The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has not yet officially declared the results of the January 19th special election for Senator.
It turns out the best web campaign won.
Here are the results as reported in the Boston Globe, which has a neat map and town-by-town table here.
Scott Brown (Republican) 1,168,107 votes (52%)
Martha Coakley (Democrat) 1,058,682 votes (48%)
Joe Kennedy (Libertarian) 22,237 votes (1%)
Turnout was 54%. The swing to the Republicans was 21.75% (that's very big).
This compares with the late Edward Kennedy's two previous victories as the Democratic party candidate in 2006 and 2000.
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1/20/2010
Best places to follow the Massachusetts count? UPDATED
Due to five hour time difference, I'm not liveblogging the Massachusetts special election count for the next few hours.
So here are some good places for readers who live in more favourable timezones or who are prepared for an all-nighter:
Fivethirtyeight Especially because it has a live Twitter feed.
If you're a sadist and the Democrats are losing, much wailing and gnashing of the teeth here. ;-)
N.B. Expect Nate Silver, who runs 538 to get inside news from the Democratic camp.
Drudge Report is updating the count on its main page. Seems pretty quick.
RealClearPolitics (conservative) looks to have a neat live blog going. If you're a Democrat and want to see GOP fans cry, this could be a good place to start if your woman wins.
There doesn't seem to be an official results page on the Commonwealth of Massachsetts website yet, but I think it will be on this page or linked to it.
Intrade appears to have crashed, leaving people who wished to make last minute bets potentially in the lurch. If it comes back on tonight, check to see if the contract moves below 70% for Scott Brown or above 30% for Martha Coakley. That would suggest that the Democrats might pull off an incredible escape. We'll see.
UPDATE: Barring something very odd, I'm calling this a Republican gain.
So here are some good places for readers who live in more favourable timezones or who are prepared for an all-nighter:
Fivethirtyeight Especially because it has a live Twitter feed.
If you're a sadist and the Democrats are losing, much wailing and gnashing of the teeth here. ;-)
N.B. Expect Nate Silver, who runs 538 to get inside news from the Democratic camp.
Drudge Report is updating the count on its main page. Seems pretty quick.
RealClearPolitics (conservative) looks to have a neat live blog going. If you're a Democrat and want to see GOP fans cry, this could be a good place to start if your woman wins.
There doesn't seem to be an official results page on the Commonwealth of Massachsetts website yet, but I think it will be on this page or linked to it.
Intrade appears to have crashed, leaving people who wished to make last minute bets potentially in the lurch. If it comes back on tonight, check to see if the contract moves below 70% for Scott Brown or above 30% for Martha Coakley. That would suggest that the Democrats might pull off an incredible escape. We'll see.
UPDATE: Barring something very odd, I'm calling this a Republican gain.
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