Tuesday, November 4, 2008

McCain Scores Early Red State Wins, Obama Takes Vermont

McCain Scores Early Red State Wins, Obama Takes Vermont
After a frenzied day of voting and campaigning, polls begin to close in the 2008 presidential race.

John McCain scored early victories in two reliably Republican states Tuesday evening, while Barack Obama racked up an expected win in Vermont -- as polls began to close in the 2008 presidential election.
McCain has won West Virginia and Kentucky. The Republican nominee also has an advantage in Georgia and South Carolina, while Obama appears to have a lead in Virginia and Indiana, two Republican states Obama is hoping to turn blue this year. But those races, as well as the contests in the critical swing state of Ohio and North Carolina, are too close to call.
Voters continued to cast their ballots in dozens of others states, after a frenzied day of campaigning that brought the historic and sprawling presidential race to a close.
Both candidates took their campaigns well into Election Day, as each battled for votes at the 11th hour.
McCain, facing an uphill road to attaining the 270 electoral votes needed to win, first flew into Colorado for his final rally. Then he visited dozens of volunteers at a New Mexico phone bank, before finally heading home to Phoenix, Ariz., to watch returns. 
On his campaign plane to Phoenix, Ariz., McCain told reporters he was "feeling confident."

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