Fox News shows Bloomberg as a (R) on their scroller....

[MellowDem]

Good ol' Fox, trying, to pump up the victories as much as they can.

On edit: Bloomberg ran as a Republican and Independant, but Fox still chose to label him a (R) when others have gone with (I), unsurprisingly.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. They have no concern whatsoever for truth..in any form.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

4. How was he listed on your voting machine?

[Justitia]

6. He should be listed as "I" - He's an Independent. -eom

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

10. He was the Republican Nominee. Hence the R.

[Justitia]

17. ack

[aquart]

2. Well, so did my voting machine.

Bloomberg was the Republican candidate for mayor of New York.

[MellowDem]

5. Really? I thought he ran as an independant... nt

[OneMoreDemocrat]

8. He actually ran as both....

Independent and Republican.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

14. One way to get more votes I guess.

[Ian David]

3. Anyone have a screen capture? n/t

[Tempest]

7. He is a Republican

He switched from Democrat to Republican when he ran for mayor because he wouldn't have won the Democratic primary.

Bloomberg is the Republican and Independence Party's nominee for the 2009 NYC mayoral race.

[MellowDem]

9. I keep seeing him listed as an (I)

on MSNBC and CNN.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

12. He was the Republican Nominee. That's why he was listed as a Republican on the machine.

[DLnyc]

18. No, I believe he left the Republican party, loudly and publicly, during the

2008 campaign (to clear the way for him to run for President as an Independent).

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2008/mike-bloomberg-registered-inde.html

He is NOT (now) a Republican. (He IS still an asshole, though.)

[NYC Liberal]

11. He ran on the Republican and Independence tickets:

http://vote.nyc.ny.us/pdf/documents/boe/2009GeneralElection/CandidacyList.pdf

[MellowDem]

13. Well that explains it...

but Fox did choose to label him Republican when it came to a choice of the two.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

16. He considers himself an Independent. Of course he'll see who voted more and switch again.

[liberalpragmatist]

15. New York allows cross-filing or fusion voting

Bloomberg is officially a registered small-i independent, but he ran on the ballot as the nominee of both the Independence Party and the Republican Party.

[Me.]

19. In A Crass Political Move

He switched to the R's for this election. I'm glad it was a nail biter, let that be a warning to him.