Scott Brown vs Martha Coakley Polls Close Soon; Results Already in?
The Mass senate race will soon come to a close. Martha Coakley and Scott Brown’s work is not over yet, as it will be a battle to the finish. Voter turnout, even in the weather, has been much greater than anyone could have predicted. While most predict a Scott Brown win, either candidate could win due to recounts, if the election is that close. The recount process, if it happens, will be brutal… with both sides screaming fraud. Politics, has been something that has been an ugly thing for awhile in this country, and it is just going to get worse.
We will be reporting results as soon as they start coming in. In an interesting note, Boston.com (The Boston Globe) already posted who the winner will be. Obviously, this was just a test, possibly an in-house prediction. The Globe has never been known for its… fair reporting, so take the image below with a grain of salt… then throw it over your shoulder.
This piece will be updated as soon as results from the Martha Coakley and Scott Brown senate race start coming in. The funniest thing is… the election would not even have been close if Massachusetts went with the rules (that they made) and did not assign an interim senator.
Edit: @8:00PM Polls now closed, results will start to trickle in slowly.
@8:36
Precincts Reporting: 179 of 2,168 (8%)
Scott Brown (R) – 103,633 (52.2%)
Martha Coakley (D) – 93,019 (46.9%)
Joe Kennedy (I) – 1,832 (0.9%)
Comment by Hobo on 19 January 2010:
Congratulations, you own Photoshop, but you forgot to forge over the “Updated at 12:36 a.m” Total fail.
bye….
Comment by Alexander Nobles on 19 January 2010:
Not a photo shop… Updated at 12:36 AM… This was seen late last night.
We have seen similar things from CNN the night before elections… so I am not sure why you think this is shopped.
Comment by Jason Palmer on 19 January 2010:
Um, sorry I missed something…how would it not be close and who would you say would win without these makeshift rules they used? Thanks, J
Comment by Hobo on 19 January 2010:
The current page shows 0% reporting…..
Comment by Hobo on 19 January 2010:
The ’shoped image states 100% reporting
Comment by Hobo on 19 January 2010:
Absolute faiil
Comment by Alexander Nobles on 19 January 2010:
Of course it does… They took down the “results” from last night… early today. This is why the button on your keyboard is called “printscreen”, so you can record these moments…
I wouldn’t care enough to photoshop something like this… who would?
Comment by Alexander Nobles on 19 January 2010:
Hobo,
I actually laughed when you accused of us of photoshoping this…
This was a screen late lastnight, I think even Boston.com responded to this…
Comment by snl on 19 January 2010:
People who write “fail” are massively annoying.
Comment by Alexander Nobles on 19 January 2010:
Hobo,
UPDATE: From Bob Powers of the Globe, the official explanation of what we saw:
“[Associated Press] was testing an election data feed to its Massachusetts clients. During corresponding tests at our end, the feed of AP’s hypothetical test data was inadvertently posted for a few minutes on a single subsection page within ur site. As soon as the error was discovered, it was removed. We regret the mishap.”
Via thephoenix.com