Election Night Timelines Project

[OSR stands with Israel]

My guess is Marco wins NC OH AZ NV AK and the two congressional districts taking him up to 266 EV while T-Mac wins MA and HI taking him up to 262. So WI will decide the winner

[BigVic]

My guess is Marco wins NC OH AZ NV AK and the two congressional districts taking him up to 266 EV while T-Mac wins MA and HI taking him up to 262. So WI will decide the winner

It will come down to WI

[Chips]

McAuliffe should win. If it's that close in Ohio, Wisconsin should go to McAuliffe.

[OSR stands with Israel]

McAuliffe should win. If it's that close in Ohio, Wisconsin should go to McAuliffe.

Not necessarily as remember Ohio is a state where the early counting favors the Dems and it wasn’t called for Trump till around 10:30. I think their is a chance he wins Hamilton County too which I think comes in near the end .


Also given that Rubio would do better in WOW than Trump did I think Ohio probably voted around 4 points to the right of Wisconsin instead of 8. It kinda would be more like 2004 but not fully so

[President Johnson]

MSNBC Live Coverage - DECISION 2016

+++ 11.24 p.m. McAuliffe takes Pennsylvania +++

Joe Scarborough: Good evening my friends, it's pretty late at night and we're getting major news out of Pennsylvania, a key battleground in this election. According to our data, Governor McAuliffe has eked out a win here. That's a huge deal for the Democratic ticket and gets him 20 electoral votes on top. What can you tell us, Steve?

Steve Kornacki: Joe, this is absolutely true, these 20 electoral votes increase McAuliffe's tally to 258, just 12 short of the 270 needed. With close to 98% counted, we expect McAuliffe to beat Rubio by a little less than two points. That's very close of course, but with just two percent oustanding and McAuliffe leading by over 100,000 votes, I fail to see where Senator Rubio can make up the deficit. The Pittsburgh area came in big with votes a few minutes ago, causing the Democratic ticket to pull ahead. Pennsylvania is a done deal.

Willie Geist: What can you tell us about that critical senate race? And how's Wisconsin going?

Steve Kornacki: You're right, an extremely pivotal senate race here as well, as Republican Pat Thomey is fighting for reelection. He and Joe Sestak, whom he narrowly beat in 2010, are neck in neck. The Democrats hope to gain this seat for winning back a senate majority.

At the presidental level, all eyes are now on Wisconsin and Ohio. We're not able to project either right now, as both are close. In Wisconsin, Rubio narrowly ahead with about 88% in, but Milwaukee and Green Bay are not done yet, so McAuliffe should rack up a few thousand more votes here. He's probably favored statewide, depending on whether Rubio can maintain his lead. In Ohio, it's an opposite development, where McAuliffe pulled ahead early, but as rural votes were reported later, Rubio came back. At this moment, McAuliffe's lead is dropping and dropping, but he's still ahead by about 36,000 votes. Down 14,000 from last hour. Republican stategists tell us that they think they have this in the end, but admit, it's not where they would like to be to feel safe.

Willie Geist: Yes, I could imagine both campaigns are very nervous right now, as we come closer and closer to the decision.

Joe Scarborough: That's undoubtly true, though I'd rather be in the Democrats' shoes right now. At least until Rubio has locked Ohio down in his column and is still in the game in Wisconsin. Take a look at the map:



Governor Terrence McAuliffe (D-VA)/Businesswoman Melinda Gates (D-WA): 258 EV.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)/General James Mattis (R-WA): 211 EV.


+++ 11.38 p.m. Arizona for Rubio, Congressional districts split votes +++

Joe Scarborough: We have more to cover at this hour, and there are new developments. Steve?

Steve Kornacki: We're nearing the decision, my friends. A sign for of relief for Republicans now that we can confirm Marco Rubio's victory in Arizona. An important win, as this is one of the long-time Republican strongholds the Democrats hoped to make inroads. Well, they did make it closer than it was supposed to be, but it wasn't enough this time. Maybe this is a true battleground in 2020 or 2024. Definitely keep an eye on this state, but for now, Republicans can add this to their tally. After McAuliffe winning Pennsylvania, this is an urgently needed one. And, another projection: Nebraska's second congressional district votes Democratic! As President Obama managed to do in 2008, Terry McAuliffe wins that district around Omaha by a razor thin margin. However, one thing Obama archieved that McAuliffe didn't: Marco Rubio becomes the first Republican in decades to win Maine's second congressional district. It's not even that close, about three points. What a night!

Willie Geist: I guess if a timetraveler told us last week how one of these districts would vote, we would have assumed its winner takes the presidency. Depending on which one we would have been told about. Looks like this map looks more different from 2012 than we expected.

Steve Kornacki: That's true, no matter how it goes. I'm just checking the remaining states that are still undecided. I just received word McAuliffe's lead in Ohio has again dropped by 5,000, but there are less than 5% left to count. That one will be razor thin one way or the other. We're also hearing that Rubio has exceeded expectations in Clark County, Nevada, and runs ahead statewide. This could confirm the polls who saw him ahead in the Silver State. Democrats dismissed these polls since Nevada polls have tended to overestimate Republican support in the past. I should note, however, that Rubio is ahead of senate candidate Joe Heck by more than 20,000 votes. That's significant. As for North Carolina, McAuliffe leads by about a half percentage points and 97% in. If he wins this one alone, he's president-elect. But we're not there yet. Stay tuned.



Governor Terrence McAuliffe (D-VA)/Businesswoman Melinda Gates (D-WA): 259 EV.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)/General James Mattis (R-WA): 223 EV.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Wow those Ohio numbers are terrible news for Wisconsin at this stage of the night but seems like Rubio is doing extremely good in WOW so Ohio and Wisconsin may vote similarly but Rubio absolutely must win both or it’s all over

[Chips]

Looks like it really will be Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Wisconsin. McAuliffe will probably win it and then it will be 273-265.

[President Johnson]

MSNBC Live Coverage - DECISION 2016

+++ 11.45 p.m. McAuliffe wins Wisconsin, closing in on 270 +++

Joe Scarborough: Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a major, major development in the race for the presidency. As of now, I can confirm that NBC News, Fox News and the New York Times officially declare Terry McAuliffe the winner in the state of Wisconsin. This is very big news because, well, it adds ten more electoral votes to the Democratic tally, which stands at 269 now. That's exactly half of 538 available electors. So, that practially means Marco Rubio would need all remaining electors to get to a 269 tie before he could go to the House, in which he would win by state delegations.

Mika Brzezinski: That's a rather theoretical scenario, though, since Hawaii is expected to vote Democratic and bringing McAuliffe's total number of electoral votes to 273. I think at this point, we could refer to Terry McAuliffe as President-elect McAuliffe.

Steve Kornacki: You're correct, Mika, though I prefer to wait before we have officially crossed the 270 threshhold. And speaking of state delegations reminded me of an update at the congressional level: It looks like Republicans are losing at least a dozen seats. We don't know the final composition of the House at this hour, but at least the GOP gains from 2014 are undone. However, Democrats are not expected to win the chamber back. In the senate, it looks like we're either headed for a tie or a narrow Republican majority. But it's pretty much a done deal that the White House will remain with the Democrats.



Governor Terrence McAuliffe (D-VA)/Businesswoman Melinda Gates (D-WA): 269 EV.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)/General James Mattis (R-WA): 223 EV.


+++ BREAKING: Terry McAuliffe wins presidency, elected 45th President +++



+++ 12.00 a.m Hawaii puts McAuliffe over the top, Rubio wins Alaska +++

Joe Scarborough: Alright, here we have it. Alaska and Hawaii came in as expected and latter, with its four electoral votes, has made it official: Terrence Richard McAuliffe, governor of the great state of Virginia, has been elected the 45th president of the United States. Coming January 20, 2017, he will succeed fellow Democrat Barack Obama and be the commander-in-chief of the United States. A businessman who has spent several years in politics has now been elected to the highest office in the land. And with it, Barack Obama has accomplished what Ronald Reagan did in 1988: As an outgoing two term president, a successor from his own party was elected. That's a remarkable feat.

Mika Brzezinski: And very importantly, someone else made history: Melinda Gates, businesswoman and wife of Bill Gates, will be the first female vice president in our nation's history. What a great day for women this is! I'm truly excited for her and can't wait to see how she will fill in that new role, especially after the president-elect promised to make her a true governing partner.

Willie Geist: Indeed, Mika, we're curious to see how that plays out. But also what role her husband will play. I mean, he's one of the most well known men in this country. During the campaign, he took a smaller role. While he did campaign stops and gave a few interviews, he tried to stay in the background and leave the spotlight to his wife.

Mika Brzezinski: Yes, though I can't imagine how excited he must be. However, Bill Gates said he wanted to use the ceremonial role to advance the various causes he's already engaged in. It will be an interesting dynamic to watch for sure.

Joe Scarborough: And that's how it stands now:



✓ Governor Terrence McAuliffe (D-VA)/Businesswoman Melinda Gates (D-WA): 273 EV.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)/General James Mattis (R-WA): 226 EV.


+++ 12.12 a.m: North Carolina for McAuliffe, Nevada for Rubio +++

Steve Kornacki: Alright, guys, I have to interrupt here in your conversation about Melinda Gates. Vice President-elect Gates, I have to say. Still a term, we have to get used to. I have two more states in which we feel confident to make calls now: Nevada and North Carolina. Both of them are kind of a surprise and were usually expected to vote in the exact opposite way. Marco Rubio has won the Silver States, flipping another Obama 2008 and 2012 state from blue back to red. It's very close with a margin of about a half percentage point, but all that counts is having more votes than your opponent. That's six more electoral votes for him. Nevertheless, Governor McAuliffe -- pardon, President-elect McAuliffe -- clinches 15 more to his column: He flipped back the state of North Carolina by a few thousands votes. A state President Obama carried in 2008, but lost it to Mitt Romney four years ago. It appears as if he had a strong turnout from African American voters for whose votes he heavily campaigned with a massive on-the-ground operation, especially in the closing days of the campaign. Meanwhile, McAuliffe slightly improved among suburban and rural white voters from 2012. His efforts here were long dismissed or even ridicouled by political observers, but here we are. The polls in this state certainly showed a last minute swing to McAuliffe.

Willie Geist: Fascinating. The opposite is true in Nevada, where Rubio strongly went in for Hispanic voters. And with success. The polls mostly showed him ahead here and proved to be right while the Democrats were overconfident. However, they keep Harry Reid's senate seat, as Catherina Cortez-Masto narrowly won. What can you tell us about North Carolina?

Steve Kornacki: Two more wins for Democrats: Roy Cooper hass defeated Pat McCrory in the race for governor and former senator Kay Hagan seems to have ousted Richard Burr. Two years after narrowly losing her reelection to the senate, she's likely to return. That means we're headed to a 50-50 senate or a narrow Republican majority. Ohio is now the only outstanding state for a call and we have no idea who will win here in the end. After another junk of votes came in, McAuliffe's once 50,000 lead dropped to 21,000, with about 35,000 left to be reported. We expect that to be mostly Republican votes. Whether McAuliffe's lead holds is unclear. It's possible, but far from granted.

Joe Scarborough: And we just received unoffical reports that Marco Rubio has called Terry McAuliffe and expressed his congratulations to winning the election. Our sources tell us the call lasted a couple of minutes in which McAuliffe thanked his opponent for a fair campaign and expressed his openess to work together for the good of the nation. We don't know when exactly the new president will address the nation, though our Republican sources say Senator Rubio will deliver his remarks tomorrow morning as the final result is expected to come in. Stay tuned.



✓ Governor Terrence McAuliffe (D-VA)/Businesswoman Melinda Gates (D-WA): 288 EV.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)/General James Mattis (R-WA): 232 EV.

[Chips]

I'm calling that Ohio goes to Rubio by 1,000 votes or so, just barely losing it's streak. I hope I'm wrong.

Or maybe you plan on having OH go blue by 1,000 votes to make it 306 the other way.

[President Johnson]

I'm calling that Ohio goes to Rubio by 1,000 votes or so, just barely losing it's streak. I hope I'm wrong.

Or maybe you plan on having OH go blue by 1,000 votes to make it 306 the other way.

You'll find out soon

I will also post a full state by state result table.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Wonder how the senate results are. 

[President Johnson]

MSNBC Live Coverage - DECISION 2016

+++ 11.28 a.m., November 9: McAuliffe ekes out Ohio +++

Joe Scarborough: Good morning my friends, after a very short night. An hour after Marco Rubio delivered his concession speech, Steve has the last state to be called.

Steve Kornacki: Indeed, Joe, all the votes in Ohio are now in and have been counted. In the final drop Senator Rubio again closed to gap by several thousand votes, but it was just not enough to overcome the McAuliffe lead. Both candidates are at 49.2% rounded, but McAuliffe in the end won by just a little over 3,000 votes. That's even much closer than the 12,000 votes he won North Carolina by, mirroring Rubio's raw vote lead in the state of Nevada. Finally, that brings the McAuliffe/Gates column up to 306 electoral votes, versus 232 for Rubio/Mattis. That's 26 more electoral votes than Mitt Romney won four years ago, but was not enough to win back the presidency. Silverlining for Republicans: Despite losing about 20 seats, as things stand today, they maintain a majority in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile in the senate, there is a 50-50 tie, resulting into a Democratic majority because Melinda Gates, as vice president, will have the tie breaking vote.

Joe Scarborough: A fascinating result that will require both parties to work together. And that's what Americans want, just as I said over and over again. Forget about this Tea Party stuff, forget about socialism BS, Americans want the parties to work together. The congress is narrowly divided both ways, and McAuliffe won the deciding states by close margins. However, Republicans must ask themselves how they again didn't win the White House for a third time in a row.

Willie Geist: You have a point, Joe. Republicans may trash Rubio now, but he actually ran a decent race. However, you have an incumbent president who sits at 55% approval rating, a growing economy and a relative stable worldorder. The jobs report that just came out a few weeks ago was very encouraging. And while the Republican campaign heavily targeted Hispanic voters, the Democrats did well in turning out the black vote. But I do believe Rubio's approach wasn't failure, given his performance in a number of states, including flipping Nevada. And you know, the guy is in his mid 40s, he can run again. Maybe in four years, who knows?

Joe Scarborough: Yeah, who knows? Let's look at the final result now.



✓ Governor Terrence McAuliffe (D-VA)/Businesswoman Melinda Gates (D-WA): 306 EV. (50.77%)
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)/General James Mattis (R-WA): 232 EV. (47.42%)






Senate



Democratic: 50 (+4) including 2 Independents
Republican: 50 (-4)


House

Republican: 225 (-22)
Democratic: 210 (+22)

Changes vs. 2014 election

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

What about [Conservative Republican] vs Joe Biden 2016?

[Left Wing]

Looking at those state by state margins, I’d guess John Gregg and Chris Koster winning would be the differences from otl in the governor races.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Surprised Texas was so close to single digits and surprised that T-Mac managed to keep Ohio as well .
Let’s hope this loss doesn’t lead to a tea party candidate like Cruz or Rand in 2020 as that would be the wrong lessons from the loss .

[OSR stands with Israel]

Once President Johnson is fully done , I will be doing the next scenario which will be  Nixon vs Humphrey vs a Dixiecrat candidate in 1960 instead of 1968

[President Johnson]

Once President Johnson is fully done , I will be doing the next scenario which will be  Nixon vs Humphrey vs a Dixiecrat candidate in 1960 instead of 1968

Looking forward to this, I have finished.

[OSR stands with Israel]

NBC's preview of the 1960 election:

Brinkley: As you all may know , tomorrow night is the election and due to that NBC News will be cancelling all regular programming to give you constant coverage of the election beginning at 7 PM Eastern Tommorow.  

Huntley: So what are somethings we will be looking for to give us a clue how the election is going. Well to make things easier we want to show a chart we created which maps out all 50 states in the union and as you can see we have colored each state as well and to let you know what each of these colors mean lets go to John Chancellor

Chancellor: Tomorrow night when we cover the election , we will be putting colored stickers on each of the states as we call them throughout the night : Blue for Vice President Nixon, Red for Senator Humphrey, Purple for Governor Faubus and Green for states we are unable to make projections in. Now to get a good idea where we think the election stands we have colored each state as of today in one of those 4 colors , with the lighter color meaning we believe it leans to a candidate and the darker color meaning we believe we can safely assume a candidate will win it. As you can see from our map this is arguably the most open race we have ever had in our lifetimes




Vice President Richard Nixon(R-CA)/Senator Everett Dirksen(R-IL) 122 44%
Senator Hubert Humphrey(D-MN)/Senator Stuart Symington(D-MO) 114 44%
Governor Orval Faubus(I-AR)/Former Governor Thomas Stanley(I-VA)

Brinkley: The goal of Mr.Faubus like the goal of Mr.Thurmond in 1948 is to get enough electoral votes to force the election in the house to delay actions on civil rights. Vice President Nixon in an attempt to stop that from happening has campaigned a lot in places like North Carolina , Tennessee and of course Texas as well as create a wider path to victory.


Huntley: My opinion is that one who wins 2 of the big industrial battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illionis because I think whoever is in good shape for the presidency. Then later on Texas and California become critical and with a t total of 56 electoral votes could decude the whole ball game

[Chips]

I'll guess that Nixon narrowly wins.

[President Johnson]

I actually wanted to ask whom the vice presidential candidates will be in this matchup and wanted to suggest Stuart Symington for Humphrey.

Expect Nixon to pull this out by a fair but not large margin of victory.

[OSR stands with Israel]

1960 NBC Election Night Coverage(Part 1):

7:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ8dPRhuE1s&t=145s

Brinkley: Good Evening and Welcome to NBC's coverage of the 1960 election where we will be finding out whether Richard Nixon will fulfill his lifelong goal of becoming President of the United States or will Hubert Humphrey fulfill his goal of ushering in a new liberal age not seen since FDR or whether the Dixiecrats become successful in their efforts to throw the election to the House of Representatives.

Chancellor: To make it easy for all of you viewers at home when we call a state we will be putting stickers on a map and the code for the stickers will be a blue square if we project Vice President Nixon wins a state, a red rectangle if Senator Humphrey wins a state, a purple triangle if Governor Faubus wins a state and a green circle if we are unable to make a projection. This will make it easy for you whether you are watching in color or black and white so lets begin


Huntley: Yes as you can see we have already projected that Indiana has been won by Vice President Nixon and we can also project that the solidly Republican New England states of Vermont and New Hampshire will also be won by Vice President Nixon. At this moment we are unable to make projections in Florida, Georgia,  South Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky.



Nixon 20
Humphrey 0
Faubus 0


Brinkley: So Far no surprise in any of the states as so far we have been only been able to call the states that we had classified as solid.

Chancellor: The fact that Georgia and South Carolina havent been called at poll closing time does bode some good news for the Vice President but again we never were able to classify those states as solid either.


7:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ8dPRhuE1s&t=145s



Nixon 20
Faubus 8
Humphrey 0

Brinkley: Its 7:30 PM in the East and so far we are unable to make a projection in Ohio, West Virginia or North Carolina but we can project that Governor Faubus will win the state of South Carolina giving the Dixiecrats their first state of the night.

Huntley: So Far in Georgia- Governor Faubus has run away to a pretty sizable lead but not much has come in yet so we would like to wait another 15-20 minutes before making a decision there, and also leads narrowly in Virginia thanks to strong performances in the rural parts of the state with the exception of the South West though Vice President Nixon is doing good in the Richmond Area, Virginia Beach and the northern part of the state so this state will be close. In Kentucky the Vice President leads but there is a lot left to go


7:48:

Brinkley: NBC News is able to project in the state of Georgia- Governor Faubus will win the state and with that is beginning to color the deep south in Dixiecrat Purple like expected.



Nixon 20
Faubus 20
Humphrey 0

Huntley: One good news for the Nixon camp in the South is that Governor Faubus is not doing that well in the Appalachian parts of the south like the Governor hopes which could be critical in close states such as Virginia, North Carolina or Tennessee in the end but we will have to see. As for West Virginia , Senator Humphrey is leading but not much of the vote has come in yet for us to call it at the moment

[Chips]

Quick announcement: I got the OK to do the next election night after OSR is done. I have a very good idea for what I want to do but I won't reveal it right now.

[OSR stands with Israel]

1960 NBC Election Night Coverage(Part 2):



Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp0W4Dkl_mk

8:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ8dPRhuE1s&t=145s

Brinkley: It is 8 PM in the East and we have a bunch of poll closing and NBC news can now project that Vice President Nixon will win the states of - Maine, Kansas and Oklahoma , Senator Humphrey will win the state of Massachusetts while Governor Faubus will win the deep south states of Alabama and Mississippi . We are currently unable to make projections in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri , Tennessee , Florida and Texas.



Nixon 41
Faubus 39
Humphrey 16


Huntley: We also have some breaking news to project at this time and that is

Breaking News: Democrats to Retain Control of the House of Representatives and United States Senate

Huntley: That is NBC News can now project that Democrats will retain Control of Both Houses of Congress, although their majoirty in the house will be reduced but by how much we dont know yet. In the Senate we can make that projection as Democrats like expected have swept the 7 southern states that have closed their polls so far and with them also projected to win the border state of West Virginia they will have the 8 they need to control the seante no matter what happens for the rest of the night.

Chancellor: Also in the House we are able to say that Democrats will have at least 250 house seats at the end of the night and that number could go as high as 270 so there will be losses but that is expected as sorta of a correction after the huge landslide win two years ago.

Huntley: Yes it is and one thing to add if the number is in the lower end of the spectrum , then very likely Vice President Nixon will have won but if its at the higher end then it will be more likely that Senator Humphrey will win

Brinkley: Back to the presidential race so far in Ohio - Vice President Nixon holds the lead and we are told he is doing good for a Republican in the Cleveland area so far but of course there is much of count, in West Virginia- Senator Humphrey currently holds a 5 point lead with nearly a third of the vote in and looks in good shape of taking that state, in North Carolina- so far its very close with Governor Faubus having a narrow lead but there is still more than 2/3 out and in Virginia- Governor Faubus leads so far but that is more with the rural parts of the state in. When Richmond and Virginia beach come in it likely will make it very close there . Northern Virginia we have no idea how it will go cause it usually a swing region in the state but if Senator Humphrey is able to hold up the democratic share of the vote their like he is doing in Appalachia than Northern Virginia could provide pretty decent margins for Vice President Nixon.

 

8:30

Brinkley: The polls have just closed in Arkansas and we can now project that Governor Faubus will carry his home state. We can also project at this time that Senator Humphrey will carry the state of West Virginia and take its 8 electoral votes and Vice President Nixon will take Kentucky and its 10 electoral votes



Nixon 51
Faubus 47
Humphrey 24

Huntley: Kentucky was a state while a tossup , out of all the tossups the state most likely to go to Vice President Nixon so this isnt really much of a surprise as remember Kentucky started counting votes two and a half hours ago so more than 70% of the vote has come in and we are able to say he will win the state.

Chancellor: I agree with that point. David how is it going in key states

Brinkley: Well so far like expected its expected to be a tossup with the suburban and rural parts of the state like expected going for Vice President Nixon and Chicago going for Senator Humphrey. This is a state that Vice President Nixon narrowly leads in at the moment but their is a long way to go and could potentially decide the president.


8:48

Huntley: NBC news can now project that Vice President Nixon will be the winner of Ohio and its 25 electoral votes while Senator Humphrey will carry the North Eastern state of Connecticut and its 8 electoral votes 




Nixon 76
Faubus 47
Humphrey 32


Brinkley: In Maryland so far Senator Humphrey is leading 45-41-13 so the state is definitely leaning in his column but we dont have enough information to project the state yet . So Chet what would you say are some of the keys to look in Texas which many consider to be a major swing state this year

Huntley: Well basically the fact is we know in Texas that the Senator Humphrey will really do well in Austin, San Antonio, El Paso and in the border counties , while Vice President Nixon will do well   in  Dallas, do well in Houston and the Texas Panhandle while Governor Faubus will do really well in Eastern Texas and could potentially also do well in the outer suburbs of Dallas . Now the question is in Texas is the rural western counties that could decide the state , and of course the margins as well in the strongholds. Ill say one key margin is does Harris County vote for the Republicans by double digits or not cause if it does then its very likely they win the state.

[President Johnson]

If Nixon takes Ohio and Kentucky that early on, he's absolutely going to win.

[OSR stands with Israel]

If Nixon takes Ohio and Kentucky that early on, he's absolutely going to win.

Well to be fair Nixon did win both states  by 7 and in those days I think they were much more quicker to call states .