ehrie's 2008 U.S. Election Day liveblog

Missouri's margin triggered a recount as well. It's going on right now.

Looks like voter turnout was down in the west as a whole. I think a lot of that can be attributed to the Presidential race being over at around 9:30 or whenever Ohio was called for Obama. Also, according to exit polls, latinos didn't show up in numbers at all this year. Atleast what was expected.

Well, considering that neither McCain or Obama campaigned out west, other than the swing states, that's not really surprising. NV was a total blowout for Obama though, so you have to consider that as well.

Nothing fishy at all. Indiana, Missouri, and North Carolina were the three truest toss-ups in this election. North Carolina had a slight blue lean in pre-election polls and Indiana a slight red lean, but all three were really close in the polls. All three turned out really close in reality. You should have seen this coming:

Ok, so it's going to be two of those three rather than one, but you've still got to admit it was a fine prediction.

I disagree. IN is a red state that Obama managed to put in play. MO is a swing state that has trended Democratic the last few years and had a Dem governor elected by an almost 20% margin. It should not have been so close for the prez election, IMO.

Mine wasn't bad either! GA ended up pretty close, but the Kerry states, plus VA, IA, CO, NM, NV, FL, OH, MO, NC, and IN = 375. Of course, this depends on the recount in MO.

Oregon was just called for Jeff Merkley.

Not by the national news organizations, just by The Oregonian so far AFAIK. Which is pretty ridiculous. Oregon is as clear as Indiana and much more clear than Missouri.

Looks like Obama is going to pick up Nebraska-2.

Delete this thread.

Its depressing.

huh? msnbc is still giving it to mccain by an 11% margin

As they continue to counut provisional and lat eabsentee ballots in Minnesota, Coleman's lead has shrunk even further, down to 236.