OFFICIAL 2012 Election Day Thread.

[pghin08]

I would hardly call it a landslide, since pretty much all of the toss-up states went down to the wire, and it looks like the popular vote went to O by less than 2%.

The landslide has much to do with portrayal though. First off, RealClearPolitics has the popular vote gap at 2.2%, and that could expand as the day and weeks wear on, since most of the votes still to be counted are coming from states that lean Democratic (Maine, CT, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, etc). It also looks like Florida will more than likely end up in the Obama column, making the final electoral vote 332-206, a margin of victory that no one predicted for him (though some predicted it for Romney). The media hyped this up to be a closer race than it actually was. And I disagree with your assessment on the "toss-up" states being close. Romney was showing leads in Florida and North Carolina, and Obama polled better than most anticipated in both states. The only one that should be somewhat surprising is how close Ohio ended up being. Beyond that however, it was a fairly easy road for Mr. O. Here are the other "toss-up" states and how Obama has done (these are RealClearPolitics numbers):

Virginia- Obama takes by 3%
Pennsylvania- Obama takes by 5.1%
Wisconsin- Obama takes by 6.5%
New Hampshire- Obama takes by 5.4%
Michigan (not really a toss-up to me, but Romney thought he had a shot)- Obama takes by 7.9%
Colorado- Obama takes by 4.5%
Iowa- Obama takes by 5.6%
Nevada- Obama takes by 6.6%

Those really aren't all that close.

[Wickabee]

I would hardly call it a landslide, since pretty much all of the toss-up states went down to the wire, and it looks like the popular vote went to O by less than 2%.

Yeah but all the polls you said were accurate have been proven very wrong while all the polls you said were skewed were actually good indicators.

Left wing mainstream media? Looks like they nailed it with your fair and balanced non mainstream sources were championing a Romney win that never happened.

[AUTaxMan]

I think I hit on this yesterday but didn't draw it out. The GOP lost sight is the fact of a changing demographics of the country. Romney carried all those towns with a large white population. In many areas with a larger Hispanic, he just didnt not get he vote. Florida is a prime example . As well the Woman vote. I think we know what happened there.

This is exactly right, and it's why I was wrong in my prediction.

[MadMan1978]

This is exactly right, and it's why I was wrong in my prediction.

Remember what i said "What is not in the poll is more telling?"

[Wickabee]

This is exactly right, and it's why I was wrong in my prediction.

You weren't wrong. The fair and balanced polls you followed were wrong. The ones you called skewed were right.

So is being correct a "bias" or...?