Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Obama takes Wisconsin, McCain takes Louisiana
The New York Times posts current standings at:
Obama: 189
McCain: 58
Democrats leading house, senate, presidential race
The New York Times reports:
Senate:
53 democratic
34 republican
House:
145 democratic
90 republican
Obama: 159
McCain: 58
McCain takes Tennessee, South Carolina; Obama takes Rhode Island
The New York Times has reported that McCain has taken TN and SC and Obama has taken RI, bringing the count to 159 to 36 with Obama in the lead.
Democrats take the Senate
51 seats are needed for a majority.
54 democratic
36 republican
MSNBC
54 democratic
38 republican
In other news:
South Dakota's abortion ban has been defeated and Colorado has rejected defining fertilization as the state of human life.
CNN headline: Red states turning blue on U.S. map
CNN's current projected standings:
Obama: 207
McCain: 95
MSNBC's current projected standings:
Obama: 207
McCain: 135
Fox is not projecting electoral votes.
Bucks County, PA goes blue with 17% reporting
My home county is, in spite of McCain Palin signs flocking the streets, going blue tonight, based on 17% of the poll results.
CNN projects Obama takes Iowa, McCain takes Utah and Kansas
Seven more electoral votes for Obama, eleven for McCain.
CNN projects Louisiana for McCain, New Mexico for Obama
Obama: 199
McCain: 78
According to CNN projections
The popular vote has a difference of only 300,000 votes, a 1% difference with 25% of precincts reporting.
Battleground States Split
According to the New York Times numbers, the five battleground states are split.
Florida is leaning Obama with 27 electoral votes
North Carolina is leaning Obama with 15 electoral votes
Ohio is leaning Obama with 20 electoral votes
Indiana is leaning McCain with 11 electoral votes
Missouri is leaning McCain with 11 electoral votes
Obama is expected to win narrowly in Virginia, which is currently leaning McCain with a 1 percent advantage with 75% of precincts reporting.
What's up with the red states?
Though the major news networks have projected many wins for McCain, none but Kentucky have been official. What's the deal with that?
New York goes to Obama!
The New York Times gives the state of New York to Obama, giving him 115 electoral votes to McCain's still 8.
CNN projects Obama takes Ohio
No Republican has ever been elected to the presidency without Ohio.
Obama takes Ohio, according to CNN.
MSNBC projections
MSNBC has made the following electoral college projections:
Obama: 195
McCain: 85
California, a blue state, has 55 electoral votes. Under the assumption that Obama takes the already projected states as well as California, Washington, and Oregon, he's practically President.
Colorado is looking blue
According to the New York Times, the 9% of the vote in Colorado has Obama in the lead 51% to 48%.
It's official: Pennsylvania goes to Obama!
Go PA!
The New York Times reports the following electoral votes:
Obama: 83
McCain: 8
Fox News projections
Obama projected to win Wisconsin, New Mexico, Montana (my roommate is pretty psyched about it!), Minnesota, New York, and Rhode Island.
McCain projected to take North Dakota, Kansas, and Wyoming.
(Projections by Fox News)
New York Times reports that Obama takes Illinois and New Jersey!
The New York Times electoral votes stand at:
Obama: 62
McCain: 8
CNN makes projections
Rhode Island, Michigan, New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Wyoming, North Dakota projected for McCain by CNN
The count by CNN is at:
Obama: 174
McCain 49
CNN projects Alabama for McCain
CNN projects unsurprising win in Alabama in McCain.
15 states close in the next minute and a half.
New York Times reports that Obama takes Massachusetts!
The current "official" electoral vote according to the New York Times is 22 - 8 with Obama in the lead.
Ironically, Fox News projects a bigger lead for Obama than CNN.
Currently Fox News is projecting 81 to 39, while CNN is projecting 75 to 34
Fox News is reporting that McCain took West Virginia?
I see no evidence of this from CNN or the Times, but Fox News reports that McCain has won W. Va.
Go Dallas!
Even though 0% of precincts are reporting, I'm impressed that Texas is currently coming up blue almost entirely because of Dallas County. Go Dallas!
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