Hot damn.
McCain’s chances of victory are estimated at 1.9 percent, their lowest total of the year.
Full analysis here. Maestro Nate says: “Our final polling update of the campaign will follow in the early afternoon tomorrow.” Aiieee! polling crack ends; obsessive watching of returns begins.
Archive for November 3rd, 2008
nate silver: today’s polls, 11.03.08, p.m. edition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, 538, battleground state polls, fivethirtyeight.com, Nate Silver, national polls, state polls, swing state polls, today's polls on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
rachel maddow: the new poll tax
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, disenfranchised voters in Ohio and Florida, election waiting lines, the new poll tax, The Rachel Maddow Show on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How did it come to this?? Shocking that the number of Ohio voters who gave up on the wait at polls in 2004, around 129,000 residents, was 10,000 more than Bush’s margin of victory.
palin’s personnel board finds no wrongdoing in troopergate
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AK Muckraker, AKM, Alaska politics, Mudflats, personnel board finds Palin not guilty, Sarah Palin, troopergate, Walt Monegan on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus. What an absurd finding. Thank god for AK Muckraker’s perspective on this. For the latest scoop on the local politicking, see the rest of the Mudflats roundup here:
This investigation agreed with the findings of the Legislative investigation that Palin was within her rights to fire Monegan, who was an at-will employee. Monegan himself has never disputed Palin’s [...]
nate silver’s election night guide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, 538, fivethirtyeight.com, Nate Silver, Nate Silver's election night guide on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fantastic! Your guide to informed & obsessed Tuesday night viewing. This excerpt is from 538 about what Nate’s up to on election night (live-blogging & coverage with Dan Rather on HDNet), and the whole blow-by-blow of poll-watching is at Newsweek here.
7 PM EST. Polls close in Virginia and Georgia, as well as most of Florida [...]
ted stevens AWOL juror left trial to watch horse race
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AK Muckraker, Alaska politics, Juror #4 AWOL, juror left trial for horse race, Mudflats, Stevens juror lied about funeral, Stevens trial juror admits father didn't die, Ted Stevens trial on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
File under: you can’t make this stuff up. Of all the bizarre stories, turns out that Juror #4, who said she left the Ted Stevens trial to attend her father’s funeral, actually went to the Breeder’s Cup. Mudflats quotes the choice bits from the Anchorage Daily News:
“I just wanted to go to the Breeder’s Cup,” she told reporters [...]
prop 8 divides LDS faithful
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, civil rights, marriage equality, Mormons against Prop 8, Mormons split on Prop 8, no on Prop 8, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage on November 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From a recent Salt Lake Tribune article (again, h/t Sullivan):
Oldham, a lifelong Mormon, is troubled by her church’s zeal in supporting a California ballot initiative that would define marriage as between one man and one woman. She feels the church is bringing politics into her sanctuary.
against gay marriage.
It has tainted everything for me,” Oldham said, [...]
