The Living Consequences

Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams has a perplexing column in tomorrow’s Washington Times in which he claims that with the election of Barack Obama, “all the ‘-isms’ that were born from racism, reparations, and white guilt are now dead and buried.”

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At last, after more than two weeks, we have the final results of the presidential election:

I don’t mind saying that I correctly predicted 49 out of 50 states.

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Here, courtesy of Robert J. Vanderbei of Princeton, is the current electoral map of the United States:

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While several results remain too close to call this morning, I think it’s time to post an indication of where the races stand at this time.

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Major networks are now calling Florida, Nevada, and Colorado for Obama.

These states bring Obama to 338 electoral votes, with 53 electoral votes still up for grabs (in Indiana, Missouri, and North Carolina) and the lingering possibility of a minor upset in Montana.

With the closing of the polls on the west coast, the networks are finally willing to acknowledge that the exit polls in several of those states are enough to easily put Barack Obama over the top, with at least 284 electoral votes.

Separately, Virginia has now been called for Obama, giving him another 13 electoral votes. There are several states still to be heard from, and Obama is probably not done winning states tonight.

The updated election map:

I posted, about forty-five minutes ago, that Barack Obama was going to win the election, based on his win in Ohio.

At that time, I saw him with 272 electoral votes in safe or called states. I now show him with 284 electoral votes, now that New Mexico and Iowa have been called:

The networks have now called Ohio for Obama.

By my count, that puts Obama at 272 electoral votes, enough to win the White House, with states that have been called or are safely Obama’s.

The first meaningful result of the evening is in.

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This post reviews what to watch for on election night.

Presidential election

In all likelihood, this will be a fairly short night. The eastern states where the polls close early will probably deliver the margin of victory.

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