***OFFICIAL INDIANA RESULTS THREAD***

[jefferson_dem]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapPIN

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/indiana.html

http://scoreboard.dailykos.com/map/

[corkhead]

1. right now it's tied

0 to 0

:7

[jefferson_dem]

2. Too close to call, eh.

:)

[EFerrari]

5. Obama, 57+/- Mctoast 42

:woohoo:

[NJGeek]

3. 56-43 for Obama

NICE

[johnnyrocket]

4. O 55% M 44%

SWWEEEEEET!!!!!

[woolldog]

6. calm down. too few results to be meaningful now.

[EFerrari]

7. If someone could update, I'd appreciate. Can't load those.

:hi:

GOBAMA!

[Muttocracy]

8. bless you for doing these nice threads. nt

[AlinPA]

9. That NYT format for all states is great.

[RL3AO]

17. I love it.

So much for CNN!

[goodgd_yall]

50. NYtimes is too slow for me

I like CNN a lot---with the map that you can go over with your mouse and see county results and where you can see where the big cities are.

[jazzjunkysue]

10. one percent in? Keep your powder dry, kids. Talk to me when we're looking at 50-60% returned.

[MadBadger]

11. In Vigo COunty, they went 53-46 for Bush in 2004...with 39% in, They are going to Obama 57-42

[skooooo]

12. Where did you get information about Vigo cty??

[MrCoffee]

14. msnbc has it

[skooooo]

15. I see it...that's promising imo....

That's Terre Haute, which I didn't expect to break for Obama necessarily.

:bounce:

[Muttocracy]

16. also can zoom into counties on the NYT map

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html

[skooooo]

18. Knox and Vigo counties breaking for Obama..

I like that....

[GalleryGod]

20. Nice Grab,Pal! That's Intel that speaks!

Keep it up.
OSCAR MIKE!

[PermanentRevolution]

13. 51-48: cnn website

[PermanentRevolution]

23. Now 50-49: 2% reporting

[MadBadger]

19. With 15% in, Obama leading by 1 in Clinton County. It went for Bush by 43 points in 04

[HughMoran]

21. Are all the polls closed there now?

I wasn't sure ...

[msallied]

24. They are in some of the state, but not in others.

Not all counties do the daylight savings time.

[RainDog]

57. not anymore. Indiana is all dst now

but it's in two time zones

[RL3AO]

27. No.

Lake County (Gary) (and maybe a county or two in the SW part) close in 15 minutes.

[HughMoran]

29. ok, I don't want to look until they are all closed

Not sure how they can report when the whole state isn't finished voting - that's wrong IMO.

[msallied]

31. Because individual counties report their results, not the whole state at once.

[HughMoran]

33. Well, I'll just keep listening to Pink & Rage Against the Machine

until there is a fuller picture...

[Schulzz]

22. 2%... still 51-48 nt

[Footay]

25. 57-42 now in Vigo Co. McCain winning - 78% in

[MrCoffee]

28. Obama's up in Vigo Co.

[Bobbie Jo]

30. College Town - ISU

[PVnRT]

48. No it isn't

Trust me, I lived there 20+ years. It may have three colleges, but it's no college town. More of a decaying former union city.

[rainbow4321]

45. 69% counted...O 57.4 M 41.4

Least from one map I am looking at that is showing county level

[medicswife]

26. Come ON Indiana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to LOVE you tonight! nt

[MrCoffee]

32. IN-4 Dem challenger up 51-49

[saltpoint]

43. It would be SENSATIONAL to dump Buyer in favor of Nels Ackerman.

O that would be a sweet, sweet thing.

[MrCoffee]

46. It would indeed, but I may have spoken too soon :(

[saltpoint]

52. You're not to be blamed for any eagerness in dumping Steve Buyer,

but I do understand what you mean -- that district is deeply red.

Still, I'm crossing my fingers hard.

[Lex]

34. WILL they call it at 7pm if they think they can?

I'm not sure that question makes sense.

[Bullet1987]

35. Not with only 2% of the precincts reporting

[Schulzz]

36. 51:48... 3%

[medicswife]

37. Is he going to win Indiana???? Please, please, please, please tell me

that Obama is going to win Indiana!!!!!

[skooooo]

38. I think he will.

[goodgd_yall]

41. Don't worry if he doesn't

I don't think most people are expecting him too, but that doesn't mean he doesn't win the election. Let's just say it will be icing on the cake.

[Footay]

42. WAY conflicting info.

Local CBS affiliate is reporting 57/42 in Vigo County - McCain winning
NY Times site has Obama up 57/42

Who to believe?

[medicswife]

53. It's just that if Obama can win Indiana, I will feel SO good!!!

[Marsala]

56. Honestly, I doubt it

Indiana has been very red for a very long time. But merely being close is an enormous victory and points to major wins elsewhere.

[Pab Sungenis]

39. If this state is too close to call at 7:15 PM

then it's a sign of a runaway Obama victory.

[Tatiana]

40. We can win Indiana. YES WE CAN! n/t

[amborin]

44. why is Marshall County, dem, tied?????

[stevietheman]

47. Interesting: Obama is leading without the heavy Dem counties reporting yet!

I do believe this means Obama is going to win Indiana by a significant margin, which means we may be seeing an Obama Tsunami!

[Smuckies]

49. McCain now ahead in IN 50-49 ..

NO :(

[PVnRT]

51. GO dammit...do it for khephra

[goodgd_yall]

54. As for as I can tell, the results from the counties of major cities aren't in

Don't know if they are swinging Obama's way or not, but right now we're seeing the more rural area results.

[geekgrrl]

58. how can you tell this?? nt

[goodgd_yall]

80. Looking at the map

on CNN. It shows the major cities on their precinct map. Having an atlas helps too.

[Footay]

55. Obama will win Vigo County, Indiana!

Someone please make this it’s own thread… I’m too new!

Obama wins in Vigo County, Indiana!

With 81% of the vote in, Barack Obama will win Vigo County, 57%-42%

Vigo County has not failed to vote for the eventual presidential winner since 1952, when Illinois Sen. Adlai Stevenson won a narrow victory here over Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The county has only missed twice in the last 100+ years.

[LiberalPersona]

59. Obama 50% McBush 49% now at 7% reported n/t

[Patsy Stone]

60. Look at all of the pretty blue parts!

:toast:

[RainDog]

61. Local NBC called Indiana for Our Bitch Mitch

[Bullet1987]

62. Has Indianapolis numbers come in yet?

[RainDog]

65. some but not all.

the places to watch in Indiana are

Indianapolis area (Marion Co.)
Bloomington/Monroe Co.
South Bend/St. Joseph's
Gary (Lake Co)
maybe Jack'sSmirking knows more about Vigo/Terra Haute area.

All of these are either college towns or are Chicagoland, or the cap. city. but the rest of Indiana has more corn than people.

[Zombie2]

77. Bloomington always =

Blue

[PVnRT]

63. Fuck

Good thing I moved to Kentucky, where I have a Democratic governor.

[RainDog]

64. Also Pence and Burton won re-election.

bleeeeeeeeeeech.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

68. That's not surprising. I haven't seen any Jill ads in N. Indiana.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

66. John King is teasing toward Obama winning Indiana on CNN

Not saying anything... but showing how Obama is outperforming in counties throughout the state, winning the rural Illinois border, etc.

[RainDog]

67. It's been 50-49-1 (Obama/McCain/Barr) so far

with Obama and McCain just recently switching off the lead. But still lots more returns.

[RL3AO]

69. Nothing from Gary, Indianapolis, or Bloomington yet

[anneboleyn]

71. And these will be HUGE for Obama

[skooooo]

73. I'm hoping Vanderburgh county too..

..will break for Obama. It's got a decent size population.

[skooooo]

75. Marion County is starting to come in....woot! nt

[ShadowLiberal]

70. NBC just said moderate independents in IN are breaking 2 to 1 for Obama!

[OmahaBlueDog]

72. RCP pre-election average was M47.8 - O46.4

I'll be curious to see how close they were

[Laura PourMeADrink]

74. Didn't Hillary win Indiana? Can't remember - just seems like deja

vu - John King "promising" city votes for Obama.

[skooooo]

76. It was really close between Hillary and Obama in Indiana. nt

[RainDog]

78. final numbers were a 1% diff.

I'm surprised Barr hasn't received more votes in Indiana. The Cato Institute is in Indy and lots of the IT guys are always libertarian (till they have kids.)

Maybe the Barr vote will pull some libertarians away from McCain in the U. towns too.

[RainDog]

79. link to NBC/Indianapolis

http://www.wthr.com/global/Category.asp?c=152592

election map.

[RainDog]

81. as of 7:51 - 21% of precincts. No Monroe Co. Very little Marion Co.

[RainDog]

82. St. Joseph's Co. (Southbend/Notre Dame) Obama up 61%-38% w/60% reporting

no word from the three cos. by Chicago.

[RainDog]

83. okay. the only group in Indiana that is overwhelmingly for McCain

is, surprise, old white protestant guys (of various education levels) who think the national economy is good.

...yet the split is close enough for some other demographics that McCain is in the race. Local NBC said to expect Indiana's numbers will not come in until LATE.

Lake County/Acorn have already been mentioned but a deputy noted that no Acorn ballots that were questioned were registered to vote - the system did what it was supposed to do.

Lake County is also the most populous area, so it will not have numbers till later. This leads to snark from some repubs b/c they think Lake Co. is Chicago corrupt.

Only 4% of the vote, but would like to note that Monroe Co. is, so far, 75% for Obama. I hope it is a smack down, at least here.

[RainDog]

84. 41% of precincts - 47% - 52% with NO Monroe or Lake Co yet reported n/t

[RainDog]

85. Daniels just accepted the win and every idea out of his mouth was Obama-inspired

looking at the faces of change

let this campaign (for gov) show that people do not have to attack.

I hope this also signals which side of the republican party war he's on... as in the moderate repubs, not the religious nutjob brigade (Pence, Burton)

[RainDog]

86. Obama is now ahead. but it is so close.

no matter that Indiana's electoral votes aren't needed. I want Indiana to go blue. Wayne Co. is the last uncounted county. all the expected "blue" parts of the state reported.

[Jackinbox]

87. 2004

Bush won Wayne county by 5,811 last time.....so I'm guessing 4,000 or so tonight?

[SweetieD]

88. Indiana's going blue! Go Hoosiers!!!!!!!!!!!!1