He said he didn’t care if you were voting for Obama or Mittens… he just wanted to make sure those affected by Sandy were able to vote. According to TMZ : Rapper The Game isn’t letting New Yorkers use Hurricane Sandy as an excuse not to vote today — in fact, he tells TMZ, he’s already shelled out $10,000 to 500 voters stranded by the storm … in order to help them make it to the polls. Game tells us, the money was intended to help voters who were hit hard by last week’s disaster to pay for gas or another form of transportation in order to cast their ballot. And get this — Game says he’s so committed to the cause … he even helped shuttle people to the polls in his own car. By the way, Game … who lives in LA, says he voted by absentee ballot — and claims he’s not doing this to influence people to vote for President Obama. He says O doesn’t need the help. What do you think about celebs stepping in during election time?? Images via TMZ
Barack Obama. Mitt Romney. One of the two will be elected President of the United States today. Sorry, third-party candidate backers … even Gary Johnson says he has no chance. What’s the celebrity world thinking right now, with the future of the free world hanging in the balance? Read some of the best Election Day tweets below! NICKI MINAJ Beyond proud of your passion to let your voice be heard. Happy Election Day JENNIFER LOPEZ If you are an American, today is the day to make your voice heard! Find your polling place and vote today! FERGIE I have made my choice. My hope is 4 President @BarackObama 2 get reelected & get more time 2 turn this country around. TORI SPELLING We all have a voice. Today we get to use. It’s our children’s future. Be a part of building it #election2012 SHONDA RHIMES While you should vote your conscience, I hope that conscience includes our LGBT brothers and sisters and their rights. IAN SOMERHALDER VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE. Be patient pls, its worth it. Workers at polling places move like molasses on a cold day(very slowly) unfortunately PITBULL get out there and make a difference in our country daleeeee ponte las pila #election2012 #vote ELIZABETH BANKS Me and @oliviawilde are voting for @BarackObama TOMORROW Get inspired to vote with this great speech… #Election2012 @CristinaOpina RYAN SEACREST spoke to @BarackObama – breaking – his guilty pleasure is nachos & guac EVA LONGORIA Here we go America!!! Election Day is finally here! Vote! Vote! Vote! B.J. NOVAK vote, you bunheads ZACH BRAFF If you’re lucky, you get to borrow this planet for 100 years or so. Whilst here, you must opine on how it’s run. Vote. MELISSA JOAN HART Finish this sentence for me… Being a republican in Hollywood is like being…..???? #election2012 PAULINA RUBIO #WeVoteWeWin Obama! http://bit.ly/SuGFkY PLEASE RETWEET Latinos a votar! AMBER ROSE Off to the polls for my grandson MINDY KALING “I guess being able to vote is kind of an American humblebrag.” said the insufferable first date guy, somewhere, this evening. GABRIELLE UNION Observed or experienced Voter Intimidation (?) – please contact: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.. that’s (866) 687-8683 STEPHEN COLBERT Rock the Vote! Or if you’re middle-aged with a sentimental side, Easy Listen the Vote! NICK LACHEY People, get out and vote today! This year, more than ever, every vote counts. This is your right AND privilege. #VOTE PAULA ABDUL First thing that came to my mind this morning was a 4 letter word: #vote :)) Happy Election Day! xoxoP #Election2012 KERI HILSON Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE if you’re a registered voter & are turned away from the polls for ANY reason. Let no one take your voice away!! #VOTE LIL SCRAPPY After you Vote and you hop in yo car, take a pic of your i Voted Sticker lets keep it Legal !! we gotta win #TEAMOBAMA !! PATRICK DEMPSEY Get out and vote ! PETER FACINELLI Make sure u vote today. Ure vote counts and does make a difference. FRANK OCEAN Vote for Obama. GAYLE KING Just voted! Important to make sure YOUR candidate knows you cared. so make YOUR pick&watch election coverage I recommend @CBS you’re welcome PAULA DEEN Your vote counts, but only if you cast it. We are blessed to have this freedom, so make the time today to not take it for granted. BETHENNY FRANKEL It’s election day! Vote! Vote! Vote! It’s what gives you the voice that many others don’t have. This one is a nail biter! NE-YO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!!! T.I. Let’s go vote…! MARCIA CROSS So excited to vote! What a privilege!! WE THE PEOPLE.. Be part of the WE. Xo m RUSSELL SIMMONS Proud to cast my vote for Barack Obama!! Doing tv to promote voting .. Wherever u are get someone beside yourself to vote !!!!!! JOAN RIVERS I’m off to vote!!! ROSEANNE Vote for ME Roseanne Barr Tuesday November 6th
Wow…..this doesn’t seem wrong at all…I mean all Southern gas stations should have black mannequins representing the president hanging from a noose….it just makes fucking sense right….you know with all that slavery shit they once fought for…. It is nice to know that we don’t live in a racist America….not that I live in America…but you get what I am saying…and if you don’t…that this KKK shit is fucking crazy… You see I make fun of every race, color, gender, sexual orientation, political position….I get called racist all the time but I actually love everyone…and firmly believe we are all idiots….and all God’s children… So this kinda hate….especially when fed to ignorant retards…is just not good for much….it isn’t even funny…if anything it is almost fucking scary…. Happy Erection Day….Vote for me.
Also in Tuesday morning’s news round-up: Osama Bin Laden raid pic Seal Team Six is a big Nat Geo hit; Cate Blanchett heads to Middle East jury duty; And Imodgen Poots eyes a Zac Efron romantic comedy. Stars Campaign For Barack Obama at Election Finale Jay-Z, Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Eva Longoria, Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt, Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson and many other stars have been lending their support to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, Yahoo and US report . Anheuser-Busch Not So Thrilled By Flight “Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Budweiser, has asked Paramount to remove the beer from its hit film Flight , which centers on an alcoholic pilot who guzzles alcohol and takes drugs both before and after he prevents a malfunctioning jetliner from crashing,” THR reports . Seal Team Six Lures 2.7M to Nat Geo The number gave the National Geographic Channel its top broadcast of the year. The Weinstein Company backed project recalls the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, Deadline reports . Cate Blanchett To Head Dubai Film Festival Jury She will head the jury that will pick the winner of the Dubai International Film Festival’s IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker script award, which carries a $100K cash prize. The award, which began earlier this year, is intended to help the winning filmmaker transfer their vision to the screen. IWC Schaffhausen is a Swiss watchmaker, THR reports . Imogen Poots Eyes Are We Officially Dating? She will star opposite Zac Efron in the romantic comedy about three male friends in New York who make a pact to stay single as each of them begin to fall in love. The project is being sold at the American Film Market, currently underway, Deadline reports .
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he thinks President Barack Obama will defeat Mitt Romney to win a second term this evening. “I think Obama’s going to win, that’s what I think,” Johnson said. As for his own support, the former New Mexico Governor said: “[My vote is] really spread out … I don’t think there’s any state I’m going to do better in than another.” Johnson, who’s on the ballot in 48 states and D.C., hovers in the low single digits in the polls. Still, he says he has no regrets at how things played out. “There’s nothing,” Johnson said. “I would ask that everybody look at it and maybe recognize that this is phenomenal that we spent $2 million and may get 5 percent.” “Maybe it doesn’t turn out that way at all – but we spent $2 million bucks and here we are playing in a game that by all accounts we should not be playing in.” A CNN Ohio poll released Friday had President Obama, a Democrat, at 47 percent, Republican nominee Romney at 44 percent and Gary Johnson at 5 percent. It doesn’t make much of a difference which of the major-party candidates wins, Johnson said, citing a list of similarities he sees between Obama and Romney’s policies. Would you vote for a third-party candidate? Yes, the two-party system sucks! Maybe someday, but I actually like Obama/Romney No! Way to throw your vote away! View Poll » Who will win the presidency in 2012? Barack Obama-Joe Biden Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan View Poll »
In 2000, Al Gore earned 500,000 more votes than George W. Bush, yet lost the presidency. In 2004, Bush won by 3 million, but 60,000 more Ohio votes would’ve elected John Kerry. In 2012, a close election could easily result in a winner who receives fewer votes … again. The Electoral College system, everybody! Our complex way of choosing a president confuses many American voters. It’s easy to see why: Rather than a simple vote tally of the entire U.S.A., every state essentially holds its own election, with its electoral votes awarded on a winner-take-all basis (usually). Each state starts with three electoral votes, based on federal government representation: One vote for each U.S. Senator and Congressman/woman from that state. Beyond that, they’re allocated by population, with California’s 55 leading the way and Texas’ 38 in second place. There are 538 in all, with 270 needed to win. In 48 states and D.C., the statewide popular vote winner receives all the Electoral College votes, no matter how close the race is in that state (see Florida, 2000). Two states, Maine and Nebraska, determine electoral votes differently; the statewide winner earns two and each congressional district awards one vote. While Maine is reliably Democratic and Nebraska very Republican, President Barack Obama actually eked out a win in one of the latter’s districts in 2008. So why is the Electoral College system even in place? Dating back to the ratification of the Constitution, the first purpose was to create a buffer between the population and the selection of a President. This, it is believed, was to safeguard against election fraud. The second, more significant purpose was to give slightly more power to the smaller states. For instance, Vermont’s population is roughly one-sixth of 1 percent of America’s, but with 3 electoral votes out of 538, its political clout increases to over half of 1 percent. Not a huge difference, but a difference nonetheless. And while there are clear problems and advantages with the Electoral College, changing it is very unlikely. It would take a constitutional amendment ratified by 3/4 of states to change the system, and it is hard to imagine the smaller U.S. states agreeing to that. What it boils down to in the end are national elections contested in very few places. Over the last three elections – Obama’s 2008 win and Bush’s 2000 and 2004 wins – only 10 states switched sides; only 10-11 are considered competitive in 2012. The Real Clear Politics map shown above has President Obama leading, to various degrees, in states that would give him 201 electoral votes, based on polling there. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has leads that would amass 191 electoral votes, with 146 still up for grabs. Nationally, polls show a very, very tight race. While most of the time, the popular vote winner also takes the Electoral College, in a remarkably close race, there could be divergence. Just ask Al Gore. Popular vote winners also lost the White House in 1824, 1876, and 1888. Could it happen again this evening? Unlikely … but far from impossible. You tell us: Is the Electoral College system fair? Yes, it’s in place for a reason! No, are you kidding me? View Poll »
Attention, citizens of America: Do you need a home-cooked meal? Help moving a couch? A tattoo? A personal dance from a celebrity? According to Will Ferrell, all you need to do is vote for Barack Obama tomorrow night and he will do absolutely anything you say. Come on. How can you pass that offer up? Watch the actor make his pitch now: Will Ferrell for Obama On other famous person endorsement news, Chris Rock makes the argument that Obama is white .
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