Politics Poll Closing Times
posted by on November 7 at 10:06 AM
For the true election obsessives, here’s a handy map of poll closing times throughout the country. Note that all times are EST. Also note that this year’s exit polls are supposedly embargoed until 5 p.m. EST (although the blogs are salivating for early leaks).
This means, for those too lazy to do the math: First exit polls at 2 p.m. west coast time; first results in the Virginia Senate race at 4:30; Missouri, Tennessee, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Senate race results start to come in at 5; Rhode Island Senate race at 6; Montana Senate race and Ohio Senate race at 7; and by then we should have a pretty good sense of which way both the Senate and House are going. (Polls here in Washington close at 8 p.m. PST.)
(Via the Swing State Project)
Nice to know -- but what an ugly map! Times are continuous data and should be represented as such. And even for qualitative data, that's a freaking hideous color scheme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpYfakbrP6A
Also, please note that CNN is reporting that some polls in MO will close LATER than that, by court order, after their electronic machines didn't work in the morning.
actually i just voted in tucson and i am pretty certain that the polls close at 7pm here. you know, arizona?
Ewww, bad color choice for Florida.
Sputnik, thanks for posting that youtube link. It's a long commentary (using language that may not be in some viewer's vocabulary), but it's refreshing to see something like that coming out of a channel like msnbc.
no problem. Kieth olbermiens one tough cookie.He sems to dislike Bush more than anyone on major news channels.and isn't afraid to voice it.he's on everynight.
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