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It is 11:04 p.m. The election is in full swing and the map feature on the new York times website spells bad news for democrats. As the states on the map slowly turn pink (Mitt Romney is in the lead) or red (Romney won in that state) my stomach fills with dread. Yet, strangely people are optimistic. While buying groceries in a bodega a Dominican man yells that Obama will win while lamenting that Romney is a thief who wants to steal his social security money. Even after i told him about the people’s desire for “new blood”, he was adamant that Obama will win.
On twitter it seemed there was the same type of sentiment. Women’s World magazine tweeted, “I hope you have better luck finding an election night make-out buddy than Romney does of winning the election.”
As the night goes on my breathing gets better. It is now 11:30p.m. And Obama has won Ohio and Idaho and now has 250 votes compared to Romney’s 200 votes. The map is still filled with the republican red but I guess that does not matter much. The popular vote still belongs to Romney and the people on twitter as well as everyone else in the country still just want a president that is looking out for their best interest. On the other side is people who just want to be snarky and are resigned to a crappy reality so do not care who wins with Obama being the lesser of two evils.
Some snarky ones:
Rob Tannenbaum from Rolling Stones magazine says, “Fox News now says Romney can still win election by carrying Atlantis, Valhalla, and Whoville. #election2012 #FoxNews”
Random, High School Life tweeted, “Plot twist: Kanye West interrupts the election and nobody becomes President.”
The Atlantic tweets their article, “The Sad Faces of Fox News on Election Night”
All the while I’m asking, can I vote for Bill Clinton?