I have been pouring over the numbers in this “too-close-to-call” election for some time and am ready to confidently call it. We begin with the 40 states plus the District of Columbia where the winner is no longer in doubt (and for some have never been in doubt). For Barack Obama, they are California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Connecticut, Oregon, New Mexico, Maine, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Delaware, DC, and Vermont.
