With the convention and the three debates over it is down to the wire between Sen. Obama and Thompson as they battle it out in the final weeks. With the financial meltdown Obama seems to have the upper hand, but with Thompson's choice of Romney as his running mate Obama's lead is narrowing.
Obama: 47%
Thompson: 45%
On who would make the better President: Obama
Y: 52%
N: 44%
U: 4%
On who would make the better President: Thompson
Y: 45%
N: 48%
U: 7%
Final Election Polling:
Obama: 49%
Thompson: 46%
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Election Night 2008:
7:00
Good Evening it is 7:00 on the east coast and the polls have closed in six states and with that we have winners to project. The state of South Carolina as well as Georgia and Kentucky are going into the Thompson column. As for Sen. Obama the state of Vermont goes his way; that leaves Indiana and Virginia undecided.
R: 33
D: 3
7:30
More states' polls have closed and we can project that Fred Thompson will carry the state of West Virginia, giving him five more electoral votes.
8:00
Top of the hour and mores states' polls have closed, with 171 electoral votes up for grabs. The first of those states going to Fred Thompson are: Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee. As for Sen. Obama, the state of: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC.
R: 81
D: 79
The two candidates are about even as we look at the states which have yet to be called: Florida, Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. We're not sure what this says, for in all the states save for Florida and Indiana the candidates are about tied with the votes counted.
In Indiana Fred Thompson narrowly leads Obama by a margin of 48.4%-48.2%, but in Florida he holds a lead over Obama. 50.0%-47.5%
8:15
We have a major announcement to make: Fred Thompson will carry Florida, repeat: Fred Thompson will carry Florida!
9:00
We're back and with more states to call at this hour. The states of: Nebraska, Texas, Wyoming, Kansas, South Dakota and Louisiana are all going for Thompson. That leaves: New York, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Colorado all going for Obama.
Also at this time we are able to project a winner in the state of Pennsylvania. Sen. Obama will carry the state, putting him in the lead of electoral votes for the first time this evening.
9:20
We are able to project now that Fred Thompson will carry the state of North Carolina, albeit narrowly.
R: 194
D: 182
9:45
We're back and as we went to break we made a projection in the state of Ohio, this is a big one. Sen. Obama will carry Ohio. Repeat: Sen. Obama will carry Ohio.
10:00
Top of the hour once again and the polls have closed four states and we can project: Utah and Montana for Fred Thompson and Iowa and Nevada going solidly for Obama.
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D: 212
R: 203
Now certainly the loss in Ohio is very damaging to the Thompson campaign who spent a lot of time and money in the state. They thought they could hold onto it, but it has broke for Sen. Obama and it appears we have another state to call. Virginia and it's thirteen electoral votes will go for Sen. Obama. He carries the state narrowly. 49.5%-48.6% This seems to be putting another nail in the coffin of Fred Thompson.
11:00
Top of the hour and we have more states to project and historic news to call. With victories in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii we can project that Sen. Obama will be the next President of The United States.
D: 303
R: 210
Final Results:
Sen. Obama carried the states of Arizona and Indiana, though the results were not know for a few days. The final tally resulted in a significant Obama victory:
D: 325: 51.8%
R: 213: 47.3%