How close will this election be?

No doubt that any reader of this will see it after the elections are complete. Despite this, I thought the dynamic map available through Electoral-Vote.com tells the story best. It is a day by day estimate of the distribution of the electoral votes. As you will see, the lead changes many times during the course of the campaign and really brings home the point that the winner of the election is incredibly challenging to predict. Check out the 2004 Electoral Vote Animation.