Sorry for the short diary, I just wanted to post that Obama's popular vote total is now, as of 4:38 a.m. CST on Nov. 5, over 62,101,000 nationwide, meaning that he has now surpassed Bush's total of votes in 2004.
Meaning, it can now be said that Obama has won more votes than any other U.S. presidential candidate in history!
(Yes, I know, this was a likely result given the country's continuing population growth, etc., etc.....but still, it's a nice threshold to clear.)