*** 99.34% Reporting *** PA 8.6% win = NPR & M$M 10% = Media LIES!!

[L. Coyote]

Maybe 8.60% is 10% to a moran,
but I expect accuracy in the news!!

Oh, I guess I forgot, the M$M is for Morans.
But, why is NPR playing the same script?

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http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=27

President of the United States

Votes:		2,946,370	% ALL	  %
				
Clinton		1,237,696	0.420	54.30%
Obama		1,043,174	0.354	45.70%
		_________		 8.60%
                2,155,165      73.15%
				
Huckabee	   89,957	0.031	11.40%
J. McCain	  575,543	0.195	72.70%
Ron Paul	  125,705	0.043	15.90%
                  _______
                  791,205      26.85%

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How about those R stats!!  :rofl:  Nice show at 25%  LOL

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[Ian David]

3. Moran

[L. Coyote]

4. Welcome to DU. We have some new vocabulary here, thanks to IQs like this.

[bobbert]

2. Lancaster County is fucked on that site, Obama got 13,000 too many votes there

Just look at the results from the other Dem races. Right now you have to trust the MSM that it is a 9.4% margin of victory

[mod mom]

10. Do you have a link? I can't find any source stating problem

[bobbert]

12. Here

http://66.216.166.82/PubICE/default.asp?Category=VotesLC&Service=Totals&O=0845&Prty=Dem&Cat=F%20%20%20%20&ret=menu&rcat=F

This is the page you get when you follow links on the lancaster county website.

start here: http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=564&q=411897

edit: PA website now matches lancaster's numbers at 10:53 Eastern

[mod mom]

21. A little confused. Is this now correct numbers? link

http://66.216.166.82/PubICE/default.asp?Category=VotesLC&Service=Totals&O=0845&Prty=Dem&Cat=F%20%20%20%20&ret=menu&rcat=F

[RaleighNCDUer]

22. By Hillary's POV, he got about a million too many votes.

Doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem.

[mod mom]

5. L., Do you know # of PROVISIONALS caste?

[L. Coyote]

13. No. I have heard some things on the Exit Poll front.

Got an e-mail from an "election reform activist" with a new "theory" of why the exit polls are accurate. Goes like this, more or less:

They cheat on the demographics of the initial estimate released,
so they could adjust the final figures to comply to the vote.

In other words, there is a conspiracy afloat to make sure the initial EP numbers, the raw numbers,
will fit the vote when they are adjusted for voter demographic composition. That conspiracy
involves falsely reporting the composition of the voters replying to the EP so it can be changed a certain way.

This wording is off the top of my head, and I hope the point is clear.
It seems a real stretch, trying to make reality conform to belief!!

[beachmom]

6. I heard that that site has an error on it. I wish someone of authority

could explain the discrepancy between CNN numbers and the SoS PA numbers. Still even with CNN numbers, we have a rounding problem.

[SaveAmerica]

7. Hello yes I'm recommending this, I've refreshed Pa BOE page often today to make sure those numbers

are right and indeed they are.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

8. NPR = National Petroleum Radio

Listen to the ads on NPR.

NPR is right wing with Connecticut accent.

They put just enough "progressive" sounding topics on the shows
to mislead people into thinking its a progressive show.

[dchill]

9. While it is utterly wrong for MSM to tout "Double Digit"...

victory, they will continue to do it, to admit they jumped the gun would mean admitting a mistake - besides, they've already got their double-digit talking points. But, to "round it" like they did all night, it's really:

54% - 46% = 8% victory

[RichGirl]

11. Take a breath...

they are only rounding it out....WHICH IS WHAT THEY ALWAYS DO REGARDLESS OF WHO IS WINNING OR LOSING. Do you expect special exceptions regarding Obama?

But thanks for the humor: "...I expect accuracy in the news." I had a good laugh over this one...LOL!!!!!

[nichomachus]

14. I was never good at math but

how do you round 8.6 to 10? If your bill came to $8.60 and you gave me $10, you would probably be expecting change. No?

[L. Coyote]

18. IF "they are only rounding it out" to the nearest 10% it is not a LIE, if you say "about 10%"

I'm not being partisan in the primary. I'm just watching our great candidates and enjoying the campaign.

[Smarmie Doofus]

15. LOL. This reminds me of Bloomberg getting stuck at 19%....

... when he ran for reelect as NYC mayor in '05 ( with the help of 70 million dollars and a contrived subway terrorist non-plot). The media ( eternally grateful for the infusion of the 70 m., no doubt) couldn't quite bring themselves to say "19%" ... they just flat out lied and said 20.

[Indiana_Dem]

16. NPR's Diane Rheam just stated it is 8.__%. She repeated it.nt

[1776Forever]

17. 99.44% is at 9.2% now - but still not 10% although it is getting closer now. Link.......

http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=27&OfficeID=1

2008 General Primary
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Unofficial Returns
*** 9,212 out of 9,264 Districts (99.44%) Reporting Statewide ***

President of the United States


Democratic Primary

Candidate Votes Percent
OBAMA, BARACK (DEM)

1,029,672 45.4%
CLINTON, HILLARY (DEM)

1,237,696 54.6%

[gcomeau]

19. They changed their Lancaster County results, that's the jump.

The last 40 outstanding counties are Philly. They'll push it back in Obama's direction marginally, it'll end at 9%.

[1776Forever]

23. Good thanks! I sent an email to the radio jocks - hope they read them!!!!

:hi:

[1776Forever]

26. Ed Schultz just read my email on air - someone else my have sent one also!

Hope it comes back to 8.2%!

[L. Coyote]

20. The ONLY change, they took 13,502 votes away from Obama total. = 9.20%

[lumberjack_jeff]

24. The count published on ABC

HRC 1,258,245 = 54.69% which rounds to 55%
BO 1,042,573 = 45.32% which rounds to 45%

The margin is 9.37%

http://abcnews.go.com/politics

[L. Coyote]

25. PA site rounding too. Now actually 54.59% vs. 45.41% = 9.17%

1,237,696	54.59%
1,029,672	45.41%
2,267,368	 9.17%