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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 
That’s right, we don’t have TV, so, are there any good, live sights? Ones that will update automatically and what not? We (I) do have radio, so that’ll be on, but does anyone now some good websites for live results?

Hobbes [Smile]
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Slate.com will be posting exit poll information as soon as they get it.
 
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Plenty of sources on the internet, I'm sure...

Kwea
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
Just keep asking on hatrack. Somebody always has the answer.
 
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
 
WTOP is the local news station for the DC metro area. You can listen online; they have connections with CBS, so around 2000EST or so, they'll start getting in the results.

--j_k
 
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
 
I get most of my news from my LiveJournal friends list, believe it or not. Most news tends to hit there rather quickly.

electoral-vote is showing a neck-to-neck race, with Kerry slightly in the lead. The site hasn't been updated in several hours, though, so I don't know how accurate this is. dailykos has some exit polls up that are predicting Kerry right now, though they caution that exit polls may not be accurate. And there's always Google News. Those are the sites I've been hitting, along with the LJ friends list.
 
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
 
A friend of mine is a pollster, and has been updating his LiveJournal with numbers from various sites as he gets them. I would link directly to his journal, but he friendslocks everything so it wouldn't be very useful. Instead I will copy some stuff he has posted.

Posted 2:15, from the dailykos site:
quote:


from dailykos, which got 'em someplace else. READ THE DISCLAIMER. DO NOT REJOICE YET.

Kerry/Bush, Kerry leads in bold. No idea why some states are listed twice.

AZ: 45/55
CO: 48/51
LA: 42/57
MI: 51/48 WI: 52/48
PA: 60/40
OH: 52/48
FL: 51/48
MI: 51/47
NM: 50/48
MN: 58/40
WI: 52/43 IA: 49/49
NH: 57/41
In 2000, the early numbers favored Bush. In 2002, exit polling was terribly innacurate. Exit polling also doesn't account for absentee and early ballots. And it's still early in the day. PA and MN will be much closer than these number indicate.

So please, please take with a giant grain of sand.

Posted 3:18:

quote:

No new numbers, but from a dailykos post, the reason some states appeared twice:

AZ 45-55
CO 48-51
LA 42-57
MI 51-48
WI 52-48
PA 60-40
OH 52-48
FL 51-48

A second round of polls, conducted by the Kerry campaign, show similar trends, also suggesting the senator will will New Mexico and New Hampshire.

MICH 51-47
NM 50-48
MINN 58-40
WISC 52-43
IOWA 49-49
NH 57-41

Posted 3:57, from slate:

quote:

Slate posts new numbers, but unclear of their age. They ARE different.

http://www.slate.com/id/2109053/

Florida
Kerry 50
Bush 49

Ohio
Kerry 50
Bush 49

Pennsylvania
Kerry 54
Bush 45

Wisconsin
Kerry 51
Bush 46

Michigan
Kerry 51
Bush 47

Minnesota
Kerry 58
Bush 40

Nevada
Kerry 48
Bush 50

New Mexico
Kerry 50
Bush 48

North Carolina
Kerry 49
Bush 51

Colorado
Kerry 46
Bush 53

Posted 4:20:

quote:

From dailykos, again.

Ohio - African American precincts are performing at 106% what we expected, based on historical numbers. Hispanic precincts are at 144% what we expected. Precincts that went for Gore are turning out 8% higher then those that went Bush in 2000. Democratic base precincts are performing 15% higher than GOP base precincts.
Florida - Dem base precincts are performing 14% better than Bush base precincts. In precincts that went for Gore, they are doing 6% better than those that went for Bush. African American precincts at 109%, Hispanic precincts at 106%.

Pennsylvania - African American precincts at 102% of expectations, Hispanics at 136% of expectations. The Gore precincts are doing 4 percent better than bush precincts.

Michigan - Democratic base precincts are 8% better than GOP base states. Gore precincts are 5% better than Bush.

Posted 4:40

quote:

Wonkette posts new numbers. No idea WHEN these are from, but pretty ****ing excited about them.

If they're true.

FL: 52/48 - KERRY
OH: 52/47 - KERRY
MI: 51/48 - KERRY
PA: 58/42 - KERRY
IA: 50/48 - KERRY
WI: 53/47 - KERRY
MN: 57/42 - KERRY
NH: 58/41 - KERRY
ME: 55/44 - KERRY

NM: 49/49 - TIE

NV: 48/49 - BUSH
CO: 49/50 - BUSH
AR: 45/54 - BUSH
NC: 47/53 - BUSH

A NOTE ON EXITS/EARLY POLLING: We post these numbers because information wants to be free! Run, information! Run for your life!

UPDATE: K/B 50/49 in fla at 4:15, says another birdie.



[ November 02, 2004, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: xnera ]
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
10) Magic 8-Ball

9) Sit outside. See what your neighbors are doing. If the guy with the Kerry Signs starts crying, Bush is winning. If the guy with the Bush sign starts praying, Kerry is winning.

If they both come out side and embrace, then shoot themselves, Ralph Nader won.

8) Build a time machine, go into the future by 20 years, got to the nearest library and see if we've figured out who won yet.

7)Radio?

6) Go outside and check for smoke signals.

5) Go to the nearest liquor store and do a straw poll of who is buying the most alcohol. That would be the losers. (Sure the winners will want to drink, but the losers will drink to forget)

4) Go to Boston and get a hotel outside the Democratic Party Celebration. If Kerry starts loosing, the lights will go out early. If it is going to be close, or if he is winning, then the black helicopters will arrive and he'll be arrested as an "Enemy Supporter" and disappear from public view.

3) Bug the U-Haul offices in Washington DC. Whoever starts calling them about moving furniture will allow you to figure out who, if anyone, is moving into DC, and who is moving out.

2)Go to a bar with a TV. BE WARNED, Mind-numbing drugs and election results may cause one to slip into a coma, and like it.

1) Go to Drudge/Limbaugh/etc conservative radio web-sites. They are already saying Bush is the winner, and will continue to promote the undeniable assertion that President Bush is still in the White House, Iraqi's love us, The EU doesn't matter, and Global Warning is both an irresistible force that cannot be changed and a fraud made up by greed hack-scientists, no matter who is in the White house come February.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
You can listen to the NationalPublicRadio audiostream.

[ November 02, 2004, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by Amanecer (Member # 4068) on :
 
yahoo.com has a nice little map on the front page that parallels exactly what they're saying on the news. Hope that helps [Smile]
 
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 
I'm looking at http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/
at the moment - seems to be a decent coverage.
 


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