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General Election Day 2010

Happy Election Day! Polls open across Oklahoma at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Results should start rolling in soon after. The state election board website will update results as they are received from the county election boards. These will lag the results from media sources, as TV and...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 2, 2010 6:59 PM

Election 2010: My national prediction

My picks for the final congressional result: House 276 R - 179 D (Republican net gain of 98.) Senate 52 R - 48 D (Republican net gain of 11: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.) Remember: You can still help be the wave....

Posted by Michael Bates on November 2, 2010 1:24 AM

Parliamentary deadlock

It was fascinating to watch the results roll in. Polls closed at 10 pm in Britain and it wasn't until early the next morning before the result was mathematically certain, confirming the exit polls from the night before: No party would have a majority of the 650 seats in the...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 7, 2010 11:02 PM