Ok, calm down. Breathe. We have some exit poll information courtesy of The Huffington Post. They are mostly about issue preferences and what matters to voters. State voting figures have not been released yet.

VIRGINIA -- POLL CLOSE: 7:00 PM

-- 22% of the vote is African American and Obama is winning 91% of it

-- Among whites, one in five said race was a factor in their vote today and they backed McCain.

- -More blacks (4 in 10) said race was a factor and they voted overwhelmingly for Obama.

INDIANA -- POLL CLOSE: 7:00 PM

Ben Smith from Politico reports that grown men in Philadelphia were leaving voting booths with tears in their eyes. For many people in the country, the historic nature of this race has come to the surface.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1108/Tears_in_Philly_.html#...

The Onion says its over...

I just talked to my dad on the phone and asked him if he voted. He lives in Florida and voted early on Saturday. He waited in line for five hours but he said that it wasn't too bad. Everybody was in good spirits and spent the time conversing on line. Volunteers from the Obama campaign said that they couldn't come to the line but that people on line could come to them for granola bars and water. He said that on Sunday waits were up to eight hours but that today things seem to be going a little smoother.

Bente Videbaek, English Professor

"I'm a bloody foreigner and I can't even vote. I will say I have a preference and that there seems to be a bit of a tight lipped policy here. I said too many things and I got an email saying not to say too many things."

Raiford Guins, Associate Professor of Comparative Studies-English

100 Voters

86 for Obama

9 for McCain

5 refused to answer

-Of the nine voters who voted for McCain, five said that they didn't think he cares about the youth vote. I guess this is why McCain didn't consider Stony Brook a battleground county.

By Adrian Carrasquillo

Reporting by Aisha Akhtar

- “It’s my first time voting, and its great because this election is so historic,” said Gabrielle Jasmin, “ Because of the time we are in, and because Bush sucked and because we are in a war.” She did not want to say who she supported.

By Adrian Carrasquillo

Reporting by Lisa Voltaire

-Kurt Wende, Junior from Buffalo voted for Obama and he said he voted for the whole Democratic ticket “for good measure”. He also said the polling place was well staffed and that everything was going smoothly. Kurt wins the award for j

-Dawn Lopez, a poll worker who has been there since 5:30 am said that fifty kids showed up at 6 am and then it was pretty quiet until 11 am. Since then its been pretty full.

The best part of this election day smorgasbord is the outrageous amount of new content available on the web. Some of it is extremely insightful, probing, rich content. Some is just fun to play with. The New York Times canvasses supporters of both candidates and prompts them to use a word to describe how they are feeling. The resulting word cloud is interesting if not terribly insightful.

NYT Word Cloud

At George Mason University in Virginia, an enterprising enemy to democracy hacked into the university email system and sent out an email from the Provost alerting students that election day was now on November 5th. The real Provost sent out a followup email to clear up the confusion.

A Fake Email at George Mason

Not just what to look for, but when in fact, you may look for it.