recount campaign ads
* Which facts to ignore and which emotional pleas to take to heart
* Five reasons why you may or may not want to throw
up your hands and stop caring altogether

omnicorp

sorry, it was some president anyway. Carter?
i don't know, I remember reading in the Irish Times: Fomer president so and so...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

"jimmy carter says yes
jimmy carter says yes"

utter bastard that chap

omnicorp

oh shut up... wait your right.

I think a good bush up the ass would sreve those gun-totting americans right.

therecklessone

omnicorp wrote:

sorry, it was some president anyway. Carter?
i don't know, I remember reading in the Irish Times: Fomer president so and so...

Maybe it was Mary Robinson? Or His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular?

omnicorp

no, It was a Us president overseeing elections in other countries

mycroft

omnicorp wrote:

sorry, it was some president anyway. Carter?
i don't know, I remember reading in the Irish Times: Fomer president so and so...

Only you could mix harry "I helped invent the cold war" truman with Jimmy "nice guy" carter.......

segadreamcast

Kerry - I seriously think it's a *lot* closer than people care to realise right now.

lucernarian

Is it likely that the Electoral College could be tied 269-269?

Methinks that George W will just about nick it as when in doubt, people are probably more likely to vote for the incumbent moron when they have to choose more or less between two candidates.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

that's what seperates america from the rest of the world?

lucernarian

Who said anything about America being different from the rest of the world? I certainly didn't mean to and I will edit my post accordingly now. In any case the point was that George Bush will IMO probably get elected.

Victor

Mordeth wrote:

that's what seperates america from the rest of the world?

The Oceans.

bonkey

To_be_confirmed wrote:

Methinks ... when in doubt, people are probably more likely to vote for the incumbent moron when they have to choose more or less between two candidates.

In contrast to that, I've seen a number of interviews with US election "experts", and they have generally agreed that - come voting day - the undecided voters who go out and vote typically break 2-1 in favour of the challenger.

jc

PH01

Get back on topic, or else I'm telling...

rainbow kirby

I want to see a Kerry win.
I fear a Bush win.

simu

Dubya will win. :eek:

SkepticOne

I'll go with Kerry to win.

Villain

Hard to call it, could very easily go eitehr way, all eyes on Florida do as I think that state will decide the election, or maybe even the Supreme Court again.

meepmeep

Its gonna be Bush.

I feel it in me bones.

ixoy

Despite the latest polls indicating a neck-and-neck tie, I'm going to say Bush will win it because the world's a mean place. If matters come to asking the Supreme Court for a decision, or for it to passed before the Senate, I think I'll weep but I fear it won't even come to that. I could ask why, why, Bush is doing as well as he is but it's something we're probably all asking... *sigh* Oh well nearly there

therecklessone

I said Kerry earlier, but I've a sinking feeling that OBL's appearance on video will tilt the election in Bush's favour...

Read an interesting article in the Observer yesterday. If the electoral college is tied, the House of Reps choose a President, and the Senate a VP.

Now the House is sewn up for the GOP, but there's a small chance the Dems could take back the Senate. In that case it could be a Bush/Edwards administration.

T'would be worth the mayhem...

ferdi

bush

jank

I have an increasing expectation thats its going to be kerry!
Record number of new voters should tip the scale in his favour, although its going to be close!


go kerry

jank

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Interesting read there also note on what it says on the mobile phone factor, but tbh I would be surprised if kerry wins by that margin but if he takes florida and pennsylvania(sp?) then it must be kerry. If bush loses ohio(which would be a big turnaround :eek: ) then kerry i think will walk it but its all too close to call it will be an interesting night.
Kinda looking forward to staying up and watching it on cnn bbc and sky news!

Hawaii could go bush aswell!

dahamsta

Interesting to note that the developer of the Electoral Vote website "came out" today. He's Andrew Tanenbaum, the developer of MINIX (which is the precursor to Linux). Read more here:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/info/votemaster-faq.html

adam

BattleBoar

Based on the trends I'm seeing, I really think Kerry will be the winner. However, if it's very close, and it looks like it will be, both sides will mount so many legal challenges that we may very well not know for sure on Wednesday morning (or mourning, as the case may be).

AngelofFire

Interesting section on msnbc.com, you can pick and choose who you think will win in each state and it counts up the electoral vote for you. If kerry looses ohio he can still secure the electoral college if he wins the other midwest states and florida, and of course the traditional democratic voting states. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6028629/?ta=y

Wonder what the odds are for Kerry to win texas

threebeards

If the Washington Redskins have anything to do with it, Kerry is on his way to the White House.

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp

The 'Redskins' were beaten last night.

BattleBoar

AngelofFire wrote:

Wonder what the odds are for Kerry to win texas

Let's put it this way: It's a good thing that Kerry doesn't need to carry Texas to win.

Agent Orange

Kerry will win, and it won't be by a small margin.