Nov. 4, 2008 Poll Closing Times & Key Races

57 thoughts on “Nov. 4, 2008 Poll Closing Times & Key Races”

1. Great chart. Thanks, David.

2. It looks like Kryzan will actually get the WFP ballot line.

   http://www.thealbanyproject.co…

3. … could you do the map from light blue to darkest blue, say?  Makes more intuitive sense when looking at the map alone.

4. That is voter suppression in my opinion. If you can’t vote before work (running late or long lines threaten to make you late), you might not get back to your neighborhood in time to vote by 6 pm because of your shift or rush hour traffic.

5. CNN said polls close in Kentucky at 7 pm? I’m voting in Virginia (VA-11) on tuesday and then driving back home to Lexington, KY. My girlfriend is registered in KY so I hope we can get back before 6.

6. http://cookpolitical.com/ratin…

   Looks like he expects Obama to win somewhere 286-399 to McCain’s 139-252.  So many shifts to the toss-up column.  

7. From what I can tell, the Aleutian time zone contains Aletian 1 and Aleutian 2 (total 1,940 registered voters) and St. Lawrence Island (Savoonga and Gambell with a total of 676 voters).  Both locations contain more Democrats than Republicans, unusual for Alaska.  So the last hour will reel in a small portion of perhaps 2,000 votes.

   The two areas contain 5.4% of registered voters in Alaska.  

8. I wonder if a version of the graphic could me easily made and posted that had the times listed for other time zones?

   If you posted or sent me the original photostop (or illustrator or whatever) file, I could do it…
   

9. Who will it hurt more, democrats or republicans, if Obama is declared President early, very early, in the evening? Will it help say Smith or Merkley? That is his name right? I can’t keep them all straight. lol Or Cook, or Rohrabacher? Who would benefit the most?

10. Excellent work, David. Thank you.

    Now we need a list of victory party locations in about 32 states….

    1. for Obama to be declared President until California polls close.  

    2. Thankfully, the mail-in vote system in place in Oregon ensures that only people so drunk off their heads with the news of an early landslide for Obama that don’t drop in their ballots will be affected by any such circumstance.

    3. According to today’s SUSA poll something like 80% of likely voters already mailed-in their ballots.  So basically nothing can affect the OR races this late in the game.

    4. I’d say an early declaration would benefit Republicans, a high turnout would probably mean a better representation of underrepresented groups like blacks and lower-class. Most profit would thus go to Republicans in locations with large non-white populations.

11. Just give that slice of the FL Panhandle that closes the polls at 8 pm to Alabama?  That area has more in common with AL than FL anyway and would lock up FL as a blue state.

12. I’ll be sure to share it with everyone I know!

    1. We will likely be leading early in KY-02, as we did in 2006 until about 20% was reported.  If we can get either of these seats, we will likely be picking up 45 seats nationally.  

13. What is that? Polls here closeat 7:30, but anyone in line then will still get to vote.  Is that what you mean?

14. website for Michigan yet?  If so could you post it, please.

15. The only reason I ask, is there are two contradictions with The Green Papers closing times, which have both North Dakota and North Carolina closing one hour later.

16. Does anyone know where there might be a 50-state roster of good urls to check, in each state, for election results?

    Whether the web sites of the Secretaries of State, or of major newspapers, whatever. In tandem with this splendid chart, such a list would make tracking the results even easier.
    

17. I think all of the Oregon polls close at the same time…

18. As requested.

    Alabama (Secretary of State)

    http://www.alabamavotes.gov/

    Alaska (Lieutenant Governor – Division of Elections)

    http://www.elections.alaska.go…

    Arizona (Secretary of State)

    http://www.azsos.gov/election/…

    Arkansas (Secretary of State)

    http://www.arelections.org/ind…

    California (Secretary of State)
    
    http://november2008.sos.ca.gov/
    
    Colorado (Department of State)

    http://www.elections.colorado….

    http://rs.ezvotetally.com/ (maybe)

    Connecticut (Secretary of State)

    http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/vie…

    Delaware (Office of the Commissioner of Elections)

    http://elections.delaware.gov/…

    District of Columbia (Board of Elections and Ethics)

    http://www.dcboee.org/election…

    Florida (Department of State Division of Elections)

    http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/

    Georgia (Secretary of State)

    http://sos.georgia.gov/electio…

    Hawaii (Office of Elections)

    http://hawaii.gov/elections/re…

    Idaho (Secretary of State Election Division)

    http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT…

    Illinois (Board of Elections, decentralized)

    http://www.elections.state.il….

    Indiana (Secretary of State – Election Division)

    http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/ele…

    Iowa (Secretary of State)

    http://www.sos.state.ia.us/ind…

    Kansas (Secretary of State)

    http://www.voteks.org/

    Kentucky (State Board of Elections)

    http://electionresults.ky.gov/…

    Louisiana (Secretary of State)

    http://staticresults.sos.louis…

    Maine (Department of the Secretary of State)

    http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/e…

    Maryland (State Board of Elections)

    http://elections.state.md.us/e…

    Massachusetts (Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division)

    http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele…

    Michigan (Secretary of State)

    http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/el…

    Minnesota (Secretary of State)
    
    http://electionresults.sos.sta…

    Mississippi (Secretary of State)

    http://www.sos.state.ms.us/ele…

    Missouri (Office of Secretary of State)

    http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/

    Montana (Secretary of State)

    http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/results.asp

    Nebraska (Secretary of State)

    http://www.sos.state.ne.us/ele…

    Nevada (Secretary of State – Elections Division)

    http://www.silverstate08.com/

    New Hampshire (Department of State)

    http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2…

    New Jersey (Department of Law and Public Safety – Division of Elections)

    http://www.nj.gov/state/electi…

    New Mexico (Secretary of State)

    http://web.state.nm.us/

    New York (State Board of Elections)

    http://www.elections.state.ny.us/

    North Carolina (State Board of Elections)

    http://results.enr.clarityelec…

    North Dakota (Secretary of State)

    http://web.apps.state.nd.us/se…

    Ohio (Secretary of State – Elections Services)

    http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS…

    Oklahoma (Oklahoma State Election Board)

    http://www.state.ok.us/~electi…

    Oregon (Secretary of State – Elections Division)

    http://www.sos.state.or.us/ele…

    Pennsylvania (Department of State – Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation)

    http://www.electionreturns.sta…

    Rhode Island (Board of Elections)

    http://www.ri.gov/election/res…

    South Carolina (State Elections Commission)

    http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/…

    South Dakota (Secretary of State)

    http://electionresults.sd.gov/…

    Tennessee (Secretary of State)

    http://www.state.tn.us/sos/ele…

    Texas (Office of the Secretary of State)

    http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr…

    Utah (Lieutenant GovernorState Elections Office)

    http://electionresults.state.u…

    Vermont (Secretary of State – Elections & Campaign Finance Division) (decentralized, information from AP/VNS)

    http://vermont-elections.org/s…

    Virginia (State Board of Elections)

    https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virg…

    Washington (Secretary of State)

    http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/

    West Virginia (Secretary of State)

    http://www.wvvotes.com/electio…

    Wisconsin (State Elections Board, decentralized reporting)

    http://elections.state.wi.us/d…

    Wyoming (Secretary of State)

    http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elect…

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