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Live Blog: 2012 General Election

Live Blog of the 2012 general election

3rd & 7 37yd

Kathleen, I will have to tell him to drop by the blog! He'll be glad to know he's missed.

by Jenny Michael 11/6/2012 6:11:04 PM
sent him a tweet too

by Kathleen 11/6/2012 6:12:57 PM
any word on where the UN poll watchers are suppose to be? Kept seeing Bismarck, ND on the list and had to ask...why? Philadelphia might make sense!

by Kathleen 11/6/2012 6:38:30 PM
We don't know, Kathleen. We hadn't heard that. If we find anything out, we'll let you know.

by Jenny Michael 11/6/2012 6:39:12 PM
Here are a few electoral college projection sites that may be of interest:

by nick.smith 11/6/2012 7:49:59 PM
Even worse Steve, one of the top Google searches even today is "Who is running for President?" Please don't bother voting kids.

by Kathleen 11/6/2012 8:09:13 PM
On an other note, here's a slideshow of weird polling places. Anyone vote somewhere out of the ordinary today?

by Jenny Michael 11/6/2012 9:15:27 PM
I think 2008 was MUCH easier to predict, everyone wanted change and McCain was not a good option. Today I think many are ready for change from what we ended up with.

by Kathleen 11/6/2012 9:17:40 PM
Fun facts: This is the first election since 1976 that no Bushes or Clintons were running for president or vice president. Link has more trivia.

by Jenny Michael 11/6/2012 9:33:09 PM
Also interesting to note that Silver's blog projects Rick Berg will defeat Heidi Heitkamp by 5.6 percentage points.

by Nick Woltman 11/6/2012 9:33:13 PM
And, we have a Nick Woltman sighting, ladies and gentlemen!

by Jenny Michael 11/6/2012 9:33:28 PM
Hope Johnson receives at least 5% of the vote so the Libertarians gain major party status.

by LethalLefty 11/6/2012 10:44:07 PM
According to this map, North Dakota presidential votes count for the fourth most in the country, after Washington, Vermont and the District of Columbia. We have 174,240 per electoral vote.

by Jenny Michael 11/6/2012 11:50:13 PM
The New York Times has an election map up, with results coming in for a few states already,

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 12:16:45 AM
40 precincts reporting now.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 2:46:55 AM
Heitkamp still holds a slim lead.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 2:47:05 AM
The "no" votes are leading on Measure 5, and the "yes" votes are up on measures 3 and 4.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 2:48:03 AM
How can presidental and senate wins be called in Wisc. when it shows them losing by 15% yet call a win for them?

by bisbert 11/7/2012 2:49:07 AM
Yes, Roger, they usually do. I'm in a remote location, but maybe someone in the newsroom tonight can give us a pizza play-by-play?

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 3:01:03 AM
Any word on the race between Henning and Greenwood?

by adair 11/7/2012 3:02:17 AM
I'd speculate that the heavy oil-producing counties (Williams, Mountrail, McKenzie, and Ward) might balance out the Senate race, in favor of the Republican side.

by MS 11/7/2012 3:02:28 AM
The North Dakota Senate race map so far looks like it's going to be mostly blue to the right and mostly red to the left. Burleigh County looks likely to be very important to the results.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 4:19:08 AM
Remember earlier we were talking about Nate Silver and Nick Woltman brought up Nates prediction of Berg winning by about 5.5 percentage points. Looks like that may be slightly off unless things change.

by Jason Heupel via mobile 11/7/2012 4:20:01 AM
Major networks reporting that Obama has won.

by Brittany Gefroh 11/7/2012 4:22:57 AM
someone tell me where i can get the results for north dakota?

by amanda 11/7/2012 4:22:58 AM
amanda, the North Dakota Secretary of State's web site has the results as they come in from precincts.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 4:24:36 AM
With 298 precincts in, Heitkamp is up 51.66 percent to Berg's 47.86 percent.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 4:25:12 AM
298 precincts are now in: Heitkamp has 94,504 votes and Berg has 87,549 votes.

by Mara Van Ells 11/7/2012 4:25:13 AM
That is interesting, Jason. I had already forgotten that. It'll be interesting to see how close Silver's prediction is when it's all said and done. I'm sure it's hard to predict a low-population state.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 4:25:56 AM
Networks have called Presidential race for Obama. Democrats are going to maintain their U.S. Senate majority and possibly increase it depending on how the remaining races go. Also, Republicans will maintain their U.S. House majority.

by nick.smith 11/7/2012 4:27:41 AM
Nate Silver is on track to be 48/50, so far. In case anyone's still keeping track.

by Nick Woltman 11/7/2012 4:27:47 AM
As far as the presidential election is concerned, that is.

by Nick Woltman 11/7/2012 4:27:48 AM
Thank you Jenny

by amanda 11/7/2012 4:27:50 AM
With 388 precincts in, Heitkamp leads by more than 4,000 votes.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 5:32:01 AM
Geez, the suspense is killing me!

by Darin 11/7/2012 5:34:12 AM
Hows measure 5 looking?

by Dusty Rafferty 11/7/2012 5:34:13 AM
Measure 5 was defeated, about 65 to 35.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 5:34:43 AM
Was measure 4 even close?

by Dusty Rafferty 11/7/2012 5:38:00 AM
Nope, it won about 67 to 33.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 5:38:18 AM
Thats awesome! So is Heide in?

by Dusty Rafferty 11/7/2012 5:39:41 AM
I wish I could answer that, Dusty. Actually, if I could answer it, I'd be in bed by now. There are still 38 precincts left to be counted, though Heitkamp has the lead by more than 4,000 votes.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 5:40:27 AM
Can you please go over all of the proposed measures? Such as what each measure was, if they won or lost, and by how much?

by Stephanie 11/7/2012 5:43:09 AM
My story on the Bismarck Civic Center expansion tax measure bit.ly

by Jessica Holdman 11/7/2012 5:43:32 AM
We sure can, Stephanie.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 5:43:44 AM
Measure 1 eliminates a poll tax as a possibility under the state constitution. (poll taxes are illegal) It passed, with more than 88 percent in favor so far.

by Jenny Michael 11/7/2012 5:44:22 AM