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OpinionJournal.com Electoral College Calculator

If You are following along you can click on each state to change its color. 270 is the magic number.

Remember:
- look for evidence of framing;
- try to detect a bias from any particular "talking heads", particularly the ones that are not labeled as Partisan Commentators;
- Which brand-name polls does the network seem to rely on?;
- Has a particular candidate "lost" the election, committed some error in the campaign that is coming back to haunt them?;
- If the election is defying Conventional Wisdom, how are the networks framing it? Was the network wrong, was the electorate unpredictable, have campaigns been giving innaccurate information to the networks?
- What role is Vote Challenging" having on elections?
- Is the election turnout of historic proportions? If so has it "changed everything?"
- Was this election framed as a "referendum on Iraq"?

Exit Polls are a big part of the Election Night productions. This link will explain how they work.

http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2004/11/exit_polls_what.html