2008 Election Countdown

Election Countdown: 1 Day to Election

Voters cast their ballots at the Registrar of Voters Office November 3, 2008 in San Diego, California. A record number of voters have turned out early to cast their ballots before tomorrow's presidential election. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images North America)

Vote.

It's the word plastered all over buttons, stickers, posters, Web sites, department stores and television commercials. Vote. It's bigger than "The Office" or Katy Perry or NFL football. It is the dominant cultural meme.
Nagel made herself the neighborhood villain by denying candy to children whose parents plan to vote for Barack Obama.
And it all comes down to tomorrow. Tomorrow you can actually vote. Then it's all over.

No more campaign ads, cable news speculation, or uncomfortable conversations with people whose politics really drive you nuts.

In the case of Shirley Nagel, it looks like her politics are driving everyone in her neighborhood nuts. Nagel is a Republican party activist who, like many of her suburban Detroit neighbors, set up shop to start handing out candy to trick-or-treaters Friday. Only she didn't give it out to all the kids. Nagel made herself the neighborhood villain by denying candy to children whose parents plan to vote for Barack Obama. Check out this video where she attempts to defend herself.

Today the presidential candidates are out for one final day of campaigning. John McCain held a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, but no word yet on whether he plans to go "Double Maverick" as he warned this weekend on Saturday Night Live.

Barack Obama is leading in every poll I've seen, but the margin varies from roughly 2.5 percent to 11 percent. But there's no word yet on how the tragic death of Barack Obama's grandmother will affect those polling numbers. (kidding kidding, really I'm sorry for Senator Obama's loss.) FiveThirtyEight continues to have some of the best analysis with a very broad sampling of available polls.

Daily Gallup Tracking
From Gallup.com
Obama: 53% (+1%)
McCain: 40% (-1%)