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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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Garin wrote:
> Sometimes the world leaves me speechless. Ok I understand the US
> elections are important. But I refuse to believe they are
> important enough for Fox not to show House.

I'll assume this was why there was no Heroes last night as well. Unnacceptable

McCain projected to win Nebraska (5)

McCain projected to win South Dakota (3)

McCain projected to win Utah (5)
McCain projected to win Mississippi (6)

Woo!!! He flipped another red state!! (that makes 3!)

Obama projected to win Iowa (7)

I thought Fox had their own news channel for election coverage :/ Poor House viewers.

Sometimes the world leaves me speechless. Ok I understand the US elections are important. But I refuse to believe they are important enough for Fox not to show House.

McCain projected to win Texas (34)

McCain projected to win Louisiana (9)
McCain projected to win West Virginia (5)

Woo!!! He flipped another red state!!

Obama projected to win New Mexico (5)

Woo!!! He flipped a red state!!

Obama projected to win Ohio (20)