File talk:US Electoral College Map 2008.svg

What do the small numbers mean

What do the small numbers in circles mean (e.g. the 1, 2 and 3 in Nebraska, and the 1 and 2 in Maine)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.60.238.85 (talk • contribs) 01:59, 25 September 2008

The small numbers indicate that those states split their EVs by congressional district. It's possible that 1/2/3 in NE and 1/2 in Maine could go to different candidates. (though it has never happened before, in 2008 Obama has a shot at NE-2 and McCain has a shot at ME-2) Benh57 (talk) 04:35, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Why can't I edit this image?

There appears to be no link for me to edit this image. Why not? This is a wiki. === Jez === (talk) 19:39, 5 November 2008 (UTC)How do I edit an image or map or picture, etc?--What!?Why?Who? (talk) 21:18, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Colors?

What are the colors? Can you add a legend or key? 72.79.198.22 (talk) 22:39, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

The colors don't represent anything at the present moment. When election day comes, the map will include a red and blue legend with Obama and McCain's name listed. Jason (talk) 00:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Overwriting

I have never overwritten an image on Wikipedia before but I probably will tonight. How do I do this? Just save with the same file name?Linuxguymarshall (talk) 00:03, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind. Google helped Linuxguymarshall (talk) 00:14, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Sources

"Please only update the map when a state is projected SAFE after the final polling place is closed. Do not crystal ball the results." Projected by whom? This should be made clearer so that readers know which source(s) this map is based on. 140.247.131.119 (talk) 00:53, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Maine

Why has one EV in Maine been called for McCain? http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ has called all EVs in Maine for Obama. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.127.15.130 (talk) 01:28, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Totals!

I strongly suggest adding a total electoral vote number for each candidate next time the picture is updated. That way the total/current numbers can be easily noticed. A good location would be by the color legend. For instance:

(color box) McCain (votes)

(color box) Obama (votes) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdm64 (talk • contribs) 01:31, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. 71.233.250.241 (talk) 02:35, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

New Mexico is Obama according to CNBC. And Arizona is McCain as is Kansas. AllanVS

TEXAS IS MCCAIN according to CNBC AllanVS ^{talk contribs} 03:01, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

^{talk contribs} —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC).

MT call for McCain reverted, why?

CNN and Fox News, which are the two sources mentioned for this file, have already called Montana for McCain. Why revert the file, why remove this change? On the one hand, CNN hasn't called Indiana for Obama yet, and the image does so; on the other, the election article already considers McCain won Missouri and Obama North Carolina. Shouldn't the Wikipedia coverage be consistent? 189.79.82.137 (talk) 10:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Star icon for DC

I like the map with the star icon for DC, to make it more visible. Please keep the star icon! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jez9999 (talk • contribs) 15:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Missouri

Missouri has not been called for McCain by many sources, change it back.--Nebula Wolf (talk) 18:28, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

I live in Missouri and it has stated many times McCain won by less than a percent. So Missouri should be red. Tcatron565 (talk) 03:28, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

And Obama has won North Carolina by less than a percent. But the fact is they haven't called them yet.--Nebula Wolf (talk) 06:45, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

The NYTimes and WSJournal have both called North Carolina, but only elitists read them. It doesn't count until the idiot-boxes call it. Obama's ahead by less than 14,000 in NC, and McCain's ahead by less than 6,000 in MO. --64.254.167.115 (talk) 18:23, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Associated Press calls North Carolina

Quote:

The Associated Press declared Obama the winner after canvassing counties in North Carolina to determine the number of outstanding provisional ballots. That survey found that there are not enough remaining ballots for Republican John McCain to close a 13,693-vote deficit.

North Carolina's 15 electoral votes brings Obama's total to 364 - nearly 100 more than necessary to win the White House - to McCain's 162. Missouri is the only state that remains too close to call, with McCain leading by several thousand votes.

Obama's win in North Carolina was the first for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter won the state in 1976.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PRESIDENT_NORTH_CAROLINA?SITE=VTBEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

68.167.250.152 (talk) 18:48, 6 November 2008 (UTC).

Fox News and NBC have also called it according to Pollster.com ..... color it blue --CFIF ☎ ⋐ 19:41, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Already colored blue. Jason (talk) 06:35, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

We must be looking at different maps. It's not blue. And NE-02, called for Obama, is also not reflected in this larger version of the map.-24.161.29.49 (talk) 19:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Requested move

After adding images of electoral maps to Electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections, it was obvious that a naming convention had been followed for these maps, one that hasn't been followed here. (Examples: Image:ElectoralCollege2004.svg, Image:ElectoralCollege2000.svg, Image:ElectoralCollege1996.svg, Image:ElectoralCollege1984.svg, Image:ElectoralCollege1976.svg, Image:ElectoralCollege1960.svg).

I defer to others about the right way to handle this w.r.t. Wikimedia Commons. Thanks — 67.101.6.150 (talk) 23:52, 7 November 2008 (UTC).