Call the Electoral Vote

[garbon]

I'm basking in the sunshine of my state's enlightened, progressive dawn.

Well I'm not interested and you aren't thin.

[dps]

One thing about your elections I find odd is the winner take all thing. For instance in a state with say 20 electoral votes, if I win by one single vote, I get all 20 electoral votes. Not exactly representative of the state is it?

Gee, I'm glad you pointed it out.  Somehow, no one else had managed to notice it in the last 200 years or so.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm basking in the sunshine of my state's enlightened, progressive dawn.

Well I'm not interested and you aren't thin.

I know. 

[Drakken]

One thing about your elections I find odd is the winner take all thing. For instance in a state with say 20 electoral votes, if I win by one single vote, I get all 20 electoral votes. Not exactly representative of the state is it?

The Electoral College ceased largely to matter when it became illegal to vote out of their designated mandates for most Electors.

[DGuller]

Bah.  I made my prediction before Nate Silver updated Florida to lean ever-so-slightly Obama.

[garbon]

One thing about your elections I find odd is the winner take all thing. For instance in a state with say 20 electoral votes, if I win by one single vote, I get all 20 electoral votes. Not exactly representative of the state is it?

The Electoral College ceased largely to matter when it became illegal to vote out of their designated mandates for most Electors.

Slightly less than half the states have laws making it a illegal to be a faithless elector and for most of our history, faithless electors haven't changed much.

[Ideologue]

Along with the rise of women, this election may also symbolize the last hurrah of white voters.

What are you talking about?  My candidate won.

[garbon]

Along with the rise of women, this election may also symbolize the last hurrah of white voters.

What are you talking about?  My candidate won.

Which has little to do with his statement.

[Josephus]

One thing about your elections I find odd is the winner take all thing. For instance in a state with say 20 electoral votes, if I win by one single vote, I get all 20 electoral votes. Not exactly representative of the state is it?

Gee, I'm glad you pointed it out.  Somehow, no one else had managed to notice it in the last 200 years or so.

I didn't say it was an original thought. I just said it was stupid.

[The Minsky Moment]

Major non-President winners from tonight? Paul Ryan and Nate Silver.

No so. 
The most significant non-Presidential winner is Ben Bernanke, assuming he wants to accept his reappointment.

[DGuller]

I guess the optimal strategy was to just follow 538 (which I tried to do, but then he switched around FL on me at the last minute).

[Martim Silva]

I would like to deeply thank all Americans for having reelected Obama, thus showing their commitment to a mutilateral, cooperative US.

That said, Portugal and Greece will need new bailouts and Spain also requires one. The EU alone can't afford it all, so the IMF will have to chip in. The US under Obama will be more willing to hand over the billions needed, so this is very good for us.

So, thank you very much to all and start forking over your tax dollars *stretches palm*

[Caliga]

  Nice post, brown Mart.

[The Minsky Moment]

I would like to deeply thank all Americans for having reelected Obama, thus showing their commitment to a mutilateral, cooperative US.

That said, Portugal and Greece will need new bailouts and Spain also requires one. The EU alone can't afford it all, so the IMF will have to chip in. The US under Obama will be more willing to hand over the billions needed, so this is very good for us.

So, thank you very much to all and start forking over your tax dollars *stretches palm*

I suggest you rethink this plan, and start taking crash courses in Mandarin ASAP.

[Maximus]

Bah.  I made my prediction before Nate Silver updated Florida to lean ever-so-slightly Obama.

Florida didn't matter. The race was called before Florida was.