With the calling of the Oregon seat for Jeff Merkley, the Democratic Party looks set for 55 seats in the United States Senate. Along with the two independent seats including Joe Lieberman, that puts the Democratic caucus at 57 seats. All of the seats that were considered to be cinches, Democrats won while the marginal [...]

So it is the day after the election of Barack Obama. As you may expect, it is all that anyone is talking about today.

Reviewing the various new posts from various blogs and news sites, it seems that many of the problems dealing with elections in the United States still exist. In this election year, though, it seems to be amplified by the record turnout appears nearly everywhere.

Light drizzle here in the Triad today as Election Day gears up. I passed by a church serving as a polling place near my house this morning. Cars lined up everywear on the curb and all. Line stretched out the door but people were waiting patiently in line using umbrellas to keep the rain away.
Lot [...]

Most commentators are predicting an Obama win on election day. Question is whether to what degree will his election be decisive. Most of the predictions fall around the 320 electoral votes range. The caveat in that prediction is that many of the electoral votes will come from states that he will eked out a narrow win like in North Carolina and Florida.

Everything is now to the final days. Signs are good that Barack Obama will win this thing but you can never tell what may happen in the future even in the next few days.
If anything else, I might sleep a bit better after all of this is over.

How soon will the networks and other media call the Presidential election? If certain states are considered to be key to either of the two candidate’s chance of victory for the day, it is conceivable that we may know the result as early as 7:30pm EST.
Why is this so?
Using the Greenpapers.com site and its collection [...]