Thursday, November 02, 2006

Maybe more?

Daily Kos has a shitload of election polls and early returns and so on. They rightly point out that we were also optimistic in '04, but looking at the numbers is impressive. The Democrats winning in Tennessee? That would spell armageddon for the GOP if they no longer control the red necks.

Also, HBO is airing a documentary called Hacking Democracy.

This cautionary documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe either. Premieres Thursday, November 2 at 9pm.

** update **

PoliSci geek muses:

Five days out, let's rephrase the question this way: when's the last time a major political party has failed to capture a single House seat, Senate seat, or governorship of the opposing party in a federal election year?

We bet it's never happened before, and it certainly hasn't happened in the post-World War II era....

Yet look at our 2006 predictions: at this moment, the Crystal Ball cannot identify a single election for Senate, House or Governor in which a Republican is likely to succeed a Democrat in office. Just imagine how devastating an absolute shutout would be in the eyes of history if this proves to be true!

....If little changes between now and Tuesday, there remains little question that the GOP is headed towards devastating losses.
But again.. there's this whole Diebold issue. If it happens again, might I suggest anarchy?

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