Election Day 2008 Fun Facts
•The polls close at 8 p.m., and absentee ballots must be postmarked by today. You can find where you are registered here; you can find a place to watch the results in public here.
•Obama is holding his gathering in Chicago’s Grant Park. McCain’s will be at Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.
•The last Republican not named George Bush to win the presidency, Ronald Reagan in 1984. McCain/Palin is the first Republican ticket without a Bush or a Dole since 1972 (Nixon/Agnew). The last time the son of a Kenyan goat herder was elected, Grover Cleveland (1872).
•Money-making idea we wish we had followed up on, "Re-Defeat Rossi" bumper stickers.
State-by-state poll closings in key states (Seattle time listed):
4 p.m.: Indiana, Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Virginia.
4:30 p.m.: North Carolina and Ohio
5 p.m.: Pennsylvania and Missouri.
6 p.m.: Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado.
7 p.m.: Nevada and North Dakota.
8 p.m.: West Coast!
•Not a fact, but a question: How different would tonight be if George Allen hadn’t said the word "macaca" into a camera?
•The last time Washington did not have a senatorial campaign in a presidential election year, 1984. Patty Murray will be up for re-election in 2012.
•We’ll be at the Showbox, but for those of you staying home, might we suggest Chicago-style deep dish Hawaiian pizzas for Obama supporters and week-old enchiladas for McCain backers.
