A first: Obama-Romney tie in Dixville Notch ~ So it begins!

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mrstickball said:

JOKA_ said:
Maybe this is just me, but it has always seemed wrong that the results were broadcast while the election is still happening. I can totally see people being swayed to just not vote because they see that their candidate is winning/losing by the afternoon.

It just seems better to wait until the end so that no one is affected by these early reports

OT: Yeah I think this is going to be a close race

The vote in New Hampshire is an absolute anomaly, and if anything else, a novelty. Only about 50 votes were cast.

The real crime is when election results are posted in states that still have voting going on. Florida was real bad about that in 2000 for Bush v. Gore.

I remember that.  haha.  some people were really pissed.

Didn't they call it for Gore early?  I believe it was channel 4 news that did it first and everyone else just copied.