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An hour-by-hour guide helps those keeping score
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Published: November 4, 2008
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WASHINGTON — Election watchers won’t have to wait for polls to close in the West to know how things are going. The first clues will come when voting ends at 6 p.m. in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia.
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If Democrat Barack Obama wins any of the three, he could be on his way to a big victory, maybe even a landslide. If Republican John McCain sweeps them, he could be headed for a comeback. And if any of these three are too close to call quickly, that could indicate a long night ahead — and, perhaps, a squeaker of a result.
President Bush comfortably won the three states four years ago. But Obama has used his financial muscle and his draw as the youthful first black Democratic nominee to put them, and other historically reliable Republican states, into play.
Thus, the Democrat has several routes he can take to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed. McCain’s strategy has no room for error; he must win nearly all the states that went to Bush in 2004, and possibly even one or two that voted for Democrat John Kerry that year.
Here’s a timetable for what to watch for the rest of the evening:
• 6:30 p.
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