By Mike Kelly

Do not trust exit polls. Even Rasmussen, a polling website, agrees. In the past two elections, exit polls have been dramatically wrong.

In 2004, the exit polls made it look like John Kerry would be the next president. Exit polls in 2000 led to the ill-fated prediction that Al Gore would win Georgia and Tennessee.

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

By Mike Kelly

At stake today is not only the presidency of the United States, but also the future of New York. Democrats, hoping to ride a wave of Obama enthusiasm, are looking to take control off all three branches of New York government. Democrats have not controlled all three bases of power since 1935.

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.

By Mike Kelly

What were the GOP and Democratic tickets doing this morning?

Voting, just like the rest of us.

By Mike Kelly

And it’s Obama in a landslide!

Well, sort of. In two small New Hampshire towns, the voting is complete. Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location each started their voting this morning, right after midnight.

We're kicking off our election coverage with what to look throughout
the day as well as information to catch you up on what has already happened. We'll also include some excellent election day resources across all types of media both new and old.

Politico: Things to Watch For

Here Politico outlines some likely scenarios. A knockout punch by the Obama campaign will either be ruled out or become plausible as Eastern indiana reports at 6 pm eastern time and the rest of typically red Indiana comes in at 7 pm.