Globe Publishes Final Election Results 8 Hours Before Polls Close

[Vel]

The image of the map showing Coakley winning the special election is at the link. The excuse is that this was just a software demonstation gone awry, but it should be quite interesting to compare it to the actual results. The Globe will have trouble convincing people that the fix wasn't in if the results match this map.
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Boston Globe calls election for Martha Coakley?
Published Jan 19 2010, 12:29 PM by Carly Carioli 4

Boston.com briefly put up this map of the final results of today's election -- some 8 hours before polls closed!

As you can see, over 2 million people voted, with Coakley eking out a 50-49 victory.

The map was fully interactive, so you could roll over and get town-by-town results -- above we show Coakley taking Cohasset 56-43.

They took the map down shortly after I pointed it out on Twitter. But not before we Phoenix troublemakers got the screen shots!

Now, if the final numbers end up matching these, the Republicans may really have reason to question the integrity of the process...



Boston Globe calls election for Martha Coakley? - Talking Politics

 

[CrusaderFrank]

These are the kinds of things that start revolutions

 

[RodISHI]

The 1948 Presidential Election

1948 - Truman runs against Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee in the 1948 presidential election. The scientific pollsters, including George Gallup, all predicted that Dewey would beat Truman. (Gallup had won a dramatic bet by correctly predicting the outcome of the 1936 election.) Newspapers were so sure the pollsters were right that they printed the headline, "Dewey Beats Truman." But they were wrong.

Truman beat Dewey and the race wasn't even that close (Truman won by 3.5 percentage points). What had gone wrong? The pollsters had stopped polling a week before the election. They thought that people's votes would not change before the election. But in 1948 there were two strong independent candidates whose support eroded away in the last week. By stopping their polling too soon, the pollsters missed this shift away from the third party candidates back to the major parties. Since most of the votes shifted to Truman, he won the election.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

The 1948 Presidential Election

1948 - Truman runs against Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee in the 1948 presidential election. The scientific pollsters, including George Gallup, all predicted that Dewey would beat Truman. (Gallup had won a dramatic bet by correctly predicting the outcome of the 1936 election.) Newspapers were so sure the pollsters were right that they printed the headline, "Dewey Beats Truman." But they were wrong.

Truman beat Dewey and the race wasn't even that close (Truman won by 3.5 percentage points). What had gone wrong? The pollsters had stopped polling a week before the election. They thought that people's votes would not change before the election. But in 1948 there were two strong independent candidates whose support eroded away in the last week. By stopping their polling too soon, the pollsters missed this shift away from the third party candidates back to the major parties. Since most of the votes shifted to Truman, he won the election.

I was just about to say "Dewey Defeats Truman"

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

These are the kinds of things that start revolutions

Really?

LOL

what a bunch of douche bags.

any asshole with half a brain can produce a map that will closely resemble the final results.

The OP mentions a possible conspiracy and CrusaderFrank utters another one of his nitwitticisms calling for a tea bagging party?

 

[Modbert]

Get the tin foil ready birthers! I'm sure you already have it on standby.

 

[NYcarbineer]

These are the kinds of things that start revolutions

Or a crusade?

 

[Missourian]

Get the tin foil ready birthers! I'm sure you already have it on standby.

Whatever you say Alinskybert

 

[Oddball]

Although without a link yet, I hear Jason Lewis tell that Al Frankenstein's recount loyah is in Marxatxachusetts already.

Hoobooie.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Why is it the same people who take anything they can to attempt to prove foul play in elections are the same people who yell the loudest when liberals bring up the same things (Diebold, Florida 2000, Ohio 2004, etc)

 

[Modbert]

Whatever you say Alenskybert

Oh c'mon Missourian. Do you really think there is a conspiracy here? And that the Boston Globe would REALLY be the one to let the cat out of the bag in such a stupid manner?

 

[del]

Whatever you say Alenskybert

Oh c'mon Missourian. Do you really think there is a conspiracy here? And that the Boston Globe would REALLY be the one to let the cat out of the bag in such a stupid manner?

no, the globe would never be stupid.

that's why they're going bankrupt.

 

[Avatar4321]

Why is it the same people who take anything they can to attempt to prove foul play in elections are the same people who yell the loudest when liberals bring up the same things (Diebold, Florida 2000, Ohio 2004, etc)

The real question is why do the liberals who yell the loudest about "being cheated" yell the loudest about trying to cheat and put things out here like this to make people question whether they are trying to defraud the system?

 

[Modbert]

no, the globe would never be stupid.

that's why they're going bankrupt.

Them and every other newspaper, your point?

My point is this, if there is some massive conspiracy going on, then I highly doubt the Boston Globe would have such a thing on standby and let it accidentally slip.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Why is it the same people who take anything they can to attempt to prove foul play in elections are the same people who yell the loudest when liberals bring up the same things (Diebold, Florida 2000, Ohio 2004, etc)

The real question is why do the liberals who yell the loudest about "being cheated" yell the loudest about trying to cheat and put things out here like this to make people question whether they are trying to defraud the system?

I don't understand a word of this post.

 

[SFC Ollie]

I don't believe there is any conspiracy here. At least not at this moment. But if this supposedly test comes out even close to the actual results then I would definitely call for a full investigation.

 

[Missourian]

Whatever you say Alenskybert

Oh c'mon Missourian. Do you really think there is a conspiracy here? And that the Boston Globe would REALLY be the one to let the cat out of the bag in such a stupid manner?

Honestly, probably not, but if their map turns out to be identical to the actual results I would definitely want to see some digging done.

Point being, it is never wise to dismiss something out of hand simply because it is improbable.

Better to reserve judgment until circumstances reveal themselves.

 

[Modbert]

I don't believe there is any conspiracy here. At least not at this moment. But if this supposedly test comes out even close to the actual results then I would definitely call for a full investigation.

Exactly. Wait until the final results before jumping to conclusions. Though be forewarned, it can be easy to predict what district is going to vote where much of the time.

All you have to do is look at who's registered as what and how they voted in previous elections both local and for the President. CNN does it fairly well every election season. I remember it during the 2008 election, thought it was amazing technology.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

I was looking for this story.
I have little doubt of the outcome.

 

[Modbert]

Honestly, probably not, but if their map turns out to be identical to the actual results I would definitely want to see some digging done.

Point being, it is never wise to dismiss something out of hand simply because it is improbable.

Better to reserve judgment until circumstances reveal themselves.

However, people were jumping to conclusions about it being a conspiracy and I was mocking that. It's just like I said pretty well in my previous post to this.