Over 1000 of you have come to look at these graphs, but I still have too little feedback. Please tell me what you think - thanks!

To make sense of any of this you must understand the Electoral College.

• Red states are states that went for Bush in 2004.
• Blue states are states that went for Kerry in 2004.

• States to the left of the line are projected to go for Obama.
• States to the right of the line are projected to go for McCain.
• The further left or right they extend, the further the projected margin of victory

• The thicker the bar for a state is, the more electoral votes it has.
• The numbers inbetween states near the finish line mark how far that boundary is from the finish line.
• The projected winner is the person who takes the state on the finish line.

• Hover over a state for more information about it.

More information in my diary entries - add that diary to your hotlist if this sort of thing interests you, I'll be doing more up to and during election night. I have a plan for updating this graph during election night as states are called by the networks.

Data: fivethirtyeight.com 2008-11-02

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