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11/5/2008, New York Times Results Maps, Victory/Concession Speeches+transcripts, Exit Polls with Demographic Information -

For an electoral map with the option to view county results (click on the link for “County Bubbles” on the left), for Obama’s Victory Speech and McCain’s Concession Speech, for Exit Polls with corresponding demographic information, and for the Big Board with expected results alongside actual results, click here.

MSNBC Presidential Election Results Widget -

Also, check out the following sites -

Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – http://uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/ElectionNight2008/pe2008elecnighttime.php - includes data and maps for the electoral vote counts and a timeline for poll closings. This site also features past Presidential Election results since 1789 as well as an electoral college calculator and map generator.

CNN.com Live Election Day coverage - http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream2

CNN.com Electoral Map Calculator - http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/

From Dean Sreenivasan’s email, 11/4/2008 —>

Dean Grueskin is part of the WSJ’s “Instant Analysis” blog team tonight, posting throughout the evening. This is a reprise of what he used to do at the WSJ internally, but is now doing it on the web.

See his latest post here…
How to watch swing counties and single-party strongholds for early signs
of a McCain upset or an Obama landslide:
http://blogs.wsj.com/instantanalysis/2008/11/04/18/

And keep an eye on Instant Analysis to see the rest of his - and the team’s posts:
Insights on election night from Journal columnists and around the Web
http://blogs.wsj.com/instantanalysis/

Let him know how he’s doing: bgrueskin@columbia.edu

Later tonight, he’ll be doing some of this analysis on the air for
DecisionNYC on http://www.columbiajournalist.org/elections/

The Journalism School along with the Center for New Media Teaching and Learning created an amazing new reporting resource for RW1 students - an electronic map of New York City that allows students to view census data by neighborhood, election district, etc. To use this resource, and for more information on how to use it, follow the link below (authentication required) -

http://jour6001-000-2008-3.wikispaces.columbia.edu/

Looking for online NYC elections coverage and results? Try the Gotham Gazette Campaign 2005 site. It offers the transcripts of mayoral debates, a last-minute voter guide, spotlights on council races, and news from the campaign trail, and great links to government resources, organization websites, as well as political blogs. Starting at 9 p.m. on Tuesday 11/8, they’ll be posting results, too.

Some quick links to New York City election resources (also listed on Gotham Gazette) are:

• NYC Board of Elections
• NYC Campaign Finance Board (click “public disclosure” for a searchable database of contributions)