The tension is unbearable

So, eight hours after the polls closed, 5 states are still to be called for a candidate, which means there are a total of 47 electoral college votes at stake.

The candidates are currently neck-and-neck: Bush has 249 college votes (51% of the popular vote), while Kerry has 48%. Just ignore Nader with his 1%, until tomorrow when the Democrats blame him for ’stealing’ their votes.

Anyway, a map and table of results so far from CNN:

Map of results

Table of results

(results as of 8:17AM GMT / 3:17AM EST)

So far, it seems the Democrats are up a state from last time. In 2000 they won New Mexico, Iowa and Wisconsin, three of those still to announce. This year, they also won New Hampshire, which was Republican last time.