Comments on: Obama or McCain? Election Night TV Viewing Likely To Be Strong

By: moonlightfan

moonlightfan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:29:05 +0000

OBAMA ELECTED PRESIDENT YeaaaaH!! 333OBM 156MC!! Landslide win!! He got Pennsylvania, Florida and California!!

By: DaisiesDeathKnell

DaisiesDeathKnell — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:59:29 +0000

It will end extremely early. If Obama takes Ohio, Florida or, the quickest to wrap up of the three, Virginia, he is already the winner. Kerry states + Iowa + one of those equals automatic victory. The networks will probably try to play it safe and keep it going, maybe even being lame enough to not call California/Oregon/Washington immediately after they close, but the election will be decided relatively early.

Definitely will have the highest ratings ever though, that’s for certain. Strange because it’s the most obvious blowout since 1996.

By: JT

JT — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:51:38 +0000

Obama is not a guarantee, but I give him a 90% chance to win. Something tells me it’s gonna be a lot closer than the exit polls are saying.

By: Jason Clinkscales

Jason Clinkscales — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:44:17 +0000

Regardless of political leanings (and thankfully, this painfully long campaign is coming to an end), I’d imagine that the coverage for all networks will pick up for the victory and concession speeches. Those will be historic, for sure.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:34:53 +0000

Interesting data point about just how early this could be over: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/what-will-we-know-by-7-pm.html

By: Nick C

Nick C — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:10:09 +0000

You know, “FTW,” has two meanings. One is WTF backwards, and the other is “For The Win.” Who knows which people mean? In this case it’s amusing to think of it either way.

By: Dexter

Dexter — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:45:45 +0000

Obama FTW!

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:34:51 +0000

I think tonight is going to end pretty early, so it’s not going to get huge ratings. Though the election of course will dominate.

Also, the graph says viewers, but is it tracking viewers or households?

By: Cool

Cool — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:31:11 +0000

Obama FTW!

By: Nick C

Nick C — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:27:55 +0000

Bad sentence. I meant “I just believe the country is more racist than people are willing to admit.”

By: Nick C

Nick C — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:26:33 +0000

OH boy! Another chart. I like charts. Did you guys like Perot? Just wondering, he liked charts.

Seriously, I’m expecting numbers like 2000 tonight. It should be interesting to see how many Republicans show up to vote. Some are saying that they might not show up as big as in 2004.

I’m expecting a McCain victory. I just don’t believe the country is more racist than people are willing to admit. The haters will be out voting. How many lied to pollsters?