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Election Reform

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts) Thu Nov 29, 2012, 10:29 PM Nov 2012

Obama getting 55% of the Vote [View all]

In the tally of the last ballots being counted from the Nov. 6, 2012, US presidential election, Obama is marking up 55% of the votes.

These votes are probably all paper ballots, coming from provisional, absentee and others. Definitely not electronic.

These are in the order of millions of votes. So why is there such a difference from the votes cast before and on the day of the election that were used to call it for Obama?

Obama is said to have won with just under 51%.
And now he's tallying 55%.

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Obama getting 55% of the Vote [View all] RobertEarl Nov 2012 OP

Because more Democrats tend to vote absentee compared to Republicans, and ... Tx4obama Nov 2012 #1

Link, please? n/t DonViejo Nov 2012 #2

O> 50.90% M> 49.36% not 55% FogerRox Nov 2012 #3

7,082,155 Late Votes, Foger!! RobertEarl Nov 2012 #5

NY has yet to announce our absentee ballot numbers yet. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #4

Election map ilikemaps Dec 2012 #6

It has to do with where votes are "red shifted." Cliff Arnebeck Jan 2013 #7

Hello, Cliff RobertEarl Jan 2013 #8