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Chamchiman
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Location: Digging the Grave
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 Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: What time will we meet the new US president? |
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| To the Americans/political junkies: Do the first polls close at 8am (Korea time) on Wednesday? Given that there are no major irregularities like 2000, what time will the results start rolling in? (Presumably I'll be teaching at the time, but I'd like to keep an eye on the numbers.) |
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Big Pun Lives
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| My guess is 11 am or Noonish... |
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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking lawyers are going to play a big hand in delaying the results, so we might know who the next president is by Wednesday evening or possibly even Thursday (if not later). |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe I'm just remembering wrong, but usually, assuming there's nothing contentious, it's usually official-ish by late that night. I'd assume we'll know by 1 or 2pm on Weds (our time). |
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Pooty
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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I bet there'll be a lot of pissed off people if Obama doesn't win... 
Of course, it looks like he'll win...just sayin' |
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Ya-ta Boy
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Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| If the polls close at 8PM EST, then we should tune in at 10AM here, right? |
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The Grumpy Senator
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| The US has more than one time zone. I do not think the polls close at 5pm in California. |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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We already know it's going to be Obama, but...
if he wins VA, Penn., FLA, which're all on the east coast, we could know early that he won the whole thing.
if he does poorly there or it's close, we might have to wait for Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Indiana, which would delay it a little bit.
Either way if we don't know by beer o'clock (5PM) something's gone horribly wrong. |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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I predict a McCain win.
You heard it here first folks. |
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Chamchiman
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Location: Digging the Grave
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| If the polls close at 8PM EST, then we should tune in at 10AM here, right? |
When I checked CNN's website at 8:15 this morning, it was one day 23 hours and 45 minutes until the first polls close. That makes it 8am Wednesday morning (I think). I'm going by what they said.
The thing I'm not sure about though is when the results are going to start rolling in. In Canada we use a pencil and a piece of paper to vote, and the eastern provinces are not allowed to announce results for fear of affecting voting in the west - they can count the ballots before the polling stations in the west even close! (I don't know about in the States though - it seems like the system is WAY slower, more complicated and litigious there.) |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Morton wrote: |
I predict a McCain win.
You heard it here first folks. |
Riots by 11pm. |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
Location: Classified
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| jdog2050 wrote: |
| Morton wrote: |
I predict a McCain win.
You heard it here first folks. |
Riots by 11pm. |
Riots I can deal with. Small price. |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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We already know it's going to be Obama, but...
if he wins VA, Penn., FLA, which're all on the east coast, we could know early that he won the whole thing.
if he does poorly there or it's close, we might have to wait for Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Indiana, which would delay it a little bit.
Either way if we don't know by beer o'clock (5PM) something's gone horribly wrong. |
While we might be waiting on New Mexico and/or Missouri, Ohio and Indiana are on eastern standard time, so their results should come in around the same time as New York and Florida |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Chamchiman wrote: |
| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| If the polls close at 8PM EST, then we should tune in at 10AM here, right? |
When I checked CNN's website at 8:15 this morning, it was one day 23 hours and 45 minutes until the first polls close. That makes it 8am Wednesday morning (I think). I'm going by what they said. |
The FIRST polls close at 8AM KST, but not all of them. We'll start seeing exit polling early in the morning hours, but no clear winner will probably be known until around noonish I'd say. That would be 10PM east coast, and by then the polls will be closed except west of the Rockies (BOCTAOE).
The thing you have to remember is that every polling district decides when they close. There isn't a uniform time for every station to close. Or maybe it's the state that decides, I can't remember. |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| ReeseDog wrote: |
| jdog2050 wrote: |
| Morton wrote: |
I predict a McCain win.
You heard it here first folks. |
Riots by 11pm. |
Riots I can deal with. Small price. |
For four years?  |
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