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"Machie's US Election Coverage"

Okay I'm going to be following the election all night so I might as well share my results with the rest of you so you can see how things are going.

I might be wrong but I believe the people in America cast their votes for electors and they decide who the president and vice president are. There are 538 elected representatives so to win the election one of the candidates needs to win over half that number, which is 270 odd.

These representatives arent spread out equally among the states because some states are much larger than others in terms of population. Here's a map showing the number of representatives in each state. And here you can see which states were won during the last election between Bush and Kerry.

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RESULTS
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OBAMA - BIDEN

Projected (349)

California (55)
Colorado (9)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
Florida (27)
Illonois (21)
Indiana (11)
Iowa (7)
Maine (4)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (12)
Pennsylvania (21)
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (15)
Ohio (20)
Oregon (7)
Michigan (17)
Minnesota (10)
Nevada (5)
New Mexico (5)
North Carolina (15)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
Washington (11)
Washington D.C. (3)
Wisconsin (10)


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MCCAIN - PALIN

Projected (173)

Alabama (9)
Alaska (3)
Arkansas (6)
Arizona (10)
Georgia (15)
Idaho (4)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (9)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (11)
Montana (3)
Nebraska (5)
North Dakota (3)
Oklahoma (7)
South Carolina (8)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Texas (34)
Utah (5)
West Virginia (5)
Wyoming (3)

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Machie wrote:
> Okay I'm going to be following the election all night...

Blimey - you're going to be tired at work tomorrow, unless you are on your hols (or having a duvet day!)...


EDIT: Don't want to spoil your fun but it looks like the BBC have the same idea.



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I tried renaming the thread (Machie's US Election Coverage) but it looks like we cant do that anymore.

Should start getting more results later tonight.

Machie wrote:
> "I can't
> imagine a President being named Obama"

Just eurgh!
"A mother who is an atheist, that really gets to me, and a father who is a Muslim that should get to everyone!"
Eurgh!
Why is she allowed to vote?

"I can't imagine a President being named Obama"

Hah. Who does that make Batman? :D

This election seems awfully familiar. It's almost word for word. Oh my god he is the Penguin!

Okay I'm going to be following the election all night so I might as well share my results with the rest of you so you can see how things are going.

I might be wrong but I believe the people in America cast their votes for electors and they decide who the president and vice president are. There are 538 elected representatives so to win the election one of the candidates needs to win over half that number, which is 270 odd.

These representatives arent spread out equally among the states because some states are much larger than others in terms of population. Here's a map showing the number of representatives in each state. And here you can see which states were won during the last election between Bush and Kerry.

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RESULTS
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OBAMA - BIDEN

Projected (349)

California (55)
Colorado (9)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
Florida (27)
Illonois (21)
Indiana (11)
Iowa (7)
Maine (4)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (12)
Pennsylvania (21)
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (15)
Ohio (20)
Oregon (7)
Michigan (17)
Minnesota (10)
Nevada (5)
New Mexico (5)
North Carolina (15)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
Washington (11)
Washington D.C. (3)
Wisconsin (10)


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MCCAIN - PALIN

Projected (173)

Alabama (9)
Alaska (3)
Arkansas (6)
Arizona (10)
Georgia (15)
Idaho (4)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (9)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (11)
Montana (3)
Nebraska (5)
North Dakota (3)
Oklahoma (7)
South Carolina (8)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Texas (34)
Utah (5)
West Virginia (5)
Wyoming (3)

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