Comments on: Purple State http://simpsonsparadox.com/2008/11/purple-state.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: US Election On Best Political Blogs » Blog Archive » Purple State http://simpsonsparadox.com/2008/11/purple-state.html/comment-page-1#comment-3531 US Election On Best Political Blogs » Blog Archive » Purple State Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:46:54 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=1288#comment-3531 [...] Purple State Votes are finally in for my new home state of NC, our purple state went for Obama by less than 1%. I’m so happy to read “president elect Obama”… [...] [...] Purple State Votes are finally in for my new home state of NC, our purple state went for Obama by less than 1%. I’m so happy to read “president elect Obama”… [...]

]]> By: Meg http://simpsonsparadox.com/2008/11/purple-state.html/comment-page-1#comment-3516 Meg Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:25:53 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=1288#comment-3516 We kept hitting refresh here too, watching the county tallies come in. With a 1% lead for Obama, I really feel like the paperwork hassle in getting registered to vote in our new state, and the long line to cast our votes really was worth it. Now the real work begins for Obama! We kept hitting refresh here too, watching the county tallies come in. With a 1% lead for Obama, I really feel like the paperwork hassle in getting registered to vote in our new state, and the long line to cast our votes really was worth it.

Now the real work begins for Obama!

]]> By: Andrea http://simpsonsparadox.com/2008/11/purple-state.html/comment-page-1#comment-3515 Andrea Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:05:04 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=1288#comment-3515 It's amazing how close the vote was in NC & IN. Ian & I kept refreshing the maps online, and both states kept flipping who was in the lead, and most of the time the margin was less than 10,000 votes. You can't live in NC or IN and think "Eh, 1 vote doesn't matter"! Actually that's true in quite a lot of places at this point - the MN senate race is going to automatic recount because there was less than a 600 vote difference! Ok, sorry, I'm a total political junkie (read: nerd). I love talking about this stuff. Don't know what I'm going to do once there's nothing left to speculate on. (In the meantime, it's fun playing "Guess the Cabinet" for who President Obama will appoint.) It’s amazing how close the vote was in NC & IN. Ian & I kept refreshing the maps online, and both states kept flipping who was in the lead, and most of the time the margin was less than 10,000 votes. You can’t live in NC or IN and think “Eh, 1 vote doesn’t matter”! Actually that’s true in quite a lot of places at this point – the MN senate race is going to automatic recount because there was less than a 600 vote difference!

Ok, sorry, I’m a total political junkie (read: nerd). I love talking about this stuff. Don’t know what I’m going to do once there’s nothing left to speculate on. (In the meantime, it’s fun playing “Guess the Cabinet” for who President Obama will appoint.)

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