My Electoral Prediction (4 November 2008, 9 pm EST)

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict what the news will be saying a few minutes after 9 pm EST on Tuesday, 4 November:

Color code:

• Blue: states for Obama (275 electoral votes)
• Red: states for McCain (150 electoral votes)
• Tan: states that don't matter (113 electoral votes)

If you live in one of the tan states, my prediction is that your vote is irrelevant to the electoral total. The only ones that will count are those that close by 9 pm EST (6 pm PST).

I had difficulty finding out what time each state closed their polls, so I made my own chart. You can find it at this Google spreadsheet or at this web page.