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[Chamchiman]

To the Americans/political junkies: Do the first polls close at 8am (Korea time) on Wednesday? Given that there are no major irregularities like 2000, what time will the results start rolling in? (Presumably I'll be teaching at the time, but I'd like to keep an eye on the numbers.)

[Big Pun Lives]

My guess is 11 am or Noonish...

[Easter Clark]

I'm thinking lawyers are going to play a big hand in delaying the results, so we might know who the next president is by Wednesday evening or possibly even Thursday (if not later).

[Scotticus]

Maybe I'm just remembering wrong, but usually, assuming there's nothing contentious, it's usually official-ish by late that night. I'd assume we'll know by 1 or 2pm on Weds (our time).

[Pooty]

I bet there'll be a lot of pissed off people if Obama doesn't win...

Of course, it looks like he'll win...just sayin'

[Ya-ta Boy]

If the polls close at 8PM EST, then we should tune in at 10AM here, right?

[The Grumpy Senator]

The US has more than one time zone. I do not think the polls close at 5pm in California.

[waynehead]

We already know it's going to be Obama, but...

if he wins VA, Penn., FLA, which're all on the east coast, we could know early that he won the whole thing.

if he does poorly there or it's close, we might have to wait for Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Indiana, which would delay it a little bit.

Either way if we don't know by beer o'clock (5PM) something's gone horribly wrong.

[Morton]

I predict a McCain win.

You heard it here first folks.

[Chamchiman]

[jdog2050]

[ReeseDog]