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HRC-Seward Watch, Part I
Andrea Mitchell: Two Obama advisers have told NBC News that Hillary Clinton is under consideration to be secretary of state. Would she be interested? Those who know Clinton say possibly. But her office says that any decisions about the transitio...
Official Election Day “Until There’s a Winner” Liveblog
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2008 Election Results (President, Senate, House)
Here are live, up-to-the-minute, results for the presidential, Senate and House elections…...
Election Day AM Liveblog
8:07: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and even Bill Ayers have all already voted. Why haven’t you? 8:09: Morning Joe is pretty dull today. 8:11: Voting turnout is uniformly high, it seems, from early indications. A line in Madison was over a block ...
How Off Were The Final RCP Averages in 2004?
Answer: a few points, generally. Sources: RCP Final by state, Actual Voting, double-checked here. I’m only using states close enough that polls would be considered reliable. State Bush/Kerry RCP Margin Bush/Kerry Actual Margin Difference ...
Final Election Projection: The Turnout Election
[LOOKING FOR ELECTION RESULTS? Then Check Out Our ELECTION NIGHT LIVE BLOG] As I was pondering a final election preview, I noticed how many states will be decided by turnout; specifically, Barack Obama’s turnout operation. Obama can win stat...
When Will We Know?
One question for tomorrow is: When we will know when the election is over? Thanks to Nate Silver’s maps of McCain victory simulations and Swing State Projects map of poll closing times, that’s something we can guess. Of the early states...
The Louisiana Purchase Election
A previous post looked at the Democratic hegemony over the Northeast, which is a very recent phenomenon. In response, I want to look at another recent phenomenon: Republican hegemony over the Louisiana Purchase region. The effect of the Reagan years ...
If It’s One Party Rule, Don’t Blame Only One Party
Patrick Edaburn: One way to visualize what is going on is to look at New England, the six states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Since the founding of the Republican party in 1854 the region has sent at ...
2008Central.net Presidential Election Podcast (11/02/08)
In this podcast, we discuss projections for election day and reflect on the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain in order to glean insight into how they would serve as president. Download audio file (2008PresidentialElectionPodcast_11_02_08.mp3)...
Our Election Projection
In case you missed my last electoral projection from a week ago, you can see it here. We’re going to be doing a final one tomorrow sometime, but I’m absolutely confident in this one still. I don’t expect much to change. Maybe North ...
