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If Mitt Romney can't even win a GameFAQs poll, how does he intend to win the election
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This poll says nothing about Mitt Romney's chances of winning the election. Compared to the average American voter, GameFAQs users are mostly liberal for the most part.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Thanks for that, Luster.
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Of course Mitt Romney would lead in Utah.
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Still waiting on Wyoming to vote in this poll, but Mitt Romney is leading Kentucky and Alabama as well. I know it's still the early vote, but I think Obama will turn those states blue before the end of this poll.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Asia might be OK for Romney due to the Philippines. It says 80/20 for Obama now, but that should change. I recall a poll of various countries in 2008, and Israel and The Philippines were the only ones that McCain won.
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My bracket wasn't good enough to beat SuperNiceDog's in the GameFAQS Rivalry Rumble. Congrats!
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SBAllen should have asked for contest pics for today's character battle.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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I agree, we should have had pictures for this poll.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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I'm amused by how states Obama are winning are blue and Romney's are red
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I'm glad that Bacon put the options in the right order so Obama is in blue and Romney in red.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Obama is 2% behind in Ohio compared to to the rest of the US. That means if the popular vote in the election is expected to be close to 50-50, then Ohio will lean Romney by a point or two. Oh noes.
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-LusterSoldier- posted...

I agree, we should have had pictures for this poll.

Might not be too late. Someone could try making some and try to get SBAllen to put them up.
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Pokemon VGC2012 Canadian Nationals - 8th place

4608 votes at the end of the first hour. If these early vote totals hold up, we could be looking at about 47000-48000 votes.

However, I think this poll might end up being similar to the 2011 Super Bowl poll where the vote totals started out strong, but collapsed late at night because the rest of the world doesn't care about the Super Bowl. North America brought in 87.25% of the total votes in the 2011 Super Bowl poll, when North America usually brings in about 76% of the votes for an average poll. This Obama/Romney poll could possibly bring in over 80% of the votes from North America.

Team Rocket Elite posted...

Might not be too late. Someone could try making some and try to get SBAllen to put them up.

I already posted a topic on the private board Hardcore about this, because I know he lurks that board.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Obama has gained about 1% in the past hour. Looks like Obama will dominate this night vote after all. Early on in this poll, I predicted Obama would get over 85% in Asia and Europe and that seems to be holding up here.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Utah flipped to Obama.

Annihilation.
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Romney getting the day vote, even in the US.

Makes sense as Liberals tend to stay out late.
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Oh god, Romney is starting to do much better in this poll as we approach the first poll closings at 7:00 PM EST. I blame older voters who just got out of work earlier to vote in the elections.
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Trend charts for yesterday's poll:

https://spreadsheet.google.com/pub?key=0AgBWiYjlMLwYdGd5cFdYaU5YTFFvSnFsNWhYcVJmMGc&gid=1

Romney started out okay with the early vote and Power Hour. Obama would go on to dominate the night vote with the help of Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Obama started to run out of steam near the end of the night vote, but managed to get his percentage up to 81.05% at 7:10 AM. From that point on, Obama would lose almost 3% to Romney. When you are over 80% in a poll, it's really difficult to swing 3% like Mitt Romney almost pulled off and that was after Obama gained about 3% with the night vote.

When the morning vote got into full swing after 7:00 AM, Romney started performing much better. He was also winning the morning vote in the US, probably as a result of older voters (more likely to be conservative) getting up to go vote in the election. After Romney's' initial surge with the morning vote, he slowed down with the midday hours in this poll (multiple 78%+ hours for Obama).

Once the ASV kicked in, Romney started to go on a tear again. Romney continued to grow stronger (multiple updates of Obama under 70%) as we got closer to the end of the poll, probably as a result of Europeans going to sleep. Once Obama was declared the winner, Obama started doing better put on a strong performance to end the poll.

Based on the hourly vote totals, I think the ASV was being diluted. While most Americans didn't have to go to work or college yesterday, the same cannot be said about high school students. I never got the day off when I used to be in high school.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Romney also only won in Utah on GameFAQs
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Rough estimates for Obama's percentage in the Canadian provinces/territories:

British Columbia - 93.50%
Alberta - 88.00%
Saskatchewan - 90.00%
Manitoba - 84.00%
Ontario - 91.25%
Quebec - 95.50%
New Brunswick - 92.25%
Prince Edward Island - 84.50%
Nova Scotia - 92.25%
Newfoundland - 95.00%
Yukon - 100.00%
Northwest Territories - 100.00%

The percentages were estimated using this map:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/map.png?id=4895&region=8&map=1

The gradient maps proved to be useful in getting a rough estimate for each province/territory. This strategy only works on polls that have only 2 options. By using a program, I can drag my cursor over each province and figure out the RGB hex value for each province. British Columbia has a hex value of 10EFEF, which corresponds roughly to a percentage of 93.50% for the winner in blue (Obama in this case).
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Would've expected Alberta to be the most pro-Romney, not that Manitoba would be too far off either.
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Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest.

more wii u polls :/
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Expect tons of Wii U polls for the next 2 to 3 weeks since we are just 9 days away from the launch.
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Recently the final boss of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale was announced. As it turns out, the final boss is Polygon Man. Think he would be allowed in a Character Battle? PSABR probably won't be popular enough to get him in, though.
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Pokemon VGC2012 Canadian Nationals - 8th place

charmander6000 posted...

Would've expected Alberta to be the most pro-Romney, not that Manitoba would be too far off either.

I was expecting that too, since I've heard Alberta is like the "Texas" of Canada.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Alberta is the most conservative, but you see similar things across the prairies and northern British Columbia.

Here's the results from the 2011 election, anything dark blue was a heavy (+60%) conservative win.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Canada_Fed_election_2011_Ridings.svg
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Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest.

Here were the percentages for Obama in every state, ranked from highest percentage to lowest:

Vermont - 82.76% (D)
New York - 80.31% (D)
Rhode Island - 79.88% (D)
Massachusetts - 79.58% (D)
Hawaii - 78.81% (D)
Washington - 78.79% (D)
Oregon - 77.93% (D)
California - 77.84% (D)
New Jersey - 77.81% (D)
Connecticut - 77.37% (D)
District of Columbia - 76.85% (D)
New Mexico - 76.43% (D)
New Hampshire - 76.25% (D)
Minnesota - 74.96% (D)
Illinois - 74.54% (D)
Maine - 74.34% (D)
Nevada - 73.23% (D)
Pennsylvania - 73.11% (D)
Michigan - 72.74% (D)
Kansas - 72.20% (R)
South Dakota - 72.15% (R)
Ohio - 71.53% (D)
Delaware - 71.19% (D)
Wisconsin - 70.88% (D)
Florida - 70.22% (D)
Iowa - 70.07% (D)
Maryland - 69.71% (D)
Colorado - 69.22% (D)
North Carolina - 69.14% (R)
Virginia - 68.78% (D)
Arizona - 68.74% (R)
Indiana - 68.56% (R)
Missouri - 68.39% (R)
Oklahoma - 68.35% (R)
North Dakota - 67.62% (R)
Arkansas - 66.01% (R)
Nebraska - 65.76% (R)
West Virginia - 64.88% (R)
Texas - 64.30% (R)
Montana - 63.24% (R)
Kentucky - 63.16% (R)
Georgia - 62.41% (R)
Tennessee - 62.29% (R)
South Carolina - 62.20% (R)
Alaska - 60.27% (R)
Wyoming - 58.97% (R)
Idaho - 58.39% (R)
Alabama - 56.02% (R)
Louisiana - 55.63% (R)
Mississippi - 53.60% (R)
Utah - 44.44% (R)

(D) - A state that voted Democratic in the actual election.
(R) - A state that voted Republican in the actual election.

On that list, you can see that the top 18 states (plus DC) all voted Democratic in the actual election. You have to get all the way down to Kansas to see a Republican voting state for the first time. Kansas and South Dakota were the only 2 Republican states with a higher percentage than the overall US average of 71.90%. There were 8 Democratic voting states with a percentage below the US average of 71.90% in the poll, and 6 of those states were swing states.

The bottom 21 states in this poll all voted Republican in the actual election.
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Finally got around at making a bracket. The bracket is Link-less and I tried to minimize wasted characters, but at the same time I didn’t do much shuffling as the bracket was being made.

Division 1
1) Cloud Strife
16) Kratos Aurion
8) M. Bison
9) Spy
5) Captain Falcon
12) Liquid Snake
4) Scorpion
13) Vault Boy
3) Pikachu
14) Tommy Vercetti
6) Revolver Ocelot
11) Bahamut
7) Meta Knight
10) Riku
2) Dante
15) Dr. Robotnik

Division 2
1) Samus Aran
16) Claptrap
8) Sackboy
9) Otacon
5) Kefka
12) Ken
4) Ezio
13) Frog
3) Zack Fair
14) Isaac
6) Phoenix Wright
11) Amaterasu
7) Raiden
10) Rikku
2) Charizard
15) Johnny Cage

Division 3
1) Crono
16) Lyndis (Fire Emblem)
8) Captain John Price
9) Duke Nukem
5) Mega Man X
12) Arthas Menethil
4) Squall
13) KOS-MOS
3) Auron
14) Dr. Wily
6) Zelda
11) Tifa Lockheart
7) Nightmare
10) Zell Dincht (FFVIII)
2) Sonic the Hedgehog
15) GlaDOS

Division 4
1) Mega Man
16) Morrigan Aensland
8) Seifer Almasy
9) Ness
5) Barret Wallace
12) Squirtle
4) L-Block
13) Connor Kenway (Assassin’s Creed III)
3) Tidus
14) Mewtwo
6) Fox McCloud
11) Lightning
7) Diablo
10) Marth
2) Vincent Valentine
15) Diddy Kong

Division 5
1) Solid Snake
16) Toad
8) Magus
9) Pac-Man
5) Knuckles
12) Pokemon Trainer Red
4) Zidane
13) Albert Wesker
3) Kratos
14) Ratchet
6) Commander Shepard
11) Gordon Freeman
7) Ike
10) Jill Valentine
2) Master Chief
15) Big Daddy

Division 6
1) Ganondorf
16) Bayonetta
8) Terra Branford
9) Chris Redfield
5) Yoshi
12) Ramza
4) Luigi
13) Marcus Fenix
3) Zero
14) Guile (Street Fighter)
6) Aerith Gainsborough
11) Niko Bellic
7) Jecht
10) Roxas
2) Kirby
15) Simon Belmont

Division 7
1) Mario
16) Garland (FF)
8) Sazh Katzroy (FFXIII)
9) John Marston (Red Dead Redemption)
5) Alucard
12) Vivi
4) Leon Kennedy
13) Yuna
3) Ryu
14) Prince of Persia
6) Donkey Kong
11) Altair
7) Lara Croft
10) Crash Bandicoot
2) Sora
15) Malon (Legend of Zelda)

Division 8
1) Sephiroth
16) Pit
8) Tails
9) Ridley
5) Epona
12) Chun Li
4) Ryu Hayabusa
13) Sub-Zero
3) Bowser
14) Sarah Kerrigan
6) Nathan Drake
11) Heavy
7) Cecil Harvey
10) Princess Peach
2) Big Boss
15) Chell (Portal)
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BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls
Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest.

Crono with a 1 seed?
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SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0

He's had a 1 seed before!
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Well you could give Sonic the 1 seed, Squall the 2 seed and Crono the 3 seed and still have the same matches.
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BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls
Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest.

What happened to Mizno?
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Glitched.
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boooo

Pikachu vs. Bahamut....don't think I could pull the trigger on that one
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Bahamut would probably be a bust, honestly.
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Surely you don't think he'd lose to Ocelot!?
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Eh, probably not.

Don't see him contending with Pikachu though.
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If you guys haven't seen it, Ed Bellis is most likely going through his "unofficial" b8 character battle:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/64543106

ONce/If noms start I'm sure he'll need help advertising the contest to get as many votes/noms as possible
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Woot we got over 50,000 on this one.
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Do you like spoons?

yeah good votals and lots of people using the boards too. Black Ops 2 effect maybe?
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Breaking 50000 votes on any poll is a good thing, because we are absolutely struggling to break that now. Last time we broke 50000 votes was on 10/24/2012, 9/3/2012, and 6/10/2012. So only 4 times (including this poll) since the start of June.
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Guybrush Threepwood vs. Call of Duty Guy, who ya got?

At least Guybrush doesn't have three-quarters of the site hating him!
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Guybrush, just 'cause
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Guybrush can't beat anyone.
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I imagine a lot of the people who dislike CoD have no idea who the characters are and this can't go out of their way to anti-vote them. This doesn't help the character get more votes but it's better than drawing anti-votes.
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Pokemon VGC2012 Canadian Nationals - 8th place

AxemRedRanger posted...

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Guybrush Threepwood vs. Call of Duty Guy, who ya got?

At least Guybrush doesn't have three-quarters of the site hating him!

LeonhartFour posted...

Guybrush can't beat anyone.

Team Rocket Elite posted...

I imagine a lot of the people who dislike CoD have no idea who the characters are and this can't go out of their way to anti-vote them. This doesn't help the character get more votes but it's better than drawing anti-votes.

Are you guys talking about some contest which is on going?
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Do you like spoons?

There is no contest happening now.
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I meant an unofficial contest or anything, on here or some other/private board.
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Do you like spoons?

Guybrush did have a big boost from his remake. I bet he could avoid a doubling from random CoD guy!
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Legend of Mana - See Quote

Melee would have easily crushed Wind Waker in a normal contest match, but the poll question changes the entire meaning of the poll, allowing Wind Waker to barely beat Melee (as of right now).
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