Tonight, Pennsylvania will tell us everything re: Republicans & Trump

[Aglaopheme]

According to the PA Dept of State web site, as of 10:12 PM ET, 568 out of 593 districts (95.78%) are reporting. Their totals shows:

Lamb - 49.99%
Saccone - 49.39%
Miller - 0.61%

There is a 1,200 vote margin between the two which is oddly the same amount Miller has received.

NYT has a map showing upreported districts.

 

[RoryN]

What fun!

 

[someoneyouknow]

NYT has a map showing upreported districts.

It isn't accurate. They show all of Westmoreland County with no results yet the official PA site shows only 22 precincts not reporting:

http://electionreturns.pa.gov/

 

[OldJourno]

I haven't really followed this and can't spell or pronounce the name of the Republican candidate, who looks like a real loser. I understand the Democrat is distancing himself from Nancy Pelosi, so he's not totally batshit crazy, but a lot of Democrats act sane before the election and then forget they were for borders and the 2nd Amendment once they get elected.

 

[Aglaopheme]

It isn't accurate. They show all of Westmoreland County with no results yet the official PA site shows only 22 precincts not reporting:

http://electionreturns.pa.gov/

I looks accurate for the other counties.

I was looking at Westmoreland earlier and looks of precincts were higher in the straight ticket vote for the Dems, but Trump won more votes.

 

[Chancellor_Palpatine]

Conor Lamb leads by 0.3 percentage points, or 585 votes, over Rick Saccone with 98 percent of precincts fully reporting.

This race is as tight as AJ wishes Rightguide's asshole was.

 

[phrodeau]

Rather than popcorn, the proper anticipation snack for Pennsylvania is oyster crackers.

 

[AlotLikePsyche]

Man, it’s super close. Separated by 585 votes.

 

[RoryN]

Rather than popcorn, the proper anticipation snack for Pennsylvania is oyster crackers.

I haven't had those in years.

I think I ate 100lbs of them as a child.

 

[Wrong Element]

It isn't accurate. They show all of Westmoreland County with no results yet the official PA site shows only 22 precincts not reporting:

http://electionreturns.pa.gov/

Westmoreland isn't reporting results by precinct, which is why the map on the NYT site isn't filled in. But they are reporting results.

Currently a 700-vote lead, and most of the absentee votes come from the (relatively) blue Pittsburgh burbs. Lamb looks like he's going to hold on.

 

[nowisthetime]

Sigh, PA is the redneck state of the northeast except for Philly and Pitt. Hopefully he can pull a win.

 

[RobDownSouth]

They are holding the votes back from reporting in conservative Washington county, trying to see how many additional votes they need to give Saccone a "stunning come from behind victory".

 

[phrodeau]

They are holding the votes back from reporting in conservative Washington county, trying to see how many additional votes they need to give Saccone a "stunning come from behind victory".

When will they pull out the "special" ballot box someone found behind a dumpster?

 

[Wrong Element]

Sigh, PA is the redneck state of the northeast except for Philly and Pitt. Hopefully he can pull a win.

Rural Pennsylvania is ... interesting. But you can't out-redneck Maine.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Sigh, PA is the redneck state of the northeast except for Philly and Pitt. Hopefully he can pull a win.

My husband is from a blue area outside of Pitt. Not in the least bit redneck.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Rural Pennsylvania is ... interesting. But you can't out-redneck Maine.

All them Mainers need to do is put that Maine lobster on the plate. They can be as rednecked as they want as long they do that one thing.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

95 vote race at 9:55 PM Central.

 

[Aglaopheme]

145 votes apart and not all counties will be county their absentee ballots tonight. I’m not seeing how this will be called this evening.

 

[someoneyouknow]

The really sad part about PA voting is there is no verifiable paper trail. No way to do a real recount if necessary. The only ones which can be counted are the absentee ballots.

 

[Aglaopheme]

95 vote race at 9:55 PM Central.

I stand corrected.

 

[Aglaopheme]

The really sad part about PA voting is there is no verifiable paper trail. No way to do a real recount if necessary. The only ones which can be counted are the absentee ballots.

Really? I did not know that. I’m gonna go look that up.

Sounds like a lot more absentee ballots sent to residence Allegheny County than the others.

 

[someoneyouknow]

Really? I did not know that. I’m gonna go look that up.

Sounds like a lot more absentee ballots sent to residence Allegheny County than the others.

We use a few different types of machines. The ones I vote on simply have a roll of paper on which votes are recorded. However, that doesn't tell you if who you voted for was correctly recorded.

The same with the fancier electronic touch screens. All they do is look at what the machine says was recorded. There is no auditing to see if the votes were recorded correctly.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Lamb leads by 847 votes.

 

[RoryN]

3206 absentee ballots to count!

 

[Aglaopheme]

3206 absentee ballots to count!

With the ones from Allegheny in.