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Final count
16 Obama (D) 6 McCain (R)
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Democrats shy of 60-seat supermajority in Senate
As of Nov. 18*
56 D 1 I 1 ID 1 Runoff 1 leans R 40 R
* Senators Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., side with the Democrats.
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See the media's predictions in the Electoral College tracker, see who won the bellwether communities of the Counties that Count, listen to your voting stories in America's Exit Poll, and read the archived conversation from the Election Night live-blog.Counties that Count
The Takeaway's Political Director, Andrea Bernstein, traveled to swing counties in swing states. Listen to audio and explore the "counties that count" in an interactive map.America's Exit Poll
An archive of your Voting Day experiencesBlock the Vote
The election and the lawClose Races
The Electoral College map and the presidential campaigns dominated media coverage, but there were number of races in Congress that caught our attention as Democrats sought a filibuster-proof Senate supermajority.Global Views
An election project in collaboration with Global Voices Online's Voices without Votes highlighted bloggers around the world talking about the U.S. elections.New Voices
"New Voices" is an election project from The Takeaway, in collaboration with MTV's Street Team '08, that provides a forum for the issues and thoughts of students and young voters across the country.
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