Barack Obama appears to have defeated John McCain in Ohio, one of the single most important states in the US election and the battleground that has correctly predicted the victorious candidate since 1964.
A victory would gave Obama all of Ohio’s 20 electoral votes, taking him within a hair’s breadth of the 270 needed to win the White House. No Republican has ever attained the presidency without winning Ohio.
Article Series - US Elections 08
- First blood to Obama
- "We are not sure if an election result has ever mattered so little to the markets."
- Why you should ignore exit polls
- Market talking heads: election means nada, redux
- Intrade odds favour Obama (shock)
- Pink Picks, White House edition
- Obama, the markets and the perils of presidential data mining
- Further reading, White House edition
- Presidential data mining, redux
- Gideon Rachman doesn't give a twit
- Dirty dirty exit poll data, round one
- McCain gets Kentucky and South Carolina, Obama claims Vermont
- Obama vs McCain - how the networks see it
- 270, 538, swing states, electoral college - what does it all mean?
- Obama wins Ohio, White House in sight
- As Obama sweeps Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Mexico...
- Electoral vote tally - Obama 207, McCain 129
- Barack Obama wins Virginia, California - and the White House