The Best Places To Follow Tonight's Election Results
Election night is here and there are going to be a lot of races to keep up with. We've collected some of the best places to follow along tonight — depending on what sort of experience you're looking for.
The Best Place To Keep Your Heart Racing
Stressed about the results, but want to be more stressed? The New York Times is bringing back the infamous needle for tonight's results, which will track the probability of Democratic and Republican majorities for the House and the Senate:
The Best Place To Visualize The Important Stuff
Vox's results break out the important stuff — visualizing control of the House and highlighting races of interest (e.g. "Historic Races," "Women 2018" and "Ballot Initiatives").
[Vox]
The Best Place To Figure Out If A Blue Wave Is Coming
FiveThirtyEight will have a real-time forecast for seat pickups for the Democrats and Republicans. If the Democrats have a good night, check here to see whether it will be a great one or a just okay one:
The Best Place To Click On A Big Map
There's something satisfying about clicking on a map and zooming into a bunch of results. NBC has got you covered:
[NBC News]
The Best Place To Get Instant Analysis And Prognostication
Where else? Twitter! Here are a few accounts to keep tabs on as results start to come in:
- Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict)
- Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn)
- Nate Silver (@NateSilver538)
- Harry Enten (@ForecasterEnten), for a less-stressful version of the needle projections
- Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) and Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) on voting troubles and suppression
The Best Place To Figure Out If That Result Was An Unexpected Upset
Cook Political's handy chart (PDF) breaks down every district by Likely/Lean/Toss Up for Republicans and Democrats, so you can figure out if that race that just got called was expected or out of nowhere.
