Earlier report: Presidential race enters a dead heat
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Earlier report: Oceanians head to the polls on Election Day
Cardigan: I absolutely can, Jim, and welcome to our viewers who are just tuning in. This is going to be an exciting night, and we're looking forward to it. First, let me introduce our panel for election night. To my right we have Gloria Dana, CNN's chief political correspondent, and host and commentator Preston Brown.
Dana: Hi.
Brown: Hello.
Cardigan: To my left is legal analyst Laurel Sharpe, as well as commentator and former Councillor Heinrich Corbyn.
Sharpe: Hello, André.
Corbyn: Thrilled to be here.
Wolff: That's wonderful, André. Next we're going to take it over to the Magical WallTM with Jane Carlisle, where she's going to explain to us just what to look for this election night, and how we think it's going to play out. Jane?
Carlisle: Thanks, Jim. This is sure to be a night like no other, with the election only getting closer over the final days of the campaign, when no on-air partisan advertising was allowed from either of the candidates. Tonight there are two candidates battling it out for control of the State House: they are incumbent Labor President Alison Ricardo and Democratic Senator Danielle Martinez. Also keep an eye out for third party candidates, Liberal Councillor Johannea Miranz, Green Dr. David Harrison, and Radical Deputy Governor of Palo Alto Cooper Carlos-Juarez.
Wolff: What are we looking at on this wall, here?
Carlisle: Jim, this is a map of Oceania's 25 states. Oceania elects its president via an electoral college system, and each state is winner take all. With 550 electoral votes total, it takes 276 votes to be elected president. Also up for election tonight are 25 Senate seats — those these don't matter very much — and all 450 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, which will be an important check on the next president's agenda.
Wolff: Fantastic. And with that, we're getting our first results in. CNN projects Palo Alto and Tino for Democrat Danielle Martinez, giving her 39 electoral votes. CNN can also project Newton, Amherst, Columbia, Strathmere, Schloe, and Florida for President Alison Ricardo, handing her 179 electoral votes off the bat. Keystone, Rockwell, Blauveldt, Woodmore, and Agoura are presently too close to call, and the rest of the country has yet to close their polls.