First calls coming in. Safe Bush states going Bush (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee. What a surprise). A string of safe Kerrys also dropping in on cue. Mind you, ElectoralVote.com’s poll that threw New Jersey to Bush has been shown up as a wild outlier. Some states called with 0% of results in – how’s that work? BBC News struggling.
Daily Kos is running a set of exits from an alleged contact at the New York Times:
National
Kerry 50
Bush 49
NaderFlorida
Kerry 50
Bush 49Wisconsin
Kerry 51
Bush 48Minnesota
Kerry 54
Bush 44Iowa
Kerry 50
Bush 49New Hampshire
Kerry 53
Bush 45Michigan
Kerry 51
Bush 47Colorado
Kerry 48
Bush 50Pennsylvania
Kerry 54
Bush 45New Mexico
Kerry 50
Bush 48New Jersey
Kerry 53
Bush 48New York
Kerry 63
Bush 38Ohio
Kerry 50
Bush 49West Virginia
Kerry 45
Bush 54Connecticut
Kerry 50
Bush 48Missouri
Kerry 43
Bush 54
Interesting – if reliable, and what about that….MARGIN OF ERROR? Kerry now leading 78-66 on the electoral college, after he got all 4 EVs from Maine. Source – BBC News, who are broadcasting aerial footage of giant voter queues in Philadelphia. After all it’s the City of Brotherly Love (cue soul music). Some Bush states – South Carolina, Virginia – are hovering. A Kos commenter claims a Kerry lead of 1% in VA. God, I’ve started using those annoying yank state abbreviations. Time for more coffee!