Election 2004
November 2nd, 2004What follows is my totally live (and totally un-spellchecked) coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election. Enjoy.
6:55PM
Here it is, it’s all comes down to this. The first polls close in five minutes (including Virginia). I’m watching CNN, the only news station we get (not that I’m complaining about CNN), but they don’t have a big board with cutouts (they do have a big electronic board however). CNN has signs from the three major candidates in the backgro… wait, Nader has a running mate named Camejo? I didn’t know that!
6:57PM
THE first POLLS CLOSE IN THREE MINUTES! I wonder if Wolf Blitzer has insurance on his face…
7:00PM
The first polls have closed, and Bush is winning 34 to 3 (Virginia isn’t predicted yet). Not a good start for the Kerry morale
7:20PM
Actually, the Republicans are winning so far in the White House, Senate and House races at the moment. Still nothing of Al Weed for Congress though.
7:30PM
And Bush is up to 39 EV, I’d hate to be Kerry at the moment. Wow, Maine can split it’s electoral votes, that’s really cool. Go Maine! This is cool, the TV, my computer, and CNN.com are all in complete sync time wise. I feel so important.
7:45PM
Not much has been happening, but 16 states are closing in 15 minutes. I’m glad an independant has won a house seat in Vermont. Interesting, more males are voting for Bush than Females, and vice versa for Kerry.
8:00PM
The new poll are in, and Kerry is winning 77 to 66. Florida and Pennsilvania aren’t in yet, both battleground states. Darn! At the moment, Weed (running for 5th district Virginia) is losing 30% to 70% against Incumbant Goode.
8:30PM
Arg, Weed’s going to lose, I can tell. Bush is back up to 84, ahead of Kerry still at 77, and Virginia is now projected to be taken by Bush. Kerry is looking to take Pennsilvania, and Minnesota is up next at 9PM. Ooh, this is getting so exciting!
8:57PM
I forgot that a lot of states are voting to ban same-sex marriages today, and it’s looking like the amendment is doing fairly well, all of the projected outcomes so far going for banning it.
9:00PM
Hey Nebraska can also split it’s votes. Bush is now up 155 to 112, but Minnesota isn’t in yet. Also, nothing projected so far is any different than the 2000 election.
10:00PM
Bush gets Utah, STILL NO MINNESOTA! Come on, people! It’s depressing how poorly Nader is doing, I mean he got upwards of 5 percent in some states in 2000, and he’s bearly scraping 1 or 2 this year.
10:42PM
It’s dark outside. Becoming…difficult…to stay…aWAKE! AH! WHAT’S GOING ON?! Oh wait, false alarm, nothings happened for the past few HOURS! I’ve got my play tomorrow, so I’ll have to go to bed soon. So far, nothing that has been projected to be won that is different than the winner in the 2000 election, so while Bush is leading 193 to 112 EV, in my opinion, it’s still tied. Wow, the Senate race in S. Dakota is almost tied with only 21 votes between Daschle and Thune. Kerry is starting to win Minnesota.
10:50PM
Finally, something happened! Kerry just got Pennsilvania, bringing it up to 133 to 193 with Bush in the lead. Again, same exact track as 2000 (I’m not sure about the states with split EV’s, but give or take 1).
11:00PM
California goes to Kerry, none of the other called yet. As it stands, Bush still has a very slight lead of Kerry with 193 to 188 EV’s.
11:13PM
I have to go to bed now. Current tally: Bush - 197 Kerry - 188, still with no change from 2000. I’d like to point out New Hampshire though, which went Bush in 2000 and is at a dead tie at the moment. Hopefully I can wake up at about 3 to comment once more.
7:41AM
Well, all but New Mexico, Ohio and Iowa. If the same states were called at the 2000 election, Kerry would be looking good, but of the three uncalled states, two went to Gore, and at the moment it’s looking like all three are going to go to Bush. Minnesota went Kerry, as I expected, and Bush won Florida by a much more confortable margin.
