Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

According to The New York Times, Obama took a 58-41 lead in Pennsylvania suburbs. In the Northeast, Obama won 57-42. In Philadelphia, Obama took 83% of the votes. In Pittsburgh and the western part of the state, Obama took 53%. According to philly.com, Obama currently holds 220 electoral votes to McCain’s 114. CNN has called Iowa, Ohio, New York and Michigan for Obama, while MSNBC has predicted a win in Texas for McCain.

-Janhavi Purohit

According to CNN.com and the New York Times, Ohio has been projected as a win for Obama. Some of the important states at the moment, according to the Times, are North Carolina, Virginia and Indiana. Obama currently has 200 electoral votes and McCain has a total of 90. 270 votes are needed to win the Electoral College. According to the Times, about 30% of the vote is in for Pennsylvania, which is a projected Obama win.

-Janhavi Purohit

The New York Times reported a win in Kentucky for John McCain and in Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut for Obama. According to the Times, all major networks have predicted a win for Obama in Pennsylvania. Polls continue to close across the country.

-Janhavi Purohit

The first polls closed at 6 p.m. ET today in Indiana, Kentucky and North Hampshire, and at 7 p.m. ET in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. According to the New York Times, McCain has eight electoral votes so far and Obama has three. The Times has charted a win for McCain in Kentucky and in Vermont for Obama. Pennsylvania polls close at 8 p.m.

Drexel Votes will host an Election Watch Party starting at 8 p.m. in the Great Court, Main Building.

The event will go on until all votes are counted and America’s next president is chosen. There will be great food, games and good conversation along with a big-screen television tuned into the election coverage.

Stay tuned to The Triangle for updates.

-Janhavi Purohit

Drexel Votes will hold an election watch party in the Great Court of the Main Building at 8:00 p.m. lasting until the next President is chosen, according to the Drexel Digest.

Activities such as presidential trivia will go on while the live election results are shown on a flat-screen TV, according to Drexel University Relations.  Food will also be served.

According to MTV, by noon today 574 people had already voted at Drexel, compared to the 425 total in 2004.

Media Credit: Drexel University Media Relations