• United States Presidential Election 2012 MEGATHREAD
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In other news, Donald's goin Quackers.
[QUOTE=plokoon9619;38353418]So I just realized something, will these CEO's go ahead and fire their employees now that Obama is elected again?[/QUOTE] They talk big but it actually costs a lot of money to hire new workers compared to keeping old ones. It's an unsound business idea to fire workers because they voted Obama.
So Obama was re-elected, gay rights are making a steady rise, marijuana is on its way to nationwide decriminalization, Puerto Rico is becoming our 51st state, what else is happening?
[QUOTE=Void Skull;38353469]So Obama was re-elected, gay rights are making a steady rise, marijuana is on its way to nationwide decriminalization, Puerto Rico is becoming our 51st state, what else is happening?[/QUOTE] Mass Tea Party suicide?
[QUOTE=jordguitar;38353372]And she is right[/QUOTE] why do I keep hearing Nate Silver. What did he do?
nevada to obama [editline]7th November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Governor Goblin;38353504]why do I keep hearing Nate Silver. What did he do?[/QUOTE] Predict everything perfectly
[QUOTE=Governor Goblin;38353504]why do I keep hearing Nate Silver. What did he do?[/QUOTE] He is in charge of "538" which attempted to analyze the the polls and trends to predict the 2012 elections. This is how he fared. [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A7Ery-hCYAAykAw.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=jordguitar;38353506]nevada to obama [editline]7th November 2012[/editline] Predict everything perfectly[/QUOTE] He was a bit off with the leaning states. I also pretty much predicted the Electoral college.
[QUOTE=rinoaff33;38353502]Mass Tea Party suicide?[/QUOTE] Alot of Tea was spilt this day.
basically he's the moneyball of polling took all the "oh the world economy is xyz" and threw it out the window
[QUOTE=Governor Goblin;38353519]He was a bit off with the leaning states. I also pretty much predicted the Electoral college.[/QUOTE] But did you do so with a statistical model that you constructed? It's the difference between an educated guess and working on a truly predictive model for elections.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38353515]He is in charge of "538" which attempted to analyze the the polls and trends to predict the 2012 elections. This is how he fared. [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A7Ery-hCYAAykAw.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] also alaska went red
That's why people are praising him. He was able to predict the presidential elections twice in a row. Assuming he continues to refine his methods, he is like the wiz kid of polling. [editline]7th November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=LordCrypto;38353538]also alaska went red[/QUOTE] o yea i thought it went white
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38353534]But did you do so with a statistical model that you constructed? It's the difference between an educated guess and working on a truly predictive model for elections.[/QUOTE] I was looking through voting districts on the CNN/Huffington Post map and comparing them to the 2004 and 2008 election, I nailed down what was more important and a swing district and basically concluded for the unknown states. I was off with Virginia because I felt it was just going for Obama. Everything else was accurate to the tee.
[QUOTE=Governor Goblin;38353551]I was looking through voting districts on the CNN/Huffington Post map and comparing them to the 2004 and 2008 election, I nailed down what was more important and a swing district and basically concluded for the unknown states. I was off with Virginia because I felt it was just going for Obama. Everything else was accurate to the tee.[/QUOTE] Well let's see if your method can predict the 2016 elections too.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38353559]Well let's see if your method can predict the 2016 elections too.[/QUOTE] Took me 8 seconds [IMG]http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012.08.26_Ron-Paul.jpg[/IMG]
I still think one of my favorite moments was the end of Obama's speech when he got loud and was just on fire, the power in his voice.
Fox News highlights during the election: [url]http://videos.nymag.com/video/Fox-News-Slowly-Melts-Down-Over[/url] "The white establishment is now the minority".
fuck you election I'm never going to wake up in time for class now
Wow. Utah just hates Obama. Only got 25% of the vote with Rich County only giving him 8%. I'd like to see their reactions to the election result.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;38353164]Ron Paul 2016.[/QUOTE] Liches can't be president. [h2]CHANGE[/h2]
Even though Ron Paul didn't get elected, can we still have Real Anime?
I don't understand why libertarians are talking about Ron Paul like he didn't lose in the primaries (particularly on tumblr). Why not rep Gary Johnson or something?
More highlights: Multiple news stations- [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?=1&v=ZI7JDyDWCg4[/url] Fox News- [url]http://videos.nymag.com/video/Fox-News-Slowly-Melts-Down-Over[/url] (Re-post)
[IMG]http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/Ponderlol/REPUBLICAN%20RAGE%20LOL/lol1.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/Ponderlol/REPUBLICAN%20RAGE%20LOL/lol2.png[/IMG] Is this real life?
[QUOTE=Ponder;38354019]Is this real life?[/QUOTE] Great, now Queen is stuck in my head, thanks.
[QUOTE=Ponder;38354019]*Image* Is this real life?[/QUOTE] Excuse me while I go smash my head against a wall. Maybe afterword I'll be able to sink down to their level of intelligence so I can see from their point of view.
[QUOTE=CB1993;38354059]Excuse me while I go smash my head against a wall. Maybe afterword I'll be able to sink down to their level of intelligence so I can see from their point of view.[/QUOTE] This is hardly the worst of what I've seen tonight, I'm uploading a whole album soon.
[QUOTE=Ponder;38354144]This is hardly the worst of what I've seen tonight, I'm uploading a whole album soon.[/QUOTE] You'll be committing manslaughter on us FPers.
[QUOTE=CB1993;38354059]Excuse me while I go smash my head against a wall. Maybe afterword I'll be able to sink down to their level of intelligence so I can see from their point of view.[/QUOTE] I wonder if we tried repeatedly smashing [i]their[/i] heads against a brick wall if it would make them any more sensible. Doubt it, but I'd be willing to try anything at this point to purge our society of these dumbfucks.
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