Official Election Day “Until There’s a Winner” Liveblog

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2008 Election Results (President, Senate, House)

Here are live, up-to-the-minute, results for the presidential, Senate and House elections…

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Stop Reading Exit Polls

They’re rarely if ever accurate, and under represent the type of people who vote late in the day. We’ve never blogged about them on election days and will not start today.

For instance, look at this. Take a hard look. The exit poll numbers are simply absurd; there’s absolutely not way Kerry could reasonably expect that level of support. (And none of the conspiracy theorists suppose there may be reasons why exit polls are wrong instead of machines.)

Also, it’s clear that certain types of candidates do better in exit polls most of the time. Generally, that’s a liberal candidate, opr the one with stauncher supporters.

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Results: West Virginia Closed Convention (Republican)

West Virgina’s primary isn’t until May, but the Republican Party held their convention today. The convention determined the allocation of 18 of the 30 delegates to the Republican Convention. Read more

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