I'm guessing US elections tend to look red starting off then turn blue?

[Locut0s]

Like the world over liberal people tend to live in large cities and other areas of high density while RW nut jobs tend to live in more sparely populated states, towns and cities. Logically this to me means that the more sparely populated districts will have their votes counted and shown first (just by the nature of it being easier to do so). Therefore the electoral map is likely to look ominously red to begin with but turn progressively blue as the larger liberal populations are slowly counted and displayed. Is this about right?

BTW my avatar (Canadian flag) doesn't seem to be showing up so I suppose I should add that I'm asking cause I'm Canadian.

Also good luck everyone, sending my good vibes down south for Obama to win!

[CakeGrrl]

1. Yep. Small red counties/townships/states report first.

[customerserviceguy]

2. Generally speaking, yes

However, the urban-area counties often include high numbers of suburban voters, whose interests are sometimes different from urban voters. If a candidate sways the burbs, they usually win an election.

[Suich]

3. Exactly!

Here's a link that might be helpful:

http://electoral-vote.com/

[Up2Late]

4. Yeah, lot's of big empty "red" states out west and lots of very "red" states below the Ohio River

It takes longer to count where there are a lot more people.