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Election Night '84 - 11:39
11:39
And we’re back with a few more states to call: Oregon for president Anderson. Important for him but no big surprise, though it’s important not to take anything for granted tonight, as we’ve learned to our chagrin. And two states for Mr. Buckley: Idaho and the great state of North Dakota. Not that they’ll do him any good, he’s already been mathematically eliminated from the race.
Anderson: 172
Buckley: 77
Lamm: 141
Still no sign from the remaining big game tonight: California, Texas, and Florida. Together they contain 97 of the remaining 148 electoral votes. But we should point out at this point that the margins for Governor Lamm of the Democrats are getting pretty thin. He needs 129 additional electoral votes to win, which means he can afford to lose very few of the remaining states and must sweep all three of those big prizes.
It's not out of the question, Tom. There's still that theory that he might end up doing very well in the Southwest, and that's where most of the outstanding states are at this time. But until we see results, it is just a theory.
And we’re back with a few more states to call: Oregon for president Anderson. Important for him but no big surprise, though it’s important not to take anything for granted tonight, as we’ve learned to our chagrin. And two states for Mr. Buckley: Idaho and the great state of North Dakota. Not that they’ll do him any good, he’s already been mathematically eliminated from the race.
Anderson: 172
Buckley: 77
Lamm: 141
Still no sign from the remaining big game tonight: California, Texas, and Florida. Together they contain 97 of the remaining 148 electoral votes. But we should point out at this point that the margins for Governor Lamm of the Democrats are getting pretty thin. He needs 129 additional electoral votes to win, which means he can afford to lose very few of the remaining states and must sweep all three of those big prizes.
It's not out of the question, Tom. There's still that theory that he might end up doing very well in the Southwest, and that's where most of the outstanding states are at this time. But until we see results, it is just a theory.
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