Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word 2008 election.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • For the past month I've been part of a team working on an election results application for The New York Times. A preview of what the Times will be offering tomorrow night just went up on The Caucus, describing things like the presidential big board and the mobile dashboard. There are also data-rich pages for every state, and other goodies.

    I'd love it you folks wanted to check this stuff out, it should be a good place to keep tabs on lots of data tomorrow.

    November 4, 2008

  • Thanks for offering, John! I'll definitely be checking in. :-)

    November 4, 2008

  • Stat-tastic, John! I've found my online home for tomorrow night - but that data had better be bang up to the minute.

    November 4, 2008

  • John - I'll be checking in all day from West Friendship! Thanks!

    November 4, 2008

  • Neat! Do you know how they're getting data from Oregon?

    November 4, 2008

  • One of my friends (in another state) said today, "It feels like the whole world is holding its breath." I think he nailed the feeling (even if it isn't the whole world).

    November 5, 2008

  • Trivet: the results data comes from the AP, they send us raw data and we grind through it. Exit poll data comes from a different organization.

    November 5, 2008

  • Darn! I was hoping you'd have some sort of special inside scoop.

    November 5, 2008

  • We did earlier--saw exit poll data maybe an hour before it was made public. At this point, though, it's all pretty automated. The programs my colleagues and I have been writing for months grab it, process it, and put it up on the site a few minutes after it's available.

    Here's a phrase I think we'll be seeing a lot more of President Obama.

    November 5, 2008

  • John, I was looking at the NYTimes site all evening. Thank you for all your hard work on it, and please extend my congratulations to your colleagues as well on a job very well done. I hope they give you a rest now. :)

    November 5, 2008

  • Thanks! The site was deluged with traffic, and everything held up well, so we're psyched. Heading out to the last train now, and a long sleep.

    November 5, 2008

  • Ditto. You did a great job. And the State of mind word cloud was real fun.

    Now it's time to go to sleep...

    November 5, 2008

  • I too used the NYT big board to my great satisfaction. Marvellous job, thanks.

    November 5, 2008

  • I notice the board now shows 42 (electoral votes) undecided. Obama has won by a country mile, meanwhile North Carolina is showing as 50/50 with 100% reported. Do the electoral officials bother to determine a result in NC or doesn't it 'matter' any more?

    November 5, 2008

  • What a night! What a man! America - you did good.

    November 5, 2008

  • They will still determine who won in NC, bilby, but it won't change the result of the election.

    I'm gratified about a lot of things, not least that there were no fiascos like in Florida in 2000 or Ohio in 2004!

    November 5, 2008

  • Thanks :-)

    November 5, 2008

  • Excellent work, John!

    November 5, 2008

  • Indeed! What a great tool! Congrats to you & your team, John.

    November 5, 2008

  • About that "whole world holding its breath" thing, I just read this: "...in Carcacas, Venezuela, where Enrique Cisneros, a storekeeper summed it up like this: 'A few hours ago, the world felt like a different place.'" Seen in "Election Unleashes a Flood of Hope Around the World," Alan Cowell, NYTimes, Nov. 5, 2008.

    Hey... Happy Guy Fawkes Day, by the way!

    November 5, 2008

  • John, the NYTimes site was/is most helpful, thanks!

    November 5, 2008

  • At about 3pm the woman who runs the office beside ours gushed through the door and yelled, 'We've got a new President!'

    November 6, 2008

  • How well do you know your American presidents? A chance to test your knowledge as well as enjoy a celebratory wallpaper here.

    November 7, 2008

  • And now?

    November 10, 2008