What will be your first bellweather sign as to which way the election will go?

[Osama Obama]

What will be your first tipoff as to the final outcome of the election? Will it be the weather forcast a few days before the election? Will it be the reports of where voter turnout is the heaviest? How about the speed with which some of the first states will be called? What's your tell?

[LS]

VA is in more likelihood of being called early, though. Oh, and Indiana is in central time zone, except for a sliver of the southern portion, so, no, it won’t be called first.

[Salvation]

You called that one right.

Since Sep 18, 2008

[vietvet67]

lol

[mquinn]

Virginia. If they fall for the Obamalama, Mac’s gotta pretty much run the table.

[napscoordinator]

I think New Hampshire. Also depending on how badly the Republican loses Virginia Senate seat will be telling.

[CPT Clay]

You called it.

the 2008 version of calling Fla b4 the polls closed in the panhandle.

[Boagenes]

When all the actual votes are counted.

[Palladin]

When Olbermann’s head explodes on live TV, I’ll know that McCain/Palin have it in the bag.

[rfp1234]

The Electoral College vote a few weeks later. Nothing else matters. Turn off the idiot tube on Election Day: it may be the only way to preserve our sanity.

[Irene Adler]

My first indicator will be how the newscasters look. If they are downcast, then they already know McCain is winning. If they are plenty cheery, I will know we are dead. They know pretty well what’s happening before they can broadcast anything.

[GingisK]

What will be your first tipoff as to the final outcome of the election?

I'll wake up on Wednesday morning and see what the mess looks like on the news. BTW, I won't watch any news coverage on Tuesday, nor will the polls drive for whom I cast my vote.

[Palladin]

When Billy Ayers and Bernie Dohrn board a plane at O’Hare bound for Moscow, I’ll know McCain has won.

[CodeToad]

Obama crying like the skinny little kid he is about something being “unfair”.

[CPT Clay]

If Pa is won by 359 fraudlent votes from Philly, there will be hell to pay.

[Palladin]

Right. We’ll know when Andrea Mitchell’s chin hits the floor.

(It’s halfway there already.)

[WIright]

I will know early, when my NJ sister calls and says she is voting for McCain. She’s leaning, and voted for KERRY, GORE, CLINTON and CLINTON the last four times!

[writmeister]

How quickly the networks call Indiana and Kentucky for McCain since they are the states with the earliest poll closings.

[CPT Clay]

Too funny!

[Cyber Liberty]

Kind of a “Duh!” dontcha think?

[Yaelle]

Do the networks really call states on exit polling alone?

Is there any Bradley effect in exit polling?