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Live Blogging – Election 2008

Thursday November 6th; Obama wins North Carolina! Final Electoral College numbers: Obama 364 – McCain 174.

Wednesday November 5th; 9:02 AM – McCain is the “apparent” winner of Missouri. Obama 349 – McCain 174.

From whats left over – Obama wins Indiana. McCain wins Montana and Alaska. Obama 349 – McCain 163. North Carolina and Missouri are still too close to call ! Not that it matters anymore, but I still want to know.

11:25 PM – McCain wins Arizona. Obama 338 – McCain 157.

11:22 PM – Obama wins Hawaii, California, Washington, Nevada and Oregon. McCain wins Idaho, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Obama 338 – McCain 147.

11:16 PM – Obama wins Florida. Obama 256 – McCain 125.

11:11 PM – Obama wins Colorado. Obama 229 – McCain 135.

11:00 PM – MSNBC and CNN announce Obama as President-elect!!!!!!

10:58 PM – Obama wins Virginia. Obama 220 – McCain 135.

10:09 PM – McCain wins Mississippi. Obama 207 – McCain 135.

10:00 PM – Obama wins Iowa. McCain wins Utah and Kansas. Obama 207- McCain 129. Nebraska and South Dakota are still too early to call.

9:55 PM – McCain wins Texas. πŸ™ Obama 200 – McCain 118.

With a definite Obama win for California, Oregon and Washington — we will be at at least +3 in electoral votes. We now unofficially have the first African American President-elect.

9:31 PM – Obama wins New Mexico. Obama 200 McCain – 84.

9:26 PM – McCain wins Louisiana. πŸ™ Obama 195 – McCain 84.

9:23 PM – McCain wins West Virginia. πŸ™ Obama 195 – McCain 75.

9:22 PM – Obama wins OHIO. Obama 195 – McCain 70. No republican has gone on to become president if they lost Ohio. Woohoo! AND Ohio is a red state that Obama flipped!

9:07 PM – McCain wins Arkansas. πŸ™ Obama 175 – McCain 70.

9 PM – Obama wins Rhode Island, Michigan, New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
McCain wins Wyoming, and North Dakota. North Dakota is the first toss up to be called.

Texas, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraka, Ohio are too early to call. Arizona is too early to be called. πŸ™‚ Florida and North Carolina are still to chose to call.
175 – 64. McCain needs to go 7 – 0 in order to have a chance to win.

8:36 PM – McCain wins Georgia. πŸ™ 103 – 58.

8:33 PM – McCain wins Alabama. πŸ™

8:30 PM – Arkansas is too early to call.

8 PM – Obama wins PENNSYLVANIA, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, District of Columbia. πŸ™‚

McCain wins Tennessee, Oklahoma. πŸ™

Missouri, Alabama, Mississipi is too close to call. Whoever has won Missouri in the past, has usually won the presidency.

Obama 103; McCain 34

7:46 PM – McCain wins South Carolina. πŸ™

7:30 PM – polls close in North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, but cannot project as it is “too early to call”.

7 PM – McCain wins Kentucky, Obama wins Vermont. Unable to call Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, and Virginia.

McCain 8; Obama 3

How about CNN’s holograms, huh? Pretty neat.

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