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  Did you think in the early election night 2008 that the race would be tighter? (search mode)
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buritobr
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« on: February 13, 2018, 05:36:04 PM »
Obama's national margin against McCain was 7.26%.

Did you think that this margin would be smaller when the first results were proceeded in the early election night?

Obama performed much better than Kerry in the west of the Mississippi River. But in many states in the east of the Mississippi River, the results of Bush-Kerry and McCain-Obama races were very similar. In some counties, Obama performed worse than Kerry.
The first results of the election night come from the east. The first state is Kentucky. In this state, the races of 2004 and 2008 were very similar.
In California, the last state, the D margin changed from 10% in 2004 to 24% in 2008.
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buritobr
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2018, 05:20:37 PM »
ABC election night 2008 coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PiFjtMHHfY

1:11:28

When ~ 1/4 of the national popular vote was counted, the results were

Obama 16,843,658
McCain 16,606,832
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