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"Machie's US Election Coverage"

Okay I'm going to be following the election all night so I might as well share my results with the rest of you so you can see how things are going.

I might be wrong but I believe the people in America cast their votes for electors and they decide who the president and vice president are. There are 538 elected representatives so to win the election one of the candidates needs to win over half that number, which is 270 odd.

These representatives arent spread out equally among the states because some states are much larger than others in terms of population. Here's a map showing the number of representatives in each state. And here you can see which states were won during the last election between Bush and Kerry.

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RESULTS
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OBAMA - BIDEN

Projected (349)

California (55)
Colorado (9)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
Florida (27)
Illonois (21)
Indiana (11)
Iowa (7)
Maine (4)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (12)
Pennsylvania (21)
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (15)
Ohio (20)
Oregon (7)
Michigan (17)
Minnesota (10)
Nevada (5)
New Mexico (5)
North Carolina (15)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
Washington (11)
Washington D.C. (3)
Wisconsin (10)


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MCCAIN - PALIN

Projected (173)

Alabama (9)
Alaska (3)
Arkansas (6)
Arizona (10)
Georgia (15)
Idaho (4)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (9)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (11)
Montana (3)
Nebraska (5)
North Dakota (3)
Oklahoma (7)
South Carolina (8)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Texas (34)
Utah (5)
West Virginia (5)
Wyoming (3)

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McCain projected to win Missouri (11)

Now just North Carolina. Most likely will also go to McCain.

Obama projected to win Indiana (11)

McCain projected to win Alaska (3)
McCain projected to win Montana (3)

2 more states to go, everyone was watching Indiana for a long time, I'm surprised it ended up going to Obama. Not surprised about Alaska or Montana. Although McCain won a lot of states, in a lot of cases it was with a smaller majority than 4 years ago.

Missouri (11) and North Carolina (15) are still about 50/50

So obama won it. Not surprising really, and probably the worlds preferred winner.

But i see this more of a poison chalace. Obama has a lot ot deal with, fail and republicans will start gaining ground. Succeed and he'll make it as one of the best presidents.

Think I'll turn in now. :) What a great night. There's still 5 more state results to go. Alaska, Indiana, Missouri, Montana and North Carolina. Not sure who'll win them, too close to call.

Obama projected to win Nevada (5)

McCain projected to win Arizona (10)

Obama projected to win Florida (27)

Obama projected to win Colorado (9)

Obama projected to win Virgina (13)

Obama WINS!

Obama projected to win California (55)
Obama projected to win Oregon (7)
Obama projected to win Washington (11)

McCain projected to win Idaho (4)