Electoral Map of October 30

[rhetoretician]

Electoral map, cartogram, whatever, with the nifty new shape:

Comments

[madderbrad]

Another external event (say, a terrorist attack or another Bin Laden video) could push them in McCain's direction.

Is there any credence at all, do you think, to the occasional rumours/myths that Bin Laden or others might try and interfere in the American election? Would a McCain administration be any better than an Obama presidency for the bad guys?

My old viewers will remember that I flew to Florida in 2004 to do the same thing for Kerry.

Wow, you take this seriously! Such dedication seems to be at odds with a country which has such poor voter attendance, sort of. Here in Australia voting is compulsory.

Would you happen to know if there will be any web sites streaming coverage of the US election? I love watching elections here at home, and for the first time I'm somewhat interested in yours ...

[rhetoretician]

As I mentioned to Berte, I believe that both CNN and CSPAN have streaming video. Their coverage should be pretty good. And if you can find a PBS affiliate that has streaming video, that'd be even better.

The real fireworks in terms of news reporting will start at 8:0o p.m. Eastern (NYC) Time, because that's when the first group of polls close. Before that time the news agencies won't report on the results of their exit polls.

As for Bin Laden -- I think I'll answer you offline, because my thinking is based on a lot of untested (therefore possibly false) assumptions, and I don't want to look like even a bigger fool than I do already.

[rhetoretician]

I just recommended another source to Berte (see below) for watching the election online.

Ken

[amamama]

Interesting. And go you all for working for change. *is impressed* I second madderbrad's question - is there a decent website that'll do streaming coverage of the election? While fully dressed? :-p

[rhetoretician]

Both CNN and CSPAN have live streaming video on their Web sites. I think some local PBS television stations do too. They're all fully clothed. :P

[rhetoretician]

I don't actually know whether Nate Silver is be fully dressed when he blogs, but he says he's going to maintain a live electoral map that will change as the information from the voting changes. it's on his site fivethirtyeight.com, and he says:
We'll have new threads going up every 20 minutes or so covering every last detail of how we're seeing the evening unfold.

Basically, the idea is that I'll have an electoral map updated in real time ... not just including those states that have officially been called by the networks, but also my informed opinion about how the rest of the states are going to be impacted by what we're learning in real time. More about this later on.

Does that fit the bill?

[awrence]

I have sisters that live in FL, GA & AZ ( a brother in NY but he always gets to be blue). I can't believe there is a chance I will be the only one in a red state come Wednesday am. Hope that I am but still hard to believe.

[rhetoretician]

I wouldn't hold my breath for either Georgia or Arizona. But you never know...

[girlspell]

Huh? What's going on in Arizona? That might be fluke. I'm sure in the end, they'll give it to McCain. You just don't do something like that when your home state guy is running for office.

Thanks so much for doing the cartogram. Yes, I like the new shape too.

[rhetoretician]

Arizona is probably a fluke, yes. But remember that Gore lost Tennessee in 2000.

[obie119]

Oooh, that is awesome that you're going tomorrow! I hope it is awesome! Let me know what to expect for Tuesday -it sounds like I'll be in Dover! I was calling NH'ers at lunch and there was exciting enthusiasm in the Obama direction! Did I use enough exclamation points?! Hi to your family! Harry Potter themed costumes today?

[rhetoretician]

Thanks, Karen. J dressed as Professor Sprout, and H dressed as an unidentified witch. I wore my King Richard's Faire costume (including the new cloak), and A dressed as a knight in armor.