Election 2008: Scoreboard
We are now through 35 states with 15 more to go. If you haven’t taken a look at the state-by-state summaries, please check the blog for each one.
President: So far Senator Obama retains his lead over Senator McCain. The numbers from the first 35 states give him 237 Electoral Votes to 156 for Senator McCain.
This is a net Democratic Gain of 41 over the 2004 vote.
Senate: The Democrats are currently up three seats which would give them 53 seats (including ’Independent’ Senator Sanders of Vermont) to the Republicans 46. Senator Lieberman’s status is unclear.
At this point he votes with the Democrats, but there is talk they may kick him out of the party in 2009. If so, he would probably side with the GOP.
So the numbers will probably be 52 Dems, 1 Ind Dem (53 total) to 46 Republicans and 1 unclear Independent.
At least so far.
House: So far the Democrats lead 187-133 which is a net gain of seven seats from the current 233-202 majority which would give them 240-195 edge in 2009.
Governor: No changes other than Missouri gain for the Democrats which would give them a net edge of 29-21.
One Response to “Election 2008: Scoreboard”
Once gain, who cares. The only important question is whether the Democrats get to 60 seats in the Senate (with or without Lieberman). The change in seats in the House have no impact of policy. I guess focusing on the horse race keeps people form having to think about polocy. A much better review is where should people invest their money to take advantage of the policy changes when the Democratic Party become the one dominate party.
Also, since Senator Obama is going to be the next president wouldn't it be better to review is policy proposals and possible candidates instead of worrying about a house race in New Mexico. You will be the next Secretary of the Treasury will have much more impact.