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
It’s all come down to this. Will Democratic President Barack Obama pull it out and earn another four years in the White House? Or will Republican Mitt Romney be the next Commander-in-Chief? The 2012 presidential election results will soon tell us the answer. We’ll be updating this post with the numbers as they come in. For now, and throughout the night, sound off on how you think – and want – this historic night to play out! UPDATE, 8:14 p.m. EDT: President Obama currently has 64 electoral votes to Romney’s 56, according to CNN projections. Romney leads in the popular vote, 51-48%. Battleground states Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and New Hampshire have not been called. Polls in the western half of the U.S. are largely still open. UPDATE, 8:30 EDT: Romney 73 EV, Obama 64 after TN and OK wins. Romney leads popular vote 52-47% with around 5 percent of the vote counted. U.S. presidential election 2012: Who’d you vote for? Barack Obama-Joe Biden Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan View Poll »
Election Day is upon us ; go out and vote! Now! Then, to celebrate that crackle of nation-changing excitement hanging in the air, see how Presidents from Ike to Obama (and some of history’s lesser-successful White House hopefuls) seized the hearts and minds of the American people as seen in this riveting, superbly-edited campaign ad supercut. The more things change… Props to Hugh Atkin for the supercut; watch more of his videos on YouTube . Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Harvey Weinstein ‘s controversial Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden landed record ratings for Nat Geo Sunday night just in time to give President Obama that time-tested Weinstein bump, but the Hollywood heavyweight has something for Republican candidate Mitt Romney , too — a Bradley Cooper -narrated trailer for a Romney “comedy” entitled Hindsight . “Based on the spectacular success of Seal Team Six , several journalists have asked me what a film on Mitt Romney would look like,” Weinstein wrote in the Huffington Post, introducing the video. “I told them it would definitely be a comedy, so I decided to get the Seal Team Six team back together.” I’ve got to hand it to Harvey, clever guy: The man really is a PR genius. Who else would even think of promoting such varied agendas as the TV military dramatization Seal Team Six , President Obama’s reelection, and the upcoming holiday-hit hopeful Silver Linings Playbook , which Weinstein’s team insists ” plays great in Middle America ,” in one tidy viral video? [ Huffington Post ] Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Election Day is finally here and Beyonce is reminding the world that she supports President Barack Obama. The pop superstar, who serenaded President Obama and…
With election day now upon us, Beyonce Knowles has some kind thoughts to share with fans about her preferred presidential candidate, Barack Obama. Meanwhile, her husband Jay-Z rapped his support for Obama at an Ohio rally: Jay-Z – 99 Problems (But Mitt Ain’t One) The R&B singer posted a handwritten letter on Monday to the 44th U.S. president on her website praising his leadership and expressing her support: “Everyday we see your heart and character, inspiring all of us to give more of ourselves. You are the leader to take us from where we are to where we need to be.” Bey and hubby Jay-Z, of course, are big boosters and friends of the president and his wife, Michelle Obama, throwing a $40,000-per-person fundraiser in September. Knowles has hailed Michelle Obama as a “truly strong African-American woman.” In her latest missive, the “Halo” singer was even more glowing about the example she says Barack has set for the next generation, particularly her daughter Blue Ivy. “You are the reason my daughter and nephew will grow up knowing that they can truly be ANYTHING they want to be,” she added in praise of Obama. For his part, Jay-Z expressed his support by performing at an Obama rally in Ohio Monday afternoon and tweaking some lyrics in his hit “99 Problems.” He rapped: “If you’re having world problems, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but Mitt ain’t one.” Well played, Jay.
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 »
We feel you, Mr. President… we feel you. In his last speech of the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama got emotional while talking about his previous campaign. youtube cnn
