From CNN results in 4 Senate races will likely go to recounts including the much watched Coleman/Franken Minnesota race that was called earlier for Coleman by the AP. With a very slim margin of victory that race along with races in Alaska, Georgia and Oregon will likely face recounts.

The DOW dropped 486 points today in what Bloomberg says is the largest post-Election point drop in US history.

One of the heavily watched Senate races of 2008 has come to an end as the Associated Press calls the race in Minnesota for incumbent Norm Coleman. Comedian Al Franken had challenged Coleman for the seat giving up a talk radio job and returning to Minnesota generating a great deal of buzz but ultimately helping to ensure Democrats would not pick up a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate. The race will come down to a few hundred votes.

Senator Barack Obama has won the presidency of the United States of America.

Obama has won the Presidential Election

Comment: Not to race to a finish here but if you REALLY want to go to bed tonight but want to be confident you know who won, I can safely say Obama will pull it off. With Ohio & Penn in his corner, it is nearly impossible for this to go McCain’s direction.

Comment #2: Dems will not get 60 votes in the Senate.

Results

Obama
Virginia
Iowa
Ohio
Minnesota
NY
RI
Michigan
Wisconsin
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire

Mass
Maryland –
Illinois
D.C.
Connecticut
Maine
NJ
Deleware
Vermont

McCain

Nebraska

Utah

Texas

Louisiana

Kansas

North Dakota
Wyoming

Georgia

Alabama
Arkansas

Oklahoma
Tennesee

South Carolina

West Virginia goes

Kentucky goes

Other races

Governorships

Republican governor Mitch Daniels will win Indiana

Senate (Turnovers)

NM Tom Udall (D) picks up Republican Senate

Keanne Shaheen (D) picks up NH

Kay Hagen (D) picks up NC
Mark Warner (D) picks up Virginia

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Sarah Palin has been cleared of wrongdoing in a report released by Alaska’s Personnel Board in the media named Troopergate scandal.

Senator Barack Obama’s ailing grandmother has passed away. Recently the Senator stopped campaigning to visit Madelyn Dunham who helped raise him. Dunham was 85 years old.

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There is one full day left before the election and barring some unforeseen development there I’d likely little left that can shake up the race.

If the polls are correct Obama seems likely to head for a big win tomorrow. The last two shots for McCain are:

1) Turnout (Higher than expected foe him, lower than expected for Obama. Naturally

2) Independents. If they break heavily for McCain there is still a shot.

I will be staying up to watch the vote here using multiple means of communication to spread news. So make sure to stop by!

While Zrby’s three day average of polls still has Obama leading McCain the pollster says the latest individual poll has some downright shocking news.

“Is McCain making a move? The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama today, 48% to 47%. He is beginning to cut into Obama’s lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all. “Obama’s lead among women declined, and it looks like it is occurring because McCain is solidifying the support of conservative women, which is something we saw last time McCain picked up in the polls. If McCain has a good day tomorrow, we will eliminate Obama’s good day three days ago, and we could really see some tightening in this rolling average. But for now, hold on.”

The key here is to see if this one set of data is a fluke or a sign that things are actually changing in the race. With only two more full days before election day the only real judge will undoubtedly be the final vote total.