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« on: December 02, 2006, 03:11:15 AM »
« edited: December 02, 2006, 03:13:12 AM by Nym90 »

All call times Eastern time, and from CNN, based on my personal tape of the election night coverage. The first time that a state is mentioned is also the time at which the polls closed in that state.

6:00 PM
Indiana too close to call
Kentucky too close to call

7:00 PM

Florida called for Clinton
New Hampshire called for Clinton
Vermont called for Clinton
Georgia too close to call
Virginia too close to call
South Carolina too close to call

Clinton 32, Dole 0

7:30 PM

Ohio called for Clinton
West Virginia called for Clinton
North Carolina too close to call

Clinton 58, Dole 0

8:00 PM

Texas called for Dole
Pennsylvania called for Clinton
Illinois called for Clinton
Michigan called for Clinton
New Jersey called for Clinton
Massachusetts called for Clinton
Missouri called for Clinton
Tennessee called for Clinton
Maryland called for Clinton
Connecticut called for Clinton
Oklahoma called for Dole
Kansas called for Dole
Maine called for Clinton
Delaware called for Clinton
District of Columbia called for Clinton
Mississippi too close to call
Alabama called for Dole

Clinton 198, Dole 55

8:20 PM

Indiana called for Dole

Clinton 198, Dole 67

8:30 PM

Arkansas called for Clinton

Clinton 204, Dole 67

8:35 PM

Kentucky called for Clinton
South Carolina called for Dole

Clinton 212, Dole 75

8:50 PM

North Carolina called for Dole

Clinton 212, Dole 89

9:00 PM

New York called for Clinton
Wisconsin called for Clinton
Minnesota called for Clinton
Louisiana too close to call
Arizona too close to call
Colorado too close to call
Nebraska called for Dole
New Mexico called for Clinton
Rhode Island called for Clinton
North Dakota too close to call
South Dakota too close to call
Wyoming called for Dole

Clinton 275, Dole 97

Clinton declared the winner

9:25 PM
Louisiana called for Clinton

Clinton 284, Dole 97

10:00 PM

Iowa called for Clinton
Utah called for Dole
Idaho called for Dole
Nevada too close to call
Montana too close to call

Clinton 291 Dole 106

10:05 PM

Virginia called for Dole

Clinton 291 Dole 119

10:30 PM
Mississippi called for Dole

Clinton 291 Dole 126

10:55 PM

North Dakota called for Dole

Clinton 291 Dole 129

11:00 PM
California called for Clinton
Washington called for Clinton
Oregon called for Clinton
Hawaii called for Clinton

Clinton 365 Dole 129

11:15 PM

Dole's concession speech

11:25 PM

South Dakota called for Dole

Clinton 365 Dole 132

11:55 PM

Clinton's victory speech

12:00 AM

Alaska called for Dole

Clinton 365 Dole 135

12:25 AM

Arizona called for Clinton

Clinton 375 Dole 135

2:00 AM

Georgia called for Dole

Clinton 375 Dole 148

Not sure when Nevada was called for Clinton or Montana and Colorado for Dole; that's the end of the tape. Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2006, 04:32:43 AM »

I'd be interested in watching it. Any chance you can get it up on youtube?
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« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2006, 06:29:11 AM »

Excellent work Nym. Thank you Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2006, 08:48:04 AM »

I'd love to be able to put one of these timelines together for 1980.
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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2006, 05:15:59 PM »

Interestingly enough, CNN still has their 1996 election night website up, though some of the links are broken.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/elections/

Here's the 1996 national exit poll...

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/elections/natl.exit.poll/index1.html

Exit polls by state:

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/elections/president/pres.return.html

Senate exit polls:

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/elections/senate/senate.return.html
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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2006, 05:16:54 PM »

I'd be interested in watching it. Any chance you can get it up on youtube?

Yeah, one of these days. I assume I have to get it on DVD first, then rip it onto my computer?
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2006, 02:50:44 PM »

Why did it take so long for Dole to concede?!
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2006, 03:15:38 PM »

Why did it take so long for Dole to concede?!

Because he's not an idiot like Carter and he actually waited for some results to come in.
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2006, 02:34:08 PM »

I'd be interested in watching it. Any chance you can get it up on youtube?

me too.
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2006, 04:52:04 PM »

Why did it take so long for Dole to concede?!

He was taking a nap
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« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2006, 05:11:37 PM »

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/MNSxp.html

Is Wellstone Too Liberal? 51/46 yes

Of the people who said yes, 21% of them voted for Wellstone

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/MASxp.html

Of the people who voted for Kerry, 3% of them said that it would be best if Weld was the Senator (instead of being Governor, or neither).

2% of Weld voters said that it would be best for Weld if he had neither post.

MOE madness!
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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2006, 01:35:14 AM »

Why did it take so long for Dole to concede?!

So as not to hurt Republican turnout on the West Coast.

No one will ever repeat Carter's error of conceding so early. Carter really hurt Democratic turnout in 1980 on the West Coast by conceding so soon (I believe it was at about 9 PM that he gave his concession speech). The Democrats did much more poorly than expected in Congressional races on the West Coast, which is, I'm sure, no coincidence.

So even though waiting until after 11 PM is purely academic in a race that isn't close, I don't think you'll ever see a concession speech earlier than that again. The losing candidate has always since and probably always will at least wait for the polls to close on the West Coast. (The polls in Alaska were actually still open when Dole conceded, but that wasn't any worry for the Republicans obviously. If Alaska ever does have a tight race, expect no concession before midnight).
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« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2006, 01:37:09 AM »

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/MNSxp.html

Is Wellstone Too Liberal? 51/46 yes

Of the people who said yes, 21% of them voted for Wellstone

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/MASxp.html

Of the people who voted for Kerry, 3% of them said that it would be best if Weld was the Senator (instead of being Governor, or neither).

2% of Weld voters said that it would be best for Weld if he had neither post.

MOE madness!

Yeah, the Kerry/Weld results you cited make absolutely no sense at all. Presumably some people just didn't understand the question, or deliberately were trying to screw with the pollsters. There's no other explanation for saying you want Kerry to lose, yet having voted for him.

With regards to Wellstone, the 21 percent voting for him is believeable. Although he may have been too liberal for some voters, he still could well be the lesser of the two evils and thus still gotten their votes.
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« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2006, 04:50:14 AM »

Yeah, the Kerry/Weld results you cited make absolutely no sense at all. Presumably some people just didn't understand the question, or deliberately were trying to screw with the pollsters. There's no other explanation for saying you want Kerry to lose, yet having voted for him.

With regards to Wellstone, the 21 percent voting for him is believeable. Although he may have been too liberal for some voters, he still could well be the lesser of the two evils and thus still gotten their votes.

Arguably, there is.  You could want Kerry to lose, but want Bush to lose more, and swallow your pride.
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« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2006, 02:12:59 PM »

Arguably, there is.  You could want Kerry to lose, but want Bush to lose more, and swallow your pride.

Assuming you mean "Weld", not "Bush", that isn't possible to be the case, because the people said "it would be best if Weld was the [Massachusetts] senator", so that statement implies that they consider Weld preferable to Kerry in the senatorial slot.
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« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2006, 07:17:08 PM »

Arguably, there is.  You could want Kerry to lose, but want Bush to lose more, and swallow your pride.

Assuming you mean "Weld", not "Bush", that isn't possible to be the case, because the people said "it would be best if Weld was the [Massachusetts] senator", so that statement implies that they consider Weld preferable to Kerry in the senatorial slot.

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