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#...

By Mike Kelly

Sixty-two percent of respondents in a CNN exit poll said that the most important issue to them was the economy. The Iraq War was the most important for 10 percent of respondents, with terrorism and health care each garnering support from nine percent of voters polled as their number one issue.

Also from the CNN exit poll, 72 percent of first-time voters chose Obama

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.

By Mike Kelly

The spoiler (for Democrats) in 2000 is running again this year. But this year Ralph Nader does not figure to garner enough support to influence the election either way.

But Nader did have some critical words about the U.S. election process today, detailed in this article by MSNBC.com’s Bob Sullivan.

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.