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Hi, I'm Anna, and if you're hoping that I might provide a pro-McCain voice, then you're going to be disappointed... sorry.

Well here's some 'facts': I'm predicting Obama to win 296 electoral votes to 242. If you're from the UK and don't know what that means, you win a state by getting the most votes, and you're awarded the electoral college votes of that state, which are proportional to the size of that state. You need 270 to win, there are 538 up for grabs...

Brilliant idea Dean, I think I'll join you if I have anything to say. I'll be blogging on my own site and tweeting on Twitter as well...

Yep, I'm going to go get Chinese food then catch up on last nights Daily Show in preparation!

Wow, the CNN people are having loads of fun with their interactive screens!

Good call, Chris!

Although I love Daily Show and Colbert, during this election season, I've gradually fallen in love with Keith Olbermann, his rants just rule.


(and yeah, a brutally humbled Papa Bear* would be superb)
*O'Reilly

Buh-bye George!

Careful Anna he still has two months to blow up the world...

I'm already starting to wonder if the BBC is the wrong place to be watching, for someone who understands the process and knows the players. Are they going to relentlessly over-explain everything? "You need to remember that blue here is the colour of the Democrats... confusing here if you're used to blue being the colour of the Tories" ... ffs

Well hullo there sir!

I've got the BBC on the PC and CNN on the laptop... I was half tempted to get FOX but they don't seem to stream online.

first results seem to be coming in on CNN?

I've never seen a daily show or colbert report where the democrats were the big target. I think it would reduce me to tears.

I bought the 2004 election coverage boxset from the daily show. Easily the best era of that show.

Looks like McCain's got Kentucky - shocking!

Obama may have got Indiana though.

I need to remember this is not msn so I do not need to hit 'send' every half a setence.

what were the exit polls? Are you guys all on computers? I am on my ipod touch.

The head to head exit polls just were sent to the Huffington Post by a Democratic source. These are traditionally unreliable and should be taken with a grain of salt (see: Kerry's winning margins in 2004). For what it's worth, they project a big night for Obama in several of the key swing states.

The states looking good for Obama:

Florida: 52 percent to 44 percent
Iowa: 52 percent to 48 percent
Missouri: 52 percent to 48 percent
North Carolina: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Hampshire: 57 percent to 43 percent
Nevada: 55 percent to 45 percent
Pennsylvania: 57 percent to 42 percent
Ohio: 54 percent to 45 percent
Wisconsin: 58 percent to 42 percent
Indiana: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Mexico: 56 percent to 43 percent
Minnesota: 60 percent to 39 percent
Michigan: 60 percent to 39 percent

The states where McCain is leading in exit polls:

Georgia: 51 percent to 47 percent
West Virginia: 45 percent to 55 percent

Again, as a point of caution, here is what Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg said about exit polls in an interview today with the Huffington Post: "The biggest problem with exit polls is... we do know that young voters are much more likely to do an exit survey and seniors are much less likely to do an exit poll," he said. "So exit polls are heavily waited to young people, which normal bias favors Democrats especially this year."

Obama is ahead in indiana but only one percent reported.

Will this election be a landslide? I read earlier on that would be defined as 350 electoral votes.