From WNYC Studios.

I'm Brian Lerer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Tuesday, November 5th.

And here we are on Election Day in case you hadn't noticed.

Thank you, Captain, obvious.

And 7 o'clock is when the polls close in the first swing state. That's Georgia,

followed closely by North Carolina, another key swing state, at 7.30. At 8 o'clock, there's Michigan and Pennsylvania,

so that's a really big hour if they have early projections of how close the exit

poles are running at 9 o'clock. Here come Arizona and Wisconsin. The last of the swing

states, Nevada closes at 10 o'clock Eastern time unless you count Alaska at midnight, which I'll

tell you about in a minute. But the bottom line among the seven generally

listed swing states, Georgia at 7 o'clock, North Carolina 730, Michigan and Pennsylvania at eight,

Arizona and Wisconsin at nine, Nevada at 10. If you want to go to the next level on this,

there are several states that are not considered swing states exactly,

but not considered completely automatic either. So here are some states to watch

early on to see if a surprise landslide or altered map might be taking shape. At 7 o'clock,

the polls close in Virginia. That's been a blue state in recent presidential

elections, but it's seen as lighter blue this year. It's actually coded in that color,

lighter blue on the authoritative website 270 to win. And Trump did campaign in Virginia

on Saturday in his final week's swing. Definitely watch Virginia starting at 7 o'clock.

Another one like that is New Hampshire, where the polls close at 8. And at 9 o'clock, New Mexico,

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