Do we know what the vote breakdown for the pope was?

[liberalpragmatist]

Usually we eventually learn what the internal machinations were and what the tallies were.

Has any of that emerged yet?

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. It's been three hours.

Bit soon for that yet.

[ButterflyBlood]

2. isn't it always kept a secret?

n/t

[Walt Starr]

3. Revealing that information is punishable by excommunication. n/t

[ltfranklin]

4. Don't they have...

...Exit Polls?

[Dookus]

5. It's kept secret

the ballots are burned and nobody can discuss it.

[dhinojosa]

7. Hey, that's almost like in our country!

:)

[dhinojosa]

6. Diebold won't say.

:(

[theboss]

8. I don't think the Cardinals will risk excommunication.

Since it was just four votes and the favorite won, I figure that Ratzinger was very close on the first three ballots but that some Cardinals held back in order to extend the discussion and have some points addressed.

[LiberallyInclined]

9. when have the tallies ever been made public?

they burn the paper trail.
I'm sure that bush and scalia really like that system.

[liberalpragmatist]

10. Maybe they aren't - but how JP II was elected is known

There were two other strong Italian candidates - Benelli and Siri and it looked like Siri would win, and came within a few votes, but then Wojtyla was suggested and he rose to 11 votes and then quickly amassed the necessary total.

I assume people do speak off the record eventually.

[NoPasaran]

11. I hear Lieberman voted with the rethugs n/t