Obama wins by 7% nationally, the math

[usregimechange]

122,759,142 Americans voted.
65,378,128 (53.25%) Obama
57,381,014 (46.74%) McCain
= 6.51% lead for Obama
rounds up to 7%.

[cliffordu]

1. Whoot!!!! IS it a MANDATE YET????

[Coexist]

5. it Bush's 3mil was a mandate, this is an entire relationship.

[bluestateguy]

2. That's the two party tally

It does seem that about 1% scattered among Bob Barr (Lib-nutjob), Ralph Nader (Ind-assclown) and Cynthia McKinney (G-wackjob).

[VADem11]

3. Among all votes

Obama has 52.6% while McCain has 46.1% with the rest for others. Obama leads by 6.5% and that rounds up to 7% as well.

[AlexinVA]

4. And they're still counting...

Obama leads by almost 8 million votes.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

[usregimechange]

9. And any places still counting are likely Dem strongholds.

[regnaD kciN]

6. In other words, NO "Bradley effect" nationally...

...as 6.51% is almost midway between Nate Silver's projection of a 6.1% margin, and the Pollster, RCP, etc. projected margin of around 7.4%.

It might be interesting, however, to compare projections and results on a state-by-state basis, to see if some states had a Bradley effect, while others had a "reverse-Bradley effect" with Obama performing above expectations (Indiana immediately springs to mind on that one -- perhaps there were a number of small-town types who would never admit they were voting for an African-American, but, in the privacy of the voting booth...).

[denem]

7. In other news, the 'Reverse Bradley' being renamed 'The 'Obama Effect"

... winning more of the white vote than comparable white politicians.

[FrenchieCat]

8. Ain't elections grand!