AP, with 875 precincts reporting.
So far it's looking too close in Boston. With only 43 out of 254 precincts reporting, it's too early to tell, but if Coakley's percentage doesn't climb sharply, that's the game. Note, though, that Coakley's Boston percentage has climbed as more precincts have come in -- from 51% with 10 precincts to 56% with 23 precincts t0 59% with 43 precincts.
Some points from Rasmussen's election night poll:
Preliminary results include:
- Among those who decided how they would vote in the past few days, Coakley has a slight edge, 47% to 41%.
- Coakley also has a big advantage among those who made up their mind more than a month ago.
- Seventy-six percent (76%) of voters for Brown said they were voting for him rather than against Coakley.
- Sixty-six percent (66%) of Coakley voters said they were voting for her rather than against Brown.
- 22% of Democrats voted for Brown. That is generally consistent with pre-election polling.
It looks like Coakley did have an effective last few days, despite the claims that an allegedly negative campaign was turning people off her. The question, of course, is about voters who made up their minds in the preceding weeks.