Liveblogging the election results
Hey gang! It’s the moment of truth, the election results will be announced starting at 9:00pm AST, and punditry.ca will be there liveblogging it all for those at home (or in the Killam, as the case may be…)
We have been informed that this year the results will be interspersed with the finalists for Dalhousie’s Got Talent, with a position being announced between every few acts. If all goes according to schedule, President should be announced sometime around 11:30…so expect a midnight or later announcement for the big job.
Jebus, the Grawood still sells energy drinks, right? This pundit is in for a long one…
Stay tuned to this spot!
9:10: Sorry friends, so many technical difficulties. Fellow pundit Mark Coffn wins the award for my knight in shining Internet armour…he’s not just a pretty smile, folks.
9:15: Senate results are announced. They’re going to show us the candidate videos first and then announce the winners…it’s like the Oscars, but hopefully without all the suck.
9:20: Technical difficulties are the name of the game tonight, no candidate videos, just photos of the candidates with the Election Committee’s own take on punditry’s “6 word game.” Christian Browne is the boy band member of the crew, apparently.
9:22: Oh my, that went by quickly. Your new Senate Reps are Maggie Lovett, Ben Wedge and Carly Nicholson.
9:30: Wow, that was a little stressful, but we’re up and running now. The Grawood, incidentally, is packed. Methinks it’s more for the Dalhousie’s Got Talent than the election results…just a thought.
9:32: The band on stage right now looks a bit like early Hives, but is singing a medley of Disney songs, and, like, not just the “Whole New World” standards one would expect, but pulling out the B string “Man Out of You” Mulan type stuff. A bold move, let’s see if it works out for them.
9:38: A reliable source [who says punditry doesn't have journalistic integrity?...] has told me that Sen. Wedge was triple fisting with some of Nova Scotia’s finest ale in celebration of his victory. That source may or may not have been Wedge himself, so I feel comfortable writing about it.
9:41: In case anyone was wondering, I am sitting front stage centre (leftish) with a laptop on my lap in the middle of the packed bar…I am officially the coolest person you (virtually) know.
9:45: RELEVANT POST ALERT: VPSL is up. I am in so much suspense…I’m predicting a come from behind win for “no.”
9:46: Hannah “if she were any better, she’d be twins” Dahn takes the VPSL position for 2010-2011.
9:58: I don’t know who this comedienne is, but she is ginger, from PEI and pretty hilarious…the pundits corner has decided that we should befriend her.
10:00: VP EDUCATION!
10:01: Rob “his apples are delicious” LeForte takes the two-peat for VP Education-soon-to-be-VP Academic and External.
10:04: Next talent group up. I, again, have no idea what their names are. (Protip, commercial radio lady who is hosting this whole shindig: If the gal up front with the computer who is paying attention can’t catch the name of any of the acts, the ones in the back imbibing some of power hour’s finest brew don’t have a chance. This becomes problematic when you later want them to vote for a winner.)
10:08: Sublime’s “Badfish” to a “socialble” call to Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon”…I’m in a tailspin of genre-mashing. I’m also struggling for things to write about in these half hour breaks, just in case it wasn’t obvious.
10:12: Some people have asked in the comments for the percentage break down along with the winners. The reason I can’t do this is because they aren’t announcing the ballot count or the percentage of votes for each candidate. Yeah, no, I don’t know either…
Thankfully, we at punditry.ca have Mike Smit, who will be posting the percentage counts as they come in (or, at the very least, has been in the comments…)
10:14: A note on the above, in my rush to post the winners, I don’t think I’ve quite been able to convey just how rushed and anti-climactic the annoucements have been. It’s a bit of a shame, really. With no percentages or day by day break downs of votes as in years past, it’s a pretty quick process and seems a little bit of an afterthought compared to the rest of the night. A little disappointing.
10:22: THIS BAND IS SINGING BAD ROMANCE!! The law of Gaga says that they win by deafult, show’s over, amirite?!
10:25: Just in case you were wondering, this band (Simply Dusted!) also sang Folsom Prison Blues and All for You by gone but not forgotten mid-90s band Sister Hazel. A mixed bag indeed…
10:26: VP INTERNAL: This required a third ballot, says the CRO. A close race, to be sure. Apparently, the field mouse can come out on top, and the next VPI will be Kayla Kurin. This pundit, for one, did not see that one coming.
10:32: Next up is a magician. She just made a glass bottle vanish when it was clearly in a paper bag. BURN THE WITCH!!! To quote Pundit Buchanan: “She’s going to make that bottle disappear and I’m not going to have a clue where it went. That’s why I hate magicians!” One for the books, ladies and gents.
10:35: The pundit corner likes magic…they really, really like magic.
10:38: This girl went to magic camp. I’m going to declatre that cooler than my years at debate camp.
10:40: PRESIDENT: Again, not much pagentry. Saulnier takes the big prize.
10:43: What a sin, Bailey apparently didn’t have his I.D on him to get into the Grawood and so has two big “X”s on his hand to denote underage status. Also, CandC Music Factory is now playing. I feel like I’m at a grade 7 dance all over again…Dance Mix ‘96 what?!
10:57: Actually, I think they have just put on the Dance Mix ‘96 tape…regardless, the dance floor is bumping.
10:58: This pundit is going to finish her $3.50 beer (god bless campus pubs) and head to bed…pundit over and out.
In a room with beer, greasy food, and anxious candidates… there are worse places to hang around for 4 hours.
oh I love that Gregory Debogorski is STILL running for prez! Moxxy= yes
And definite spice to the list of contenders….
Good luck to all!
( and as part of the soon to be even bigger club of DSU election losers, fear not, the outside world is pretty great too.)
When and where do they release the voting break downs? ie ballots and numbers.
Hey Jen can you put up the numbers as well, as an accountant thats what is important to me. I’m sure the “No” did not far so well against Hannah .
thanks again, I for one think having a lap top in a bar TONIGHT is very cool, only tonight though!
It appears the only remaining comedienne is Heather Jordan Ross, according to her video she’s from PEI. http://www.dalsgottalent.ca/candidate_info.php
Numbers for the positions Jen has already posted:
Senate
Maggie Lovett 27.1%
Ben Wedge 24.9%
Carly Nicholson 22.6%
Christian Browne 21.0%
Spoiled 4.4%
VP SL
Hannah Dahn Yes: 88%
Hannah Dahn No: 7%
Spoiled: 5%
VP Education
Rob LeForte 63.9%
Evan Price 17.8%
Karl Dempsey 9.2%
Spoiled 9.0%
VP Internal
First Ballot:
Kayla Kurin 35.0%
Henry Whitfield 21.3%
Tim Hiltz 17.5%
Glenn Blake 15.9%
Spoiled 10.5%
Second Ballot:
Kayla Kurin 48.5%
Henry Whitfield 27.8%
Tim Hiltz 23.7%
Third Ballot:
Kayla Kurin 61.2%
Henry Whitfield 38.8%
President
Chris Saulnier 51.5%
Neil Bailey 34.7%
Gregory Debogorski 9.2%
Spoiled 4.5%
VPI! POW right in the kisser!!
wait a minute, do you guys REALLY like magic?
oh, i see you do. (i thought that update was deleted)
Any word on voter turnout?
I thought that Price would have fared better. I guess that’s just because I happened to be in the Management building all day.
How could Bailey lose?
He’s so tall and handsome?
I voted for Debo, I’m just gonna say it. Darn.
That is some domination by LeForte right there.
very happy for all the winner.
I will be able to sleep better knowing that tonight was the end Greg and is attempt for power in the DSU.
now the big question that everyone really cause about. haha
who will be the next VPFO. you know the personal that controls 1.9 million dollars in revenue.
LeForte now gains entry to the secret club.
Jen Bond, top-notch work as always.
For the first time in a long time, 100% of my predicted winners were accurate. When I was wrong on the numbers it was mostly because I thought most of these races would be a lot closer. Two three-way races with viable candidates, both decided on the first ballot? I expected it for the incumbent, but was surprised by Saulnier.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. There was nothing you could have done, Greg, had you been there. You’d have been killed too, and the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire. How long before you can make the jump to light speed?
@Obi-Wan Kenobi
Best comment ever posted on punditry.
Scarily, nearly all the “insiders” I talked to told me they voted for Greg. Can it be that Greg swept the insider vote but lost the common man?
@query
Judging by the numbers on dsuelections.ca, turnout was around 15-16%.
@John Doucette
I talked to quite a few who voted for Bailey. And I’m certain that a number of others stuck with Saulnier as expected. My guess is that it was pretty split.
On the other hand, I got a strong consensus from outsiders that they voted for Saulnier. It seems like he made a better case to the broader student body. Or at least, a more visible one. Mind you, this is all based on limited anecdotal evidence.
And there’s the whole game, right there.
ERTW!
I rest my case
This is ginger comedian! Glad you liked it
Great job Heather, it’s so RANDOM that you’re on here…
just kidding!