Mitt Romney is now very close to ...

[Tender Branson]

47.47% nationally.



Wikipedia keeps track of the latest state results and currently Romney has 47.54%

It would be nice if he actually hit 47.47 there at some point, so I can screenshot it ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Votes_by_state

[hawkeye59]

Or just rounding down to 47%, which would be poetic justice.

[heatmaster]

Yeah well 47.47% or 47.54% at least it says, that % of folks didn't want the anointed one & the casual observer can be excused for noticing, that Obama didn't win the popular vote blow-out he had wished for, the first president since Woodrow Wilson to see his support decrease; also Romney did better than Dukakis in 1988, GHWB in 1992, Dole in 1996 (only Kerry in 2004, did marginally better) and McCain in '08; both percentage wise as well as the EV; the anointed one might have been re-elected, but nothing on the blow-out scale he was expecting; that must catch in a few craw's; in terms of EV scoring, Obama only did better than Wilson, Truman, Carter and Dubya...not Mt. Rushmore territory is it? What would be sweet Irony, is if Obama and Dubya are both at 50.73% each...yep those stats are a bitch!

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Heat.... it doesn't matter. Romney lost, Obama won, and you need to get over it.

OH and while you're at it "the anointed one might have been re-elected, but nothing on the blow-out scale he was expecting; that must catch in a few craw's"... where is there ANY evidence the Obama campaign thought this would happen? Last time I checked, it was only the delusional right... your good self included, that thought Romney would win a blow-out. The Obama campaign knew this would be close and let me tell you... the size of the WINS in CO, NH and WI... and outright win in FL came as a shock even to them.

So either provide commentary based on reality and not your deranged and paranoid ramblings, or GO AWAY.

[BM]

51-47 is a blowout in this polarized environment. 

[Adam Griffin]

Now 47.53%.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Yeah well 47.47% or 47.54% at least it says, that % of folks didn't want the anointed one & the casual observer can be excused for noticing, that Obama didn't win the popular vote blow-out he had wished for, the first president since Woodrow Wilson to see his support decrease; also Romney did better than Dukakis in 1988, GHWB in 1992, Dole in 1996 (only Kerry in 2004, did marginally better) and McCain in '08; both percentage wise as well as the EV; the anointed one might have been re-elected, but nothing on the blow-out scale he was expecting; that must catch in a few craw's;

Dude stop trying. We all know that OFA was expecting a 2000-2004 style race. Only you guys in the right-wing media bubble were expecting 1980.

in terms of EV scoring, Obama only did better than Wilson, Truman, Carter and Dubya...not Mt. Rushmore territory is it?

In terms of Presidents running for re-election post-WWII, Obama did better than Truman, Ford, Carter, Bush 41 and Bush 43 EV wise. PV wise he beat Truman, Ford, Carter, Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43. Obama is the first Democrat to win a majority of the PV twice since FDR. He beat 55% of POTUS' in the PV and 46% EV.

What would be sweet Irony, is if Obama and Dubya are both at 50.73% each...yep those stats are a bitch!

Would be sweet irony. But it won't happen, because millions of ballots still have to be counted in Democratic states, so Romney will drop to 47 and Obama shall rise to 51. Let it go. Obama won, Romney and you guys lost. This "the anointed one" nonsense is just your way of being spiteful. But guess what, he is the "anointed one". He's been "anointed" POTUS by a majority of the people of the USA twice.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Yeah well 47.47% or 47.54% at least it says, that % of folks didn't want the anointed one & the casual observer can be excused for noticing, that Obama didn't win the popular vote blow-out he had wished for, the first president since Woodrow Wilson to see his support decrease; also Romney did better than Dukakis in 1988, GHWB in 1992, Dole in 1996 (only Kerry in 2004, did marginally better) and McCain in '08; both percentage wise as well as the EV; the anointed one might have been re-elected, but nothing on the blow-out scale he was expecting; that must catch in a few craw's; in terms of EV scoring, Obama only did better than Wilson, Truman, Carter and Dubya...not Mt. Rushmore territory is it? What would be sweet Irony, is if Obama and Dubya are both at 50.73% each...yep those stats are a bitch!

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That is all the commas and semicolons you used in that post. You did not use a single period (decimal points and "..." don't count).

[Antonio the Sixth]

C'mon, let's shift 0.04 pts more!

[Statesman]

Yeah well 47.47% or 47.54% at least it says, that % of folks didn't want the anointed one & the casual observer can be excused for noticing, that Obama didn't win the popular vote blow-out he had wished for, the first president since Woodrow Wilson to see his support decrease; also Romney did better than Dukakis in 1988, GHWB in 1992, Dole in 1996 (only Kerry in 2004, did marginally better) and McCain in '08; both percentage wise as well as the EV; the anointed one might have been re-elected, but nothing on the blow-out scale he was expecting; that must catch in a few craw's; in terms of EV scoring, Obama only did better than Wilson, Truman, Carter and Dubya...not Mt. Rushmore territory is it? What would be sweet Irony, is if Obama and Dubya are both at 50.73% each...yep those stats are a bitch!

Romney also won a higher percentage of the popular vote than Clinton in 1992, but sorry, he did not and thankfully never will become president. If your party does not bring itself into some passable approximation of reality within the next couple years they will continue losing elections that they could conceivably have won, and will spend an era in opposition. Which I'd be perfectly fine with, frankly. By the way, if you have not figured it out yet, calling President Obama "the anointed one" makes you sound delusional. Perhaps try "the elected one"?

[heatmaster]

Sorry but Bush 41 won 426 EV in 1988 and 53%; so the anointed one came up 94 EV short There; he only managed by a hair to beat both Truman, JFK and Carter in % did better than Truman and JFK by 29 EV and 35 EV better than Carter; not lamenting his victory, favorite word "lamenting" you lefties, just reminding you...that's all, just in case you Obamamites lose the run of things and start reading too much into the anointed one's mandate; we are not focusing on his 2008 numbers you dweebs...it's 2012 remember!....Obama won and beat Romney, but Judas Priest!....only by so much and yes we all know the anointed one won...again, but let's focus on his 2012 win and not 2008 shall we...that's like saying Reagan was only going to focus on his dramatic 1980 win...when he had been just re-elected in one of the biggest landslide's in history; so again Obama comes on the lower rung of EV victories, we have Wilson with 435 in 1912; 277 in 1916; FDR, 472 in 1932, 523 in 1936, 449 in 1940, 432 in 1944; Truman 303 in 1948; JFK 303 in 1960; LBJ 486 in 1964; Carter 297 in 1976; Clinton 370 in 1992 and 379 in 1996; Obama 365 in 2008 and 332 in 2012. So what a come down from those 2008 figures.  Basically we are back to the 50/50 Red-Blue state split. But it's fun watching the Dems going into spin over-drive trying to confuse those less educated, with incorrect data and stats. It ain't gonna work, when you got the likes of me to remind you of those stubborn stats....and I will from time to time. Trust me, us Republicans are over this "defeat". But as you like to remind us, Obama's campaign was expecting a narrow victory and not the blow-out they had hoped; well that's exactly what they got!...I mean down to 74,000 vote margin in Florida, compared to 2008; what about Ohio, only 107,000 margin....down from 262,000 in 2008....yeah he won, but it's a Pyrrhic victory at best...just thought you needed to remind you & just in case you do, I can always post similar submissions on the stats....just to bring you Dems crashing back to earth.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Obama didn't win the popular vote blow-out he had wished for

And Romney clearly beat his own expectations, right?

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Sorry but Bush 41 won 426 EV in 1988 and 53%; so the anointed one came up 94 EV short There; he only managed by a hair to beat both Truman, JFK and Carter in % did better than Truman and JFK by 29 EV and 35 EV better than Carter; not lamenting his victory, favorite word "lamenting" you lefties, just reminding you...that's all, just in case you Obamamites lose the run of things and start reading too much into the anointed one's mandate; we are not focusing on his 2008 numbers you dweebs...it's 2012 remember!....Obama won and beat Romney, but Judas Priest!....only by so much and yes we all know the anointed one won...again, but let's focus on his 2012 win and not 2008 shall we...that's like saying Reagan was only going to focus on his dramatic 1980 win...when he had been just re-elected in one of the biggest landslide's in history; so again Obama comes on the lower rung of EV victories, we have Wilson with 435 in 1912; 277 in 1916; FDR, 472 in 1932, 523 in 1936, 449 in 1940, 432 in 1944; Truman 303 in 1948; JFK 303 in 1960; LBJ 486 in 1964; Carter 297 in 1976; Clinton 370 in 1992 and 379 in 1996; Obama 365 in 2008 and 332 in 2012. So what a come down from those 2008 figures.  Basically we are back to the 50/50 Red-Blue state split. But it's fun watching the Dems going into spin over-drive trying to confuse those less educated, with incorrect data and stats. It ain't gonna work, when you got the likes of me to remind you of those stubborn stats....and I will from time to time. Trust me, us Republicans are over this "defeat". But as you like to remind us, Obama's campaign was expecting a narrow victory and not the blow-out they had hoped; well that's exactly what they got!...I mean down to 74,000 vote margin in Florida, compared to 2008; what about Ohio, only 107,000 margin....down from 262,000 in 2008....yeah he won, but it's a Pyrrhic victory at best...just thought you needed to remind you & just in case you do, I can always post similar submissions on the stats....just to bring you Dems crashing back to earth.

My date was on Presidents running for re-election. Stop grasping dude. Is over. Obama beat Truman, Ford, Carter, Clinton and both Bushes in the popular vote for their respective re-election bids and beat Truman, Ford, Carter and both Bushes in the EV.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Has anybody pointed out that Obama, in both his elections, got a higher vote percentage than Bush and Clinton ever did? And if you put it in % of the eligible population, the contrast should be even bigger.

So much for those who claim he has no mandate...

[Antonio the Sixth]

47.51.... Almost there!

[heatmaster]

Don't know or care what Mitt Romney's expectations were, I take comfort in the fact, that he basically prevented Obama even coming close to those 2008 levels that Obama wished he had repeated, but didn't...way below Obama's expectations...despite all the bull%$*@ spin he and his lackey's were trying to sell...he got his second term, but not in the way he had hoped or wanted and that's what count's....so it's a questionable what kinda mandate he can claim, the Republicans in the house, led by Boehner and Cantor, couldn't give a rat's %$@ what those folks who supported Obama demand or want...Obama ain't gonna get squat, Boehner knows how to talk the game when the camera's are on, but when they are off, our boys in the GOP leadership will do the old Potomac two-step...passive aggressive routine, and all Obama will end up doing is holding his p$%*@er and that's it...before long he will, be a lame-duck, no immigration reform....a do-nothing president and when 2016 comes around we Republicans can sadly shake our heads in disappointment...and talk about squandered opportunities; but the anointed one, if history is anybody's guide...won't be a bit player in this calamity....it's perfect and it will happen; just have to run out the clock on the Benghazi fiasco, all Obama's fault for not cooperating with the congressional investigation....that get's us to the end of 2013, lame-duck issues have slowed down Obama....a "Do nothing presidency".....work's for me. You Democrats know the playbook....but there's nothing you can do, you know it and the GOP know it....bet Barack wished Nancy Pelosi was speaker 

[Ty440]

Don't know or care what Mitt Romney's expectations were, I take comfort in the fact, that he basically prevented Obama even coming close to those 2008 levels that Obama wished he had repeated, but didn't...way below Obama's expectations...despite all the bull%$*@ spin he and his lackey's were trying to sell...he got his second term, but not in the way he had hoped or wanted and that's what count's....so it's a questionable what kinda mandate he can claim, the Republicans in the house, led by Boehner and Cantor, couldn't give a rat's %$@ what those folks who supported Obama demand or want...Obama ain't gonna get squat, Boehner knows how to talk the game when the camera's are on, but when they are off, our boys in the GOP leadership will do the old Potomac two-step...passive aggressive routine, and all Obama will end up doing is holding his p$%*@er and that's it...before long he will, be a lame-duck, no immigration reform....a do-nothing president and when 2016 comes around we Republicans can sadly shake our heads in disappointment...and talk about squandered opportunities; but the anointed one, if history is anybody's guide...won't be a bit player in this calamity....it's perfect and it will happen; just have to run out the clock on the Benghazi fiasco, all Obama's fault for not cooperating with the congressional investigation....that get's us to the end of 2013, lame-duck issues have slowed down Obama....a "Do nothing presidency".....work's for me. You Democrats know the playbook....but there's nothing you can do, you know it and the GOP know it....bet Barack wished Nancy Pelosi was speaker 

Heatmaster,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragraph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28linguistics%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commas


There you go buddy, we are not in kindergarten English class anymore.

[Lincoln Republican]

The main reason Obama got even the margin he did was because of the left coast loonies in lala land.

[Antonio the Sixth]

despite all the bull%$*@ spin he and his lackey's were trying to sell...

Oh God, this is priceless.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

The main reason Obama got even the margin he did was because of the left coast loonies in lala land.

and the only reason Romney was close was thanks to the South... so there you go.

[Ty440]

The main reason Obama got even the margin he did was because of the left coast loonies in lala land.

Winfield , what percentage of the vote did Obama get in your home state?

[Antonio the Sixth]

47.5079% as we speak!

[Tender Branson]

47.5079% as we speak!

He'll for sure get to 47.44% or lower, so we can round it down to 47% ...

[Antonio the Sixth]

47.5079% as we speak!

He'll for sure get to 47.44% or lower, so we can round it down to 47% ...

I know, I'm just eager to see this come up in the count.

[Frodo]

47.5079% as we speak!

He'll for sure get to 47.44% or lower, so we can round it down to 47% ...

Let's just hope as more votes are counted that his vote total percentage continues to go down -and doesn't go back up.