I’ve been hearing a lot about this lately…the idea that people say they won’t vote for Obama, but when they get into the polls they will.
The evidence is obviously all anecdotal, like this story from Salon where a couple voters use the N word in reference to Obama…but say they’re supporting him anyway.
And then this [...]

Why is this significant? Because 51% of those were Dems, 30% were Repubs and 19% were Indies.
So with 2.6M votes already in the bank, Dems have at least 1.3M of those to Repubs 860K.
Still, the turnout on election day promises to be massive.
MSNBC reports…

This favors Obama, but I’m still not convinced Obama will pull [...]

(photo courtesy of jparonline)
I saw this story on CNN earlier and I’m happy to report that the lines are once again moving at the 5th Ward polling station.
Basically, people who were there early at 6:00 am didn’t get to vote until 8:30 because they had election officials had the wrong registration books. The line literally [...]

Have you?
And, if so, how long was your line?
Mine was about 45 minutes.
Do tell…

It has all come down to this one day, and the folks at NBC show you what they’ll be watching for.

By the way, if you don’t know when polls close in your state, check out our post with ALL the closing times.
And get out there and vote!

All are Eastern Standard Time
7:00 PM: 58 electoral votes

Georgia
Indiana
Kentucky
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia

7:30 PM: 40 electoral votes

Ohio
North Carolina
West Virginia

8:00 PM: 171 electoral votes

Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Washington, D.C.

8:30 PM: 6 electoral votes

Arkansas

9:00 PM: 156 electoral votes

Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Texas
Wisconsin
Wyoming

10:00 PM: 20 electoral votes

Iowa
Montana
Nevada
Utah

11:00 PM: 84 electoral votes:

California
Hawaii
Idaho
North Dakota
Oregon
Washington

1:00 AM: 3 electoral votes

Alaska

This from FiveThirtyEight…
If there is one shocker on election night in the presidential race, cast your eyes to Georgia. 1,994,990 people voted early in Georgia. 3,301,875 total voted in Georgia’s presidential race in 2004.
We may be headed for something completely unexpected tonight.

Voting tomorrow? Use Twitter?
Well, if you have problems at your polling station or if there’s a really long line, you can report about it from your phone with Twitter Vote Report.

It’ll even show up on this handy dandy chart…

Now you know so there are no excuses. :-)

This is another place Bush won in 2004.
What’s more, no Democrat has ever won here. And Obama’s margin is the most since they started.
1996
Dole: 13
Clinton: 12
Perot: 4
Browne: 2
2000
Bush: 17
Gore: 13
2004
Bush: 16
Kerry: 14
Nader: 1
2008
Obama: 17
McCain: 10
Paul: 2

The very first place to vote in the nation overwhelming goes for Illinois Senator.
Why is this significant? Because Dixville Notch went for Bush in 2004. Also, they haven’t voted for a Dem since 1968.
Now, only 21 people voted, but the spread was 15 to 6. So this certainly bodes well for Obama’s chances in New [...]

According to George Mason University, more than 29 million people have voted so far.
For some additional perspective, that’s more than 23% of the total voters in 2004.
Obviously, this points to a record breaking turnout in 2008.
But what about the battlegrounds? Is Obama up in the states that matter?
The answer across the board is [...]

The man, the myth, the legend discusses what we could be seeing tomorrow…

Honestly, I think voting problems are actually going to favor Obama because of the enthusiasm gap between the two candidates.
What do you think?

Who else is afraid that election day will be a mess?
Here’s NBC with more on the problems with our voting infrastructure…

Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, you can expect nearly every single Democratic politician in every single state to start pushing for early voting across the board. Especially if the lines on election day are [...]

Philadelphia is shaping up to be a key city in a key battleground state in this election, but machine problems and long lines may plague the polling stations and voter disenfranchisement will be a serious risk. Unfortunately for voters, the people charged with running a smooth election in Philly seem surprisingly unconcerned. Philly’s veritable election czar, Marge Tartaglione (D), in particular, shocked ANP with her comments at a recent hearing. See more videos at http://americannewsproject.com

First, Chuck Todd talks about the battlegrounds. No surprise…the trends favor Obama.

And then…the bigger news: early voting.
Looks like Obama’s ground game is really working.

One thing I would note about those places where Democrats and Republicans are neck and neck…Republicans ALWAYS dominate early voting across the country. So even if Dems are tied in some of [...]

Chuck Todd and Charlie Cook on Hardball explaining it all.
Basically, Todd hedges his bets, but Cook comes straight out and says, “Boy, it sure as hell looks over.”

And to that point about early voting, here’s more from WSJ…
Almost 11 million voters already have cast ballots in the 2008 elections, and Democrats seem to have cast [...]

Hi, this is Danielle Ivory at the American News Project in DC. Thanks to Justin Gardner for allowing us to post story items here! We’ll start doing this regularly next week.
Just by way of introduction, the ANP is an independent non-profit video news organization in DC. We produce pieces for the web, but [...]

That’s Leon Wieseltier at The New Republic in what is my favorite Barack Obama endorsement yet.
Why do I like it? Because Wieseltier sees Obama through unfiltered eyes. He understands the character flaws of Obama and knows the very real risks of an Obama presidency. He’s no hope-a-holic. But he knows that voting for president is [...]

Apparently they have a program this year that allows you to register to vote and vote on the same day, and that has helped turn out nearly 500,000 people so far, or 9% of the state’s 5.5M registered voters.
WSJ shares the details…

Of those voting in person, registered Democrats accounted for 61%, Republicans accounted for 22%, [...]

Early voters are already reporting problems with these ridiculous machines.
From the Charleston Gazette:
WINFIELD – Three Putnam County voters say electronic voting machines changed their votes from Democrats to Republicans when they cast early ballots last week.
This is the second West Virginia county where voters have reported this problem. Last week, three voters in Jackson County [...]