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Electoral College Viewers Guide
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State-by-state results from Election 2004 will be announced by the television networks after the polls close in each state. Poll closing times are summarized in the table below. Keep in mind that results from some states will be delayed if they are too close to call.

Heading into Election Day, George W. Bush has the lead in states with 222 Electoral Votes while John Kerry leads in states with 186. Eleven states with 130 Electoral Votes remain in the Toss-Up column.

By 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday night, the polls will close in states with 89 of those Toss-Up Electoral Votes.

Viewers Guide to Election 2004

Polls close

Toss-Up States

Bush States

Kerry States

7:00 p.m. Eastern

New Hampshire (4)

Georgia (15),

Indiana (11),

Kentucky (8),

South Carolina (8),

Virginia (13)

Vermont (3)

7:30 p.m. Eastern

Ohio (20)

North Carolina (15),

West Virginia (5)

 

8:00 p.m. Eastern

Florida (27).

Michigan (17),

Pennsylvania (21)

Missouri (11),

Mississippi (6)

Oklahoma (7),

Tennessee (11),

Texas (34)

Connecticut (7),

Delaware (3),

DC (3),

Illinois (21),

Massachusetts (12),

Maryland (10),

Maine (4),

New Jersey (15)

8:30 p.m. Eastern

 

Arkansas (6)

 

9:00 p.m. Eastern

Minnesota (10),

Wisconsin (10)

Alabama (9),

Arizona (10),

Colorado (9),

Kansas (6),

Louisiana (9),

Nebraska (5),

South Dakota (3)

New York (31),

Rhode Island (4)

10:00 p.m. Eastern

Iowa (7),

New Mexico (5),

Nevada (5)

Montana (3),

North Dakota (3), Wyoming (3)

 

11:00 p.m. Eastern

 

Idaho (4)

Utah (5)

California (55),

Oregon (7),

Washington (11)

Later

Hawaii (4)

Alaska (3)

 

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.