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Overperforming

There’s no reason to credit the exit polls too much, but if CNN’s exit polls are at all accurate, Obama may end up taking Indiana in addition to Missouri, which would give him 375 electoral votes by the end of the night.  If New Mexico’s CNN exit poll is reliable, and assuming that New Mexico backs the popular vote winner at around the same level that he receives nationally as it usually does, Obama is looking at a solid 55%.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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