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Some Intriguing Numbers

Last night was Barack Obama's Goldilocks landslide. He's the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to get more than 50 percent of the vote. He got the most popular vote since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Obama's electoral college numbers are far...

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November 5, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008, John McCain, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (19)

What Obama's Win Means

Obama's chief strategist David Axelrod told me he asked Barack Obama before he got into the race what he thought he could bring to the White House. The next thing he said was: If I can win the White House...

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November 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (391)

John Lewis: No Barack Without Lyndon

When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law in 1964 he said he thought he was signing away the South to the Democrats for a generation. Tonight, Democrats are competitive in the South. Just now on ABC,...

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November 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (13)

McCain's Path to 270 Hard to See

ABC News has projected Ohio for Barack Obama. The McCain campaign didn't have a map to 270 that didn't include winning Ohio. And with Pennsylvania projected for Obama -- unless something staggering happens -- it's hard to see how John...

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November 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008, John McCain, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (235)

Election Night

We're live on the air broadcasting the Election Night results all night. Join us now on ABC. And, below, is our video from World News on the crucial states on the road to 270, the Senate, and House races. --George...

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November 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008, John McCain, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (23)

Guide to Election Night: Six Early States to Watch

Here are the six states to watch between 7pm and 8pm on Election Night: Virginia and Indiana after the last polls close at 7pm, Ohio and North Carolina after 7:30pm, and then Pennsylvania and Florida after 8pm. These are the...

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November 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008, John McCain, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (785)

Turnout

We're already getting calls and emails from people all across the country saying there are lines everywhere. We are going to break voter turnout records this year, huge records. More than 130 million people are likely to vote this year....

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November 4, 2008 in Democrats Vote 2008, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (44)

Key Moments

This morning on "Good Morning America," Diane Sawyer asked me what I thought were the turning points of the campaign. Here are mine: For John McCain, I think you have to go back to Sept. 15, just several weeks ago...

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November 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008, John McCain, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (48)

What If the Polls Are Wrong?

There have been in the neighborhood of 159 national polls in the last six weeks. Most of those polls have Barack Obama ahead of John McCain, including our ABC News/Washington Post daily tracking poll, that has Obama comfortably ahead 53-44....

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November 3, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008, John McCain, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (629)

'The View'

If you didn't catch my appearance today with the ladies of "The View" on ABC, here's what you missed. --George Stephanopoulos Barbara Walters: "Yesterday on 'This Week' your program, George Will who is a conservative, you asked him, 'Is there...

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November 3, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats Vote 2008, John McCain, Republicans Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (16)