NBC just projected walker the winner

[still_one]

Source: MSNBC

Madow just announced this

Sorry Wisconsin if this is true

However, if it isn't valid, I have nothing but disdain for NBC



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[Woody Woodpecker]

1. I would discredit them

It's still too close to call, and they haven't even bothered to count Milwaukee and Madison...

[BlueStater]

2. How did they get the results so fucking early?

I thought this would take hours.

Motherfucking idiots.

[FBaggins]

17. There's a science to this.

I know it sucks, but the results are pretty clear at this point.

You can look at scores of precincts that have reported and compare them to the prior election's returns. If Walker won two years ago by 5-6% and is outperforming (or at least equalling) his 2010 results in almost every county so far... he's won.

We were hoping that it would be close enough that it would "take hours" (days really)... but it looks worse than that.

[24601]

52. They conduct exit polls throughout the day and model the projection. Then if the

early returns are consistent with the model, they extrapolate the numbers for the electorate.

Early returns are showing Walker with a 20-point lead; however, those numbers are skewed based on the areas that have reported tidbits that support their partisan position.

[KamaAina]

3. If it is valid, I have nothing but disdain for America's Dairyland

[Grantuspeace]

40. Outspent 20-1 and abandonded by the national party.

Barrett never had a chance.

[KamaAina]

43. Certainly enough disdain to go around

I liked the suggestion of sending Biden in.

20-1??!! So really, it comes down to dollars, not voters. This reminds me of the very last days of the Roman Empire, when the emperorship (by then a worthless figurehead) was actually auctioned off by the Praetorian Guard.

[cstanleytech]

49. No he didnt have a chance but he cost the republicans plenty of $$$ and also caused them alot of

extra negative publicity which they will be forced to try and damage control for months.
Dont forget though there is that investigation thats ongoing over what went on in Walkers state so while he might not lose this election it doesnt mean he will remain in office.

[FiveGoodMen]

63. We will always be outspent

If that's all it takes to lose, we will always lose.

(thanks, SCOTUS!)

[madashelltoo]

4. HOW DO YOU CALL WITH 22%

in a race with potentially millions of votes?

[bupkus]

15. They claim to use key precincts and such

To come up with a projection of the winner based on a small percentage of the vote. At least that's the way they used to say it was done.

I can't believe people would not vote this guy out of office. I hope NBC is wrong. If not, then maybe a Walker indictment can get the job done that Wisconsin voters were too ignorant to accomplish.

[markpkessinger]

24. 22% of precincts does not mean 22% of votes cast...

... and if those 22% of precincts comprise a large enough percentage of voters, it is indeed possible to make a reasonably reliable call of the election results, since the number of available votes in the remaining precincts is not likely to be sufficient to offset the lead.

[madashelltoo]

30. They represent less than 1 million votes.

[dmallind]

56. Have you any idea what the MOE is on a sample 22% the size of the universe?

Infinitesimal is the answer.

[wingzeroday]

5. o

[Smilo]

6. F................

u c k

Those that voted for Walker have only themselves to blame when Wisconsin changes it's name to Koch.

[jillan]

7. Shit.

[rosesaylavee]

8. The polls are still open...

I thought there was an unwritten rule not to project a winner before the polls closed.

The judges at the polls don't know the count yet, how can NBC?

This smells.

[former9thward]

35. The polls were not open.

The networks did not make their calls until about 45 minutes after the polls closed.

[lookingfortruth]

9. Not even 50% of the vote is in! THIS is sick! HOW do they annouce a winner? THE media needs

to stop this crap! This is how the mess in Flordia began.

[shcrane71]

10. How??? Count the votes!!! nt

[riverwalker]

11. CNN has not called yet

only 22% IS PREMATURE.

[DesertRat]

25. CNN just called it for Walker

[Myrina]

12. Not possible ...

... Milwaukee and Dane counties just closed the polls less than an hour ago and have TREMENDOUS tabulating to do.

David Shuster, on Current, is on the ground in Madison and said we shouldn't expect results until early tomorrow morning, and that those 2 counties, specifically, lean 65% Dem to 35% GOP ... and those were the 2 places where the lines were over crowded and they had to bring in extra poll workers.

Counting has barely begun, folks.

[KamaAina]

46. What lousy luck for us

and those were the 2 places where the lines were over crowded and they had to bring in extra poll workers.

[gmee2]

48. I voted in the western part of the state city of Sparta

In a heavily republican area and it was the largest turnout ever other than in presidential elections. I voted right before the polls closed and the line was still out the door.

[nanabugg]

13. Sad day for what made America great. As unions go so goes the nation. nt

[hamsterjill]

23. I feel exactly the same way

How can people be so goddamn stupid???!!! It just amazes me ...

[Norbert]

57. I'm pretty sure I know someone who voted for Walker today...

funny thing is he died 11-1/2 years ago.

[christx30]

59. I'll bet

He scared people when he showed up at his polling place.

[golfguru]

64. That is not necessarily true

China & India have weak unions and their economies are expanding at
4 times higher rate than ours.

[DesertRat]

14. Crap

[otohara]

16. I Feel Sick

how is this possible?
WTF is wrong with people?
Bought and paid for.

[LynneSin]

18. That is BULLSHIT - Milwaukee has only reported 7.5% of the votes

in 2010 there were 338k voters in Milwaukee so they are calling the elections with only 7% return

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. Go HERE...Guardian UK is updating the results every 60 seconds.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/06/wisconsin-recall-election-results-live

[crunch60]

47. Thanks, this seems more accurate..

[bucolic_frolic]

20. With Turnout like that

they bought the election. I've seen it in my town in elections .developers giving out jobs or percs or whatever ...
people who can't think or spell vote when that happens

[lynne]

21. Looks like Huffington has done the same thing -

- a check mark has just appeared next to Walker's name next to the map. Seems early to me. Maybe it has to do with percentage of counted votes vs total number of votes statewide?

[IamK]

22. Barrett is not hitting his final previous % (yet) in any county and Walker is

crushing his final results in many counties.... Walker is beating his final % in Dane/Madison... Stats and sample size say its done (and not close).

[htuttle]

26. There are still people waiting in line to vote in Milwaukee!

It's is irresponsible as all hell for NBC to do that.

[reformist2]

27. The writing is on the wall - Unions are screwed.

Welcome to the brave new era of voters tearing down each others standard of living.

[Jamaal510]

28. Why are they calling this race so early?

It's still less than 30% precincts that are in as I'm typing this. Hasn't the media learned from what happened with the GOP in Iowa about calling the elections too early? For example, they originally projected that Mitt Robme was the winner, then it was Rick Santorum, and finally Ron Paul

[KamaAina]

44. Mitt Robme!!!

[humbled_opinion]

29. Strange

Calling it within one hour of the polls closing, there is definately something wrong with that... there is no way with a huge turnout that a GOP candidate should win this big.... What happened?

[zeemike]

37. they stole it.

And the early call is to legitimize it.
And we did get fooled again.
And now off to the conspiracy dungeon with me...

[florida08]

31. yeah just saw it too

Huge boost for the tea party corporate socialists.

[Wabbajack_]

32. What would be the point of calling it if it's not certain?

[annm4peace]

33. Our Democracy is over

the corp news never told the hard truth (except Ed Schulz, Al Sharpton, Rachel Maddow) . It make me sick watching corp news in the past month leading up to these elections.

It is it going to get worse.

You can't overcome the propaganda put out by Fox News, by Right Wing ads but Rightwing Radio.

There was a reason there were limits on campaigns money from wealthy people and corporations.

The money buys the elections.

I"m beyond sad.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

34. Bingo. Money buys elections.

People have no voice anymore. That is all.

[slackmaster]

39. That's been true for a LOOOOOONG time

[ProfessionalLeftist]

55. Well now it's confirmed (again)

all up in pretty neon lights from the state of Wisconsin.

[Ford_Prefect]

36. TPM is showing it called for Walker with less than 40 % of precincts counted. WTF?

http://core.talkingpointsmemo.com/election/features/wisconsin-recall


this at 10:15 EST.

[Purveyor]

38. Everyone is calling it for Walker. It is over. They won. Not good. eom

[Odin2005]

41. Goddamnit!!!

[cstanleytech]

42. Even if true it wont protect him from any potential criminal acts he

may be under investigation for.

[Kablooie]

50. So did CNN. Looks like Walker takes it.

Face it.
The Republicans are who the American People really want to control their lives.

We'll get a government based on the bible, abortion made illegal, science demoted to the back room where it belongs, damned foreigners thrown out of our country, ability to kill anyone of color we don't like without consequences and the freedom make the world as hot as we want.

The trade off is that we allow our salaries to decline, our jobs to disappear, give up medical treatment, accept contaminated food and water and lose all ability for legal restitution if a company screws us over.

That trade off is SO worth it!

Yeah!

[Mojorabbit]

51. email from the nytimes in my inbox also. nt

[RickFromMN]

53. A very sad day. You can fool a lot of people if you spend enough money.

I hear the exit polls in Wisconsin, of the Wisconsin voters,
indicate President Obama is preferred over Mitt Romney.

I have a concern for President Obama.

When the Romney SuperPACs are done being negative about President Obama,
I fear some voters, who said they would vote for President Obama during the exit polls,
will decide not to vote for President Obama in November.

I fear there will be enough people, if they hear the same thing over and over long enough,
will be brainwashed. Money talks.

A very sad day indeed.

[potone]

54. I feel like crying.

I know that he way outspent Barrett, but what the hell is wrong with people???

[The Wielding Truth]

58. I'm calling it for Barrett. Why not? My call is as good as the thought that a man like Walker could

have been legitimately elected. Insanity rules in the USA.

[wordpix]

60. here's hoping Walker gets what's coming in the criminal probe

Not that the courts are so great, either

[RushIsRot]

61. Well, they wanted a cheesy governor and they got a cheesy governor.

One thing is readily apparent: Cheese ain't brain food! Cheez!

[newspeak]

62. sad day for wisconsin

a state that once was one of the progressive states in the country. Even with the corrupt scandals of his aides, this tyrannical cretin still remains. And now that he has been given a mandate (however small) watch the dictator screw the people in wisconsin even more. I have no hope for the plebes in this country, most would cut off their nose to spite their face. The global corporations and people like kochs want a third world banana republic where only their power counts and by god they're going to get it. Because, it seems that most people have bought into their greedy, compassionless ideology and now it's confirmed that if you can throw enough money around you can get any fool to vote against their interest. Money, greed trumps all.

A very sad day for wisconsin.

Eight years of a nightmare that not only brought this country down, but most of the world. Greedy, corrupt arsehole gamblers, betting against the american people and we have people still wanting to be whipped by their masters. I don't get it.

[shcrane71]

65. This is fucked up.