Which was the biggest surprise of this election year?

[Ediacara]

ON EDIT: Added an option for the primaries.

[El Supremo]

1. The voter turnout was not as large as expected.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

2. For me, the primaries.

I was more surprised by Obama beating Clinton than I was by him beating McCain.

[NYC_SKP]

3. The outcome (and conduct) of the Democratic Party primaries.

Wow, just wow...

[Sedona]

4. Arizona approved Anti-Gay Marriage Proposal

after overwhelmingly defeating it just four years ago!

:shrug:

[Ediacara]

7. I thought that was odd too

[Ediacara]

5. I chose Gregoire

Simply because this was supposed to be a big bad rematch of 04 where she won by <200 votes, but she cleaned his clock this time.

[darius15]

6. Definitely losing Missouri. So much for being a bellweather.

[Ediacara]

9. Supposedly the AG in MO has not certified that McCain won

And the number of outstanding provisional and absentee ballots exceeds McCain's win and come from STL and KC, but I doubt that Obama can catch up as he'd have to get something like 90% of the outstanding votes.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Sarah Palin VP pick. I'd heard of her. But when I saw her speak at the rollout event,

I was stupefied.

[Ediacara]

10. I had read about Troopergate earlier this summer

And I thought for sure they'd have vetted her and she wouldn't be chosen because of that.

[Clio the Leo]

12. Yep. Epic rise followed by epic fall. LOVED IT! NT

[Doityourself]

11. That we won IN, NC, OH, NM, CO & Virginia!!!! n/t

[Ediacara]

13. I didn't include OH, CO, NM, and VA

Because they're certainly trending toward us, so they were less surprising to me. If you'd have told me last year that we'd win in NC, IN, and NE-02, I'd have died laughing.

[Ediacara]

14. kick