123tim
02-14-2012, 06:58 AM
Has anyone come up with a good answer as to why the Google map for the Maine Caucus was just a single block without county by county results?
Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but it still seemed like quite a good piece of psychological warfare.
One minute I'm watching the Maine caucus spreadsheet showing Ron Paul as winning. The spreadsheet then locks up for the rest of the night and then I find Google saying that the election is over and that Mitt Romney has won, Google shows a huge green block that made it look like Romney was the only one who got any votes. No counties for Ron Paul at all. Not even the outline of any counties.
Maybe this has a simple explanation? Too few votes expected to mess around with counties?
I still wonder about the spreadsheet too.... just like Nevada, Ron Paul was far ahead, followed by lockup, and then a loss.
On another note, I read that the Nevada spreadsheet stopped reporting because of a lack of interest in it. That explanation makes no sense, but even then, this explanation would have been wrong - the sheet went into "simple mode" due to heavy traffic, about an hour after it was posted.
Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but it still seemed like quite a good piece of psychological warfare.
One minute I'm watching the Maine caucus spreadsheet showing Ron Paul as winning. The spreadsheet then locks up for the rest of the night and then I find Google saying that the election is over and that Mitt Romney has won, Google shows a huge green block that made it look like Romney was the only one who got any votes. No counties for Ron Paul at all. Not even the outline of any counties.
Maybe this has a simple explanation? Too few votes expected to mess around with counties?
I still wonder about the spreadsheet too.... just like Nevada, Ron Paul was far ahead, followed by lockup, and then a loss.
On another note, I read that the Nevada spreadsheet stopped reporting because of a lack of interest in it. That explanation makes no sense, but even then, this explanation would have been wrong - the sheet went into "simple mode" due to heavy traffic, about an hour after it was posted.