Obama close to win
November 4, 2008
Democratic candidate Barack Obama was within 63 electoral votes of becoming the next president, according to MSNBC. He would need to win California’s 55 electoral votes and gain six more from states such as Washington, Oregon or Nevada. Their polls close in about 15 minutes.
Slate and the Harvard Crimson have now called the race for Obama. The most recent Twitterers have come to the same conclusion, including those who have started a “President Obama” feed.
Obama was projected Tuesday night to win battleground states Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and New Mexico. He led Republican challenger John McCain 207 to 142 electoral votes, according to MSNBC.
Obama also was projected to prevail in Illinois, Wisconsin,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C. He was leading in North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia.
McCain was projected to win Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Wyoming, North Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Utah, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
By Heidi Frost, George Goodwin and Ian Sorensen
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