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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 Wyoming (3)
McCain projected to win North Dakota (3)
McCain projected to win Kansas (6)

Obama projected to win Minnesota (10)
Obama projected to win Wisconsin (10)
Obama projected to win Michigan (17)
Obama projected to win Rhode Island (4)

McCain projected to win Arkansas (6)
McCain projected to win Georgia (15)

McCain projected to win Alabama (9)

Obama projected to win North Carolina (15)

Obama projected to win Pennsylvania (21)

Wow here's some more results...

McCain projected to win Oklahoma (7)
McCain projected to win Tennessee (11)

Obama projected to win Connecticut (7)
Obama projected to win New Hampshire (4)
Obama projected to win Massachusetts (12)
Obama projected to win Maine (4)
Obama projected to win Maryland (10)
Obama projected to win Delaware (3)
Obama projected to win Washington D.C. (3)
Obama projected to win New Jersey (15)
Obama projected to win Illonois (21)

Okay the polls are closed in a lot of states already and more are about to close in the next few minutes. Unfortunately a lot of them are too close to call so it'll take awhile before we get them.

McCain is projected to win Kentucky (8) and South Carolina (8)

Obama is projected to win Vermont (3)

So that means McCain is leading with 16 to 3.

by the time i wake up in the morning we'll have the results and then i can groan and get to work.

Will be interesting to see, I'm not staying up for it though!

I'm hoping I wont have to stay up all night, just untill I know someone has won it :)

Luckily I'm my own boss, so I'll be working while I do this. I just finished putting up some new blinds in this office. It looks really nice.