John McCain, Sarah Palin REP 1,444,911 49.43%
Barack Obama, Joe Biden DEM 1,440,518 49.28%
Bob Barr, Wayne A. Root LIB 11,375 .39%
Chuck Baldwin, Darrell Castle CST 8,192 .28%
Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez IND 17,797 .61%
Cynthia McKinney, Rosa Clemente WI 502 .02%
Total Votes 2,923,295
The changes this morning
Obama gains… 2 from Andrew, 7 from Buchanan, 41 from Clay, 5 from Franklin, 493 from Kansas City, and 3 from Linn
McCain gains 31 from Clay, 4 from Franklin, 125 from Kansas City, and 1 from Linn.
The fact that there are no McKinney write-ins reported out of STL City or County may suggest magic provisionals are still pending.
The percentage margin is the smallest since 1908 (when 0.09 [629 votes] separated Taft and Bryan). The vote margin is still larger than 1956 [3,984 votes]. McCain has recieved the second highest vote total in Missouri presidential history, Obama the third, running behind Bush’s 1,455,713 in 2004.
The Tuesday Post reprinted an article from Vanity Fair that enlightened me about the true consequences of Carnahan not declaring the race decided in Missouri: People all over the nation who bet on the electoral outcome of the race are unable to collect their winnings: