For the first time since 1968 Indiana has gone Blue and voted for a democratic president. Can any other state match that?

Reddest state: Oklahoma, whose citizens voted 66% for McCain.

Indiana strikes me as the most significant, too. I mean, they still have some klan there. A very proud day for Indiana.

This should bring some fascinating information. Thanks for all you do at Opensalon.com. You have really built a great community.

For a long time last night, Missouri & North Carolina were too close too call, until MO finally came down for McCain & NC for Obama (according to Salon's map, anyway... I hope that's an acceptable source.) But even if it had been the other way round, that still would have given Obama not just the simple 270 electoral votes he needed to win- and just squeaking by would have been just fine, of course, a win is a win (and some thought his lead was not in fact as solid as polls suggested)- but in fact a 2/3 majority of the electoral college. Two to one. I believe that's what's called- oh what's the word I'm looking for... oh yeah. A thumpin'.

What a remarkable statement made by God and his angels through the American people; The Obama Family, an African America family will move into the White House; the house built largely by slave labor! Amen.

OK, so it's not a state, but Washington DC went 93% for Obama. I think that's the record.

My 2cents. COLORADO!
In the 30+ years I have lived the following is a first
We now have a Democratic governor, who replace the Repub once dubbed "The best gov in America" by some right wing rag.
We have a Democratic State House and Senate.
We have now 2 (count'em 2) Democratic US Senators
We replaced the ignoble Marilyn Musgrave and now Democrats hold 5 of our 7 House seats.
We went 53-46% for Obama.
Damn I am proud of this state!!!!!

The "Bradley Effect."

What effect? The vast majority of voters said it was not a factor at all. Voters who considered race an important factor in choosing a candidate for the presidency broke for Obama 53 to 45% The more important it was to the voter, the more likely s/he was to vote for Obama.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26843704

Bluest County: Shannon (Pine Ridge), SD 88.7% Second bluest: Menominee, WI: 86.9%

Indian Country really came out strong for Obama

Eric -- that's cool! Why dont' you blog that?

Here's mine. For some reason it's not coming up yet in the Open Call tags.

What state had the most split voters?

I didn't notice this Open Call until after I'd already posted this, but it fits in. The question is, Who else was running? From the Prohibition Party to HeartQuake08, there were more than just Republicans and Democrats on the ballot:

http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=39266

McCain's running mate.

A woman was a brilliant idea. Palin was a disaster. Had he choosen, for instance, Kay Bailey Hutchinson of TX he actually might have cut in to the Hillary vote. KBH is a moderate conservative; sort of the Joe Biden of women.
Had Hillary voters in fact defected, McCain might be the Pres elect this morning.

What about... the polls got it amazingly correct. It was arguably the most surprise-free election count for a long time, with most major polls getting not only the overall outcome, but also the state-by-state outcomes, pretty much spot-on.

Virginia last voted for a Democratic nominee for president in 1964.

California, the state that values the rights of chickens over gay people: For chickens: Proposition 2 wins with more than 80% support and For gay people: Proposition 9, garners less than 50% support. Other than that, the result were great...

Mississippi, generally dismissed as "reliably red" is a victim of those ridiculous and simplistic red vs. blue maps. McCain got a majority, but it was hardly all red--44% of votes were cast for Barack Obama!!!

(Also posted in comments elsewhere, but not sure where.)

Interesting Voting Trends for 50 states & DC divided into 3 groups of 17:
Per Capita income - top 17 - 15 voted for Obama, middle 17 - 11 Obama, bottom 17 - 4 Obama (US Commerce Dept 2006)

Per capita College Grads - Top 17 - 15 Obama, middle 17 - 9 Obama, bottom 17 - 5 Obama (US Census 2000)

Church attendence - Top 17 - 2 Obama, middle 17 - 14 Obama, bottom 17 - 14 Obama (Gallup 2006)

Who was the last non-incumbent to get over 52% of the popular vote?

Ike, with 55%, 56 years ago during an unpopular war in an open election.

Before that? FDR, 76 years ago during the Great Depression.

Some interesting parallels there...

The only other non-incumbent Democrat to have ever done it was Andrew Jackson, 180 years ago.

Note that Carter got 50.1% in 1976 against a sitting (though unelected) President, and G. H. W. Bush got 53% as the incumbent VP.

Not in your suggested format, but an interesting tidbit nonetheless: In my home county of Marion, in Georgia, we voted yesterday on whether or not to fund a new school building. It's an understatement to say that this has been a controversial local issue. Well, when the votes were counted, the tally was 1440 for, and 1440 against. We're trying to figure out what to do next!

Barack Obama will be the 43rd person inaugurated as President of the United States under the Constitution.

Cleveland, like many presidents, was elected twice, but since the terms were nonconsecutive we for some reason count him as two presidents. This is why Obama will be called the "44th President of the United States", even though only 43 different people have held the office.

Others, such as Cheney and G. H. W. Bush, have served briefly as Acting President during the disability or incapacity of the President, but were never inaugurated or given the title "President".

Pedantic corrections: G.H.W. Bush was, of course, eventually inaugurated, but not because of Reagan's incapacity. And 43 different people WILL HAVE been president, after Obama is inaugurated.

Who won the Confederacy?

John McCain won 53.33% of the vote in the 13 secession states of 1861 to Barack Obama's 46.66%. McCain won 10 of the states and gained a popular vote majority of 2,859,317 over Obama.

If only Lincoln had had the foresight to have let them go in 1861!

I am proud of my adopted home state of Texas. 28 blue counties including every major Texas city, (Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso) and home of 3.6 million Obama supporters. That's a "country ton" of votes.... like the votes of 5 or 6 so called "blue states" put together.

Which state was won by the greatest percentage?
Ok, we'll give DC it's due...nice job there! (92% for Obama)
But Hawai'i was the king Obama STATE with 72% of voters going for our President Elect. You nearly couldn't find anyone who would admit to supporting the other guy. In fact, you can count the number of republicans in state elected office on two hands.

How did the 18-29 age group vote compared to the total electorate?

By my count the youth vote would have gone 430 Obama, 85 McCain and 11 tied. More than half of the red states would have flipped over to blue [exceptions: Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia, Idaho, Alaska, Wyoming. Arkansas was a tie.] The red to blue shift story changes fairly abruptly as one moves up to the next 30-44 age group.

New Mexico went entirely blue, voting for Obama, Udall replacing Domenici (you're welcome!), and 2 formerly GOP house seats replaced with Dems. So, all statewide offices and representatives are Democrats. I don't think any other state with multiple congressional districts can say that outside New England. WOOT!

Hawaii has an all-Democratic congressional delegation with two Congressmen and two Senators.

NBC is apparently calling NC for Obama, so it took the longest to be decided...

Fascinating facts already posted here, about Hillary Clinton's run:

http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=39891

The most fascinating thing about the election is that the Democratic Party's so-called 50-state strategy totally ignored Tennesee, and now we have a republican-controlled state house and senate for the first time since Reconstruction, two republican U.S. senators and a democratic governor with two years left who won't be able to do anything. He initiated a 40 cent cigarette tax last year for schools that they will probably ax, and they are about to elect a far right, pro-life, anti-gay marriage speaker of the house. You will see my state that I love be the next one to try and pass an anti-gay marriage amendment. If the democratic party had not written off Tennessee two years ago and has spent money here perhaps this state could have been saved. As it is now, I am looking for another place to live.