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Archive for November 2nd, 2004

Virtual tally room

Tuesday November 2, 2004 18:58

For hardcore election watchers, the Australian Federal election had The Virtual Tally room. The closest US equivalent that I’ve found is CNN’s election results page.
Update:
Yahoo! and C-SPAN also have good coverage.

Socialist victory in Uruguay

Tuesday November 2, 2004 12:19

With all the excitement over the US presidential election, it’s easy to forget other American countries also exist - and have elections. Overnight from Uruguay comes the news that socialist Tabare Vazquez has won the presidential election by more than 16% from his nearest rival. It’s the first time Uruguay has ever elected a [...]

Presidential vote prediction

Tuesday November 2, 2004 10:57

A quick US presidential vote prediction: Kerry by ~300 electoral votes to ~238.
An interesting conclusion to today’s Stratfor Geopolitical Intelligence Report:

What is clear is this: A repeat of 2000 is unlikely unless the two parties create one. They seem committed to that course. If they do, they will be playing with fire during war. From [...]