Obama has won a very decisive victory. Only Alaska (3), which will obviously go for Romney, and Florida (29) remain to be called. At this point, Romney has won only North Carolina of the battleground states, and that was predicted.
It's 12:30 am. Obama has 303 electoral votes, and at this point he is leading in Florida (by 0.7%). If he does win Florida, he will have 332 electoral votes -- the number that was considered the most optimistic in the predictions. Nate Silver's last prediction was for 313 (not including Florida).
The other big wins were Elizabeth Warren in MA, Tim Kaine in VA, Tammy Baldwin in WI, Claire McCaskill in MO, Bill Nelson in FL, and Joe Donnelly in IN, and Independent (probably voting with the Democrats) Angus King in ME. Both McCaskill's and Donnelly's wins repudiated their opponents who made outrageous statements about rape -- which clearly lost the election for both.
I believe the overall senate results are a gain of 1 seat for the Democrats, when it was feared they would lose their majority.
So it is a BIG WIN -- and a great relief.
Ralph
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There were some significant losses of Tea Party firebrands:
ReplyDeleteAllan West in Florida, Joe Walsh in Illinois, as well as Akins and Moultoon as noted above.