New Jersey Cnn Is Calling New Jersey

Juan Cole 11/02/2004

New Jersey

CNN is calling New Jersey for Kerry. It had recently been thought to be in play.

CNN is also saying that New Jerseyans who were concerned about terrorism (NJ lost the second largest number of victims in 9/11) nevertheless supported Kerry by a fair margin. At least in NJ, Bush got no bounce from the terrorism issue.

Amazingly, North Carolina and Virginia still can’t be called.

It could be a long night; I just hope it isn’t a long two months.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page