As of September 18th, 2008.
Obama: 243 (-4) McCain: 274 (+17) Tie: 21(-13)
- Virginia has swung back to slightly McCain
- Colorado has went from slightly Obama to slightly McCain
- New Mexico went from slightly McCain to weak Obama
- The North-Midwest and the North West all have shifted to slightly Obama.
The webmaster at Electoral-Vote.com also warns about the voting machines, a problem oft-discussed in the blogosphere...and completely ignored in mainstream media outlets:
Election Day Problems Expected
With a huge number of new voters registered this year and new equipment and procedures in use in many states, the potential for chaos on election day is great. Nine million voters will use equipment that has changed since March. Statewide voter data bases in many states are in place to weed out voter fraud, but these data bases are known to contain many errors, which will lead to fights on election day about who is allowed to vote. Premier Election Systems (formerly called Diebold) has admitted that the software used in their machines in 34 states could cause votes to be dropped. The company has no solution. Both candidates are assembling teams of lawyers to deal with challenges. The last thing the country needs in the middle of an economic crisis with two wars going on is another disputed election with legal battles over faulty voting machines in multiple states. Here is a story in the Washington Post.
