Moved to the flip…Tweets by @bluemassgroup
8:16 pm It occurs to me that this might work better as a Twitter feed, so henceforth that’s how we’ll do it.
8:10 pm Mass. Governor transition website is live.
8:09 pm AP has called our Senate race for Ed Markey. Whew, that was a close one.
8:00 pm And the polls are closed in most states around the country, including here in MA. Prepare for a flood of results … fingers crossed.
7:53 pm The polls aren’t quite closed yet here in Massachusetts, but they closed in Kentucky at 7. And, unfortunately, the wretched Mitch McConnell has held onto his seat. Alison Lundergan Grimes ran a poor campaign. What a lost opportunity.
On the plus side, very early numbers from New Hampshire suggest that Jeanne Shaheen is running almost as well as Maggie Hassan (the Democratic candidate for Governor, widely expected to win). If that holds up, could be a good night up north.
goldsteingonewild says
In 2010, Patrick won the state 48-42. So Coakley has some room here to underperform the 2010 numbers.
Concord 2010. Patrick 5277. Baker 3109.
Concord 2014. Coakley 4487. Baker 3487.
Norton 2010. Patrick 2293. Baker 3722.
Norton 2014. Coakley 2167. Baker 3549.
Sandwich 2010. Patrick 3731. Baker 5,520.
Sandwich 2014. Coakley 3224. Baker 5475.
Very quick calc: In these 3 precincts, Coakley is roughly 1300 out of roughly 22,000 votes lower than Patrick 2010. 6% lower.
Exactly the margin of the 2010 election. Dead heat?
Might be a long night.
goldsteingonewild says
hmm. this one looks good for baker.
2010: Baker 2,994 Patrick 4,369
2014: Baker 3285 Coakley 3421
goldsteingonewild says
In cities like Brockton and Lowell and Lynn, looks like Coakley 2014 held roughly the Patrick numbers of 2010. So I suspect Boston will be same – and that’s 75,000 net votes typically D.
In many other places, like Framingham, Baker picked up 6% or so on his 2010 numbers.
Hmm. If it’s 6% in most towns, and 1% in cities, then that wouldn’t close the 6% gap of 2010, would it?
Okay, enough tinkering with these live online electoral maps. Too close to call.