Election Day

I still think that Romney 47% comment was the day that I could tell Obama was going to win re-election. Looking at the electoral vote breakdown, it looks like this:

State
EV
Projected Winner
Actual (as of 8 PM Arizona Time)

Alabama
9
R
R

Alaska
3
R
 

Arizona
11
R
 

Arkansas
6
R
R

California
55
O
 

Colorado
9
O
 

Connecticut
7
O
O

Delaware
3
O
O

Florida
29
 
 

Georgia
16
R
R

Hawaii
4
O
 

Idaho
4
R
 

Illinois
20
O
O

Indiana
11
R
R

Iowa
6
O
 

Kansas
6
R
R

Kentucky
8
R
R

Louisiana
8
R
R

Maine
4
O
O

Maryland
10
O
O

Massachusetts
11
O
O

Michigan
16
O
O

Minnesota
10
O
 

Mississippi
6
R
R

Missouri
10
R
 

Montana3
R
 

Nebraska
5
R
R

Nevada
6
O
 

New Hampshire
4
O
 

New Jersey
14
O
O

New Mexico
5
O
O

New York
29
O
O

North Carolina
15
R
 

North Dakota
3
R
R

Ohio
18
O
 

Oklahoma
7
R
R

Oregon
7
O
 

Pennsylvania
20
O
O

Rhode Island
4
O
O

South Carolina
9
R
R

South Dakota
3
R
R

Tennessee
11
R
R

Texas
38
R
R

Utah
6
R
 

Vermont
3
O
O

Virginia
13
O
 

Washington
12
O
 

West Virginia
5
R
R

Wisconsin
10
O
O

Wyoming
3
R
R

Washington, D.C.*
3
O
O

Obama
 
Romney
 

States + DC
26
States + DC
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Projected Electoral Votes
303
Projected Electoral Votes
206

Actual Electoral Votes
159
Actual Electoral Votes
154

Looking at the number breakdown, it looks like a clean win. Now we just need to hear about Ohio or Florida, and hopefully Romney will concede quickly.

Also, amusingly, Claire McCaskill won over the "Legitimate Rape" Todd Akin, Elizabeth Warren won over the racist Scott Brown, Sherrod Brown won over the twerp Josh Mandel, and Joe Donnelly won over Richard Mourdock of "Rape was something intended by God" fame.

Yay! I’m not terribly surprised, but I’m glad it’s turning out as I expected.