OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS THREAD

ATLANTA (AP) -- Flooding the polls in what looked to be record numbers, Georgia voters backed President Bush and chose Republican Johnny Isakson to replace maverick Democratic Sen. Zell Miller.

- PRESIDENT GETS BETTER WITH AGE: The older Georgia voters were, the stronger their support was for Bush. The president solidly carried every age group over 30, and narrowly lost to Democrat John Kerry among 18- to 29-year-olds. His strongest support was among voters over 60, who opted for him over Kerry by an almost 2-to-1 margin. The findings were nearly identical in the Senate race, where Democrat Denise Majette barely won among voters of 18 to 29 years of age but lost to Republican Johnny Isakson in every other age group, especially among seniors.

-- POLITICS IN BLACK AND WHITE: Georgia saw a major racial divide in the elections for president and senator, but black and white voters were lockstep in their support for the constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. The vast majority of white voters supported Bush and Isakson, while an even stronger majority of blacks opted for Kerry and Majette. More than three quarters of all black voters backed the amendment, slightly higher than the percentage of white voters who favored it. More than half of white voters said they were Republicans, while almost three-quarters of black voters said they were Democrats.

 

54% Kerry and 45% Bush in Ohio so far...wow.
Gina

 

Bush wins North Carolina and Virginia. This gives him 102 electoral votes.

 

With 23% of the precincts reporting in Florida, Bush is ahead 53.9% to 45.2%.

 

Ain't nothing like a clear cut decision.

 

Here's a clue:

Dan Rather looks rather sad.

 

Poor Baby.

 

In Arkansas, the marriage ammendment is marching on to victory:

Yes - 2,948 (81%)
No - 682 (19%)

 

Florida race for President 2419 of 7241 precincts - 33 percent

George W. Bush (i) Rep 1,566,597 - 56 percent
John F. Kerry Dem 1,201,356 - 43 percent
Ralph Nader RP 22,334 - 1 percent
Michael Badnarik Lib 4,983 - 0 percent
Michael Peroutka CST 2,010 - 0 percent
David Cobb Grn 1,395 - 0 percent
Walter Brown Soc 1,036 - 0 percent
James Harris SWP 814 - 0 percent

 

Sometimes I think there is more media hype than is reality about how close the race is.

 

Yahoo is showing 35% of the precincts reporting in Florida, but the Florida Division of Elections is only showing 28% reporting.

 

Bush wins Texas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, North Dakota.

Kerry wins New York and Rhode Island.

 

Here is a link to the 2000 Election Results Map for comparison:

http://www.multied.com/elections/ElectUSA2000.gif

 

Bush 153
Kerry 112

 

Yahoo has Bush with 156

 

Did I miscalculate or did he pick up another state?

 

I lost track of the states you listed, here is the map I am using:

http://news.yahoo.com/elections

 

They just said on our local news that many of the counties in Florida have not counted the absentee ballots or the early votes yet, so what we are seeing is just those who voted today. My wife voted today, she said my name was on the list as "absentee ballot" even though I voted early and not absentee, I guess that is just how they will count them.

 

These early results depend on where the votes are coming from.

None of us who voted for President Bush had better count our chickens before they hatch. Until and unless he reaches 270 electoral votes, be afraid, be very afraid.

 

"God hath not given us the spirit of fear" (II Tim. 1:7)