Monday, December 3, 2012

When will we know a winner on election night? | Reduction

When will we know a winner on election night?

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One piece of advice for anyone planning to tune in to election night coverage Tuesday: "Have a couple of cups of coffee," CBS News director of elections Anthony Salvanto said. It's going to be a long night. Though polls in some states, like the key battleground of Virginia, will close at 7 p. m. EDT, others, including the critical swing state of Iowa, won't close until 10 p. m. EDT - "and most of the battlegrounds may even still be counting votes at that point," Salvanto said. "I don't think we'll know the winner there for a while, especially if it ends up as close as it looks right now - that could be hours," he said, predicting only a one- or two-point gap between President Obama and Mitt Romney across battleground states.

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Anthony Salvanto

Overall Sentiment: -0.0433332

Relevance: 0.843161

SentimentQuote
0"Have a couple of cups of coffee," CBS News director of elections Anthony Salvanto said.
0"and most of the battlegrounds may even still be counting votes at that point," Salvanto said. ...
0Salvanto added, results from "battlegrounds within the battlegrounds" ...
-0.184852Salvanto said watching the way those groups are breaking "will give us indications of maybe which way this is leaning. It'll generate some excitement."
0.0504133Salvanto said, suggests those areas may shift back to Romney on Tuesday, meaning the president "would have to make up that difference somewhere else," ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 5
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1344387
  • Mean: -0.02688774
  • Standard Deviation: 1

President Obama

Overall Sentiment: -0.228789

Relevance: 0.584897

Mitt Romney

Overall Sentiment: -0.242528

Relevance: 0.578779

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StateOrCounty: Iowa

Overall Sentiment: -0.0124242

Relevance: 0.364708

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StateOrCounty: Virginia

Overall Sentiment: -0.527349

Relevance: 0.360582

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StateOrCounty: Florida

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.303606

Company: CBS News

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.376507

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