Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Ballot Measure updates
West Coast puts Obama over the edge
11 pm: Preliminary results from California, Washington and Oregon give Obama enough electoral votes to seal the victory. Barack Obama wins the presidency of the United States of America, networks project.
Nebraska, South Dakota to McCain
10:44 pm: NBC and CBS have called South Dakota for McCain. ABC, CBS and Fox News have all called Nebraska for McCain.
Bickering the West Wing
At the White House Bicker 2008 Election Returns Party at Whig-Clio, more than three-quarters of the hundreds of students present seem to be getting what they want: a victory for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
As for the others, at least they get a free T-shirt, pizza, taco bell and (non-alcoholic) apple cider in consolation.
Chloe Bordewich '12 and Amina Igeh '12 said they came to Whig-Clio immediately after getting back from canvassing for the Obama campaign in Bucks County, Pa.
Both said that they are confident that Obama will secure victory. Igeh said “she’ll be overcome by a combination of exhaustion and joy later.”
Students of both major political affiliations share their belief in the gravity of this election. Simona Li '10 said she thinks “this is an awesome event” and “hope[s] it's something [she] can tell [her] grandkids about.”
Taylor Stewart-Cannon '12 also shared his view on the event.
“I’m definitely impressed by the turnout," he said. "It is more evidence our generation has taken ownership of our future."
- Contributor Raymond Brusca '12
Don't Turn off your TV yet
Still too Close to Call
10:12 pm: Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska, Arizona and Colorado are all still too close to call.
Update: early night...?
Find your Inner Geek
Are you bombarded by election information? Are you sitting in front of your TV or computer screen not knowing which races to watch, or what the numbers really mean?
PrinceCast: Election special
Check out the latest PrinceCast, recorded amidst the hubbub of the 'Prince' newsroom, specially for election night. It features Associate Editor for Opinion Barry Caro '09, Columnist Brandon Lowden '09, Executive Editor for Content Development Mike Shapiro '09 and special guest Kyle Smith '09 from Nassau Research. They discuss election day — voting on campus, voting absentee, the campus' political make-up and more.
Frank Lautenberg (D) wins re-election as New Jersey senator
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has been projected by the Newark Star-Ledger to win a fifth term in office, beating Republican challenger Dick Zimmer.
-Princetonian Senior Writer Doug Eshleman '10
Princeton Borough District 1 goes for Obama
Exit polls by The Daily Princetonian throughout the day show students voting in Princeton Borough District 1 overwhelmingly supporting Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
Out of 280 student voters polled at the Trinity Church polling station, 86.4 percent of Princeton student voters reported voting for Obama, while 11.8 percent reported voting for McCain.
Of the voters polled, 52.9 percent of voters identified as Democrats, 32.5 percent identified as Independent, and 11.3 percent identified as Republicans.
Among registered Republicans, five voted for Obama, and among registered Democrats, only one voted for McCain.
In New Jersey races, 74.1 percent reported supporting Democratic candidate Frank Lautenberg for Senate and 84.8 percent reported supporting Democratic candidate Rush Holt for Congress.
The exit poll also asked voters to identify the issue that they weighed most heavily in casting their vote for a presidential candidate. Thirty-one percent of voters indicated that they prioritized issues relating to the economy, 17.1 percent selected foreign policy, and 11.1 percent considered “Presidential candidate’s character” most important.
-Reilly Kiernan '10, Princetonian Senior Writer
Election 2008: Round One of electoral votes
Most major news networks have determined Arizona Sen. John McCain will win the reliably Republican states of Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina.
Sen. Barack Obama has been projected to win the typically Democratic states of New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont and Maine as well as the District of Columbia and Obama's home state of Illinois.
ABC and NBC have called the important battleground state of Pennsylvania for Obama.
CBS and FOX have called West Virginia for McCain.
-Princetonian staff writer Jack Ackerman '11
Saying it all
Sometimes, succinctness wins. Check out this 'Prince' exit poll response. Agree or disagree, you gotta hand it to this guy: short, sweet, to the point.
This just in: Mitch Daniels '71 re-elected Indiana governor
Mitch Daniels ’71 (R) is the projected winner of the gubernatorial race in
- Senior writer Cornelia Hall '10
Blog Love: Nassau Research
As you can see in this article in the 'Prince', Princeton overwhelmingly supports Obama. But there's more to the story. Check out Nassau Research's blog, where you can get an exhaustive picture of Princeton's political composition. How liberal are we? How gung ho are McCain's supporters? What issues were most important to Obama supporters? It's all there in graphical format.
Election 2008: Post-classes at Trinity Church
As any good West Wing fan knows, rain depresses voter turnout. But the rain has not slowed students down this afternoon. A post-classes rush actually had students waiting in lines. The lines have now subsided and things are moving quickly again. Even though the polls won't close for two and a half hours, we've already seen huge turn-outs for District 1. 850 votes and counting. This doesn't even include the students who've voted via provisional ballot. Joshua Leinsdorf, an experienced Independent poll worker here today, confirms that this is an unprecedented turn-out.
Part of the turn out can be attributed to the great non-partisan efforts to register voters this year. Although critics of voter registration drives say that an increase in registration doesn't guarantee an increase in votes, such critics would be dismayed by the results in this district. For instance, this district saw so many new registrations in the fall that the Mercer County Board of Elections had to produce a "supplemental" booklet of 400 names. (In the voting process, people need to sign for themselves in a pre-printed booklet). Although 400 is only 1/6 of the total number of registered voters for this district, more than 1/6 of the voters have been found in this supplemental booklet, suggesting that a good proportion of newly registered voters are indeed voting. This is good news for voter registration projects on campus.
Election 2008: "Raining in" the polls
The drizzle out there hasn't dampened the spirits. Voters are still filing into Trinity and Icahn to vote in the last two and a half hours before the polls close at 8 p.m. Lines in both places haven't been long at all, and once you've checked your name off, the queue for the booths themselves are moving pretty easily too.
My reporters haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary, just hundreds of young people contributing their own part in making history.
There was, however, a middle-aged man in front of Nassau Hall loudly proclaiming his support for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to passerby. He certainly turned some heads.
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