Well kids, here we are, getting ready for our last election returns of the year (barring runoffs… please let there be runoffs!). The first polls close in 20 minutes, although no state is fully finished until 7. Parts of Indiana and Kentucky close at 6 though, and so we sit here waiting. Hurry up and go vote if you haven’t already!!!
[6:05]: Well the time has come… and gone. No results yes. Ho-hum. Will update whenever we get some actual damn votes.
[6:15]: 2700 votes just came in from Kentucky. McCain up with 57%, no surprise. McConnell and Lunsford are about 50/50 for the Senate race. Exciting!
[6:30]: I want CNN’s toys so badly. It’s AWESOME.
[6:40]: Results trickling in from IN and KY. Small Obama lead in IN, big McCain lead in KY (let’s just go ahead and call it now), small McConnell lead. More polls closing at 7, including all of GA, SC, VT, and VA, as well as the rest of IN and KY.
[7:01]: And boosh. CNN calls Kentucky for McCain, Vermont for Obama. No projections in Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, and Virginia. No calls made on the Senate races.
[7:02]: Correction: CNN calls the SC Senate race for Graham and VA for Warner.
[7:10]: Exit polls are fun to read through! Currently, CNN’s exit polls project to an Obama victory (of 4-5 points) in IN and a very very tight loss in Georgia (<2 points). On the Senate side, it looks like a loss for Lunsford of around 8 points and a loss for Martin (D) in Georgia of about 3. Hopefully Martin can outperform the exits; Chambliss (R-inc) is a scumbag.
[7:20]: Right now on CNN, Blitzer is talking to a female correspondent, live from Chicago via hologram. Yes, you read that right. It’s… insane. And awesome. Very Star Wars-esque. Oh, uh, Virginia exit polls have Obama up 9.
[7:40]: Ohio, NC, and WV have closed their polls. Hagan (D) has a narrow lead according to the exits in the NC Senate race over Dole (R-inc). A smaller lead for Obama in NC. Decent lead for Obama in Ohio. Obama down ~10 in West Virginia (I’d be pleasantly surprised with that).
[7:45]: SC exit polls show Obama down by 6ish. Forgot to update that.
[7:50]: Lots of states have their polls close at 8; 15 (and Washington, DC), including my home state. So things will be hectic. I’ll try and update a few states at a time.
[7:57]: SC gets called for McCain. Many calls incoming…
[8:01]: Obama is called winner in Mass, CT, IL, DE, DC, Maine (3/4), and MD. McCain called winner of OK and TN. Let’s look at the others’ exit polls!
[8:08]: Obama is leading in the following exit polls: 20 in NH, 15 in PA, 7/8 in Mizzou, and 1 in FL; McCain leads by 3 in Mississippi and 15 in Bama. Whew. Senate races next!!
[8:12]: Only race worth mentioning is the special election for Miss’ 2nd senate seat, which sorta-incumbent Wicker (R) leads Musgrove (D) by 6-7%. Other than that, it’s 15+ point races (although Miss’ other one was around 10-12). Stay tuned!
[8:18]: MSNBC has, apparently, called PA and NH for Obama. Nothing yet from CNN, they’re being more conservative in their projections. Fine by me.
[8:25]: Just waiting for more votes to trickle in; Arkansas closes its polls at 8:30.
[8:34]: NH gets called for Obama by CNN, Arkansas too early to call (but Obama looks to have lost it by 10ish)
[8:40]: CNN calls PA for Obama. Hell yes!
[8:55]: More states closing soon. Weeee. Will update as fast as I can. Oo, CNN projects that Hagan (D) defeats Dole (R)! This one is personal to me: Dole tried to attack Hagan for having a fundraiser at the house of an atheist. I’m damned glad to see that it backfired! 
[8:59]: McCain wins Bama, says CNN.
[9:01]: Obama is called to win: Rhode Island, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and NY; McCain is called to win: Wyoming and North Dakota
[9:08]: Exit polls that show Obama ahead: Colorado by 7 and NM by 12/13, and TIED in SD. McCain is in ahead in the rest, some noteworthy ones: by 3 in TX, and by ONE in Arizona. Holy crap.
[9:12]: Udal (D) in NM and Shaheen (D) in NH win against the Republicans, who were the defending party. Franken (D) is up around 9 in exit polls in Minnesota. Udal (D) in Colorado is up in the exit polls. Georgia goes to McCain says CNN.
[9:20]: Damn, McConnell wins KY Senate, says CNN. Sigh. Come on Martin…
[9:23]: McCain wins West Virginia, says CNN. God I hate the talking heads.
[9:25]: Via my sources, Fox News calls Ohio for Obama. Wow. How long until CNN projects it?
[9:35]: Game over. CNN calls Ohio for Obama.
[9:45]: John King just showed that it’s nigh-impossible for McCain to win. Now it’s all about running up the score. Crush the GOP.
[9:50]: Obama wins New Mexico, McCain wins Louisiana, says CNN. Waiting on IN, VA, NC, and FL, which are all close. Blitzer’s beard is trying to talk up how close it is (in terms of popular vote), if we ignore that California isn’t in…
[10:01]: More states close their polls: Iowa, Montana, Nevada, and Utah. Bill Bennett looks very unhappy (good!), and… here come the predictions: Obama wins Iowa, McCain wins Utah. Nevada and Montana are too early/close to call. To the exit polls!
[10:04]: Kansas is called for McCain. And I can’t access the exit polls for Montana or Nevada. Great, thanks CNN.
[10:09]: I’m going to give a personal opinion here: Obama wins VA, but loses NC and IN narrowly. I have nothing to base this on besides what I’m seeing happen to the vote totals. Arkansas gets called for McCain.
[10:16]: Watching Comedy Central, refreshing CNN.com. Dad’s on the phone.
[10:19]: Nevada exit poll has Obama up 9, Montana looks tied.
[10:25]: Texas gets called for McCain… uh… something else did too. I missed it. Whatever. The close ones are still un-called.
[10:50]: So…. how’s it going? Yeah… bored here. Rockin’ out to some bitchin’ music though I’m waiting for Cali to come in and see the results for Prop 8. I want that thing to burn.
[10:58]: Virginia gets called for Obama. West Coast closing their polls soon.
[11:01]: President-Elect Barack Obama, ladies and gentleman. California gets called for Obama, along with Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii. Idaho goes to Mccain.
[11:03]: Merkley looks like he’s going to win Oregon, but no call yet, still too early/close.
[11:15]: Come on Prop 8, fail!!!!
[11:20]: Obama called to win Colorado. Yeah it’s academic at this point, but I’m keeping track of everything.
[11:24]: Louisiana senate race gets called for the incumbent Dem. Dems go their second straight election without losing a Senate seat. Brutal.
[11:26]: South Dakota, Nebraska, Arizona, and Kansas get called for McCain, while Florida goes to Obama.
[11:40]: Nevada goes to Obama, just waiting on Montana, Missouri, Indiana, and North Carolina.
[11:55]: Obama getting ready to speak. By the way, McCain’s concession speech was very gracious.
[12:25]: Current EV Total is 338-156 with the four mentioned above outstanding. The Senate stands at 56 Dems, 40 Repubs, with the Oregon, Minnesota, Georgia, and Alaska senate races outstanding. The House is currently 230 Dems, 143 Repubs, and 62 outstanding. I’ll update these numbers as the votes come in, in a new post.
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