closing in. indiana, kentucky right now. now we do not report any results until all the polls close in each state. the first of six states close at 7:00 p.m. eastern. bret: it s expected to be one of the closest and most closely watched vote count in american history. the candidates on a cross country race, for electoral votes. 270 is needed. this is the big number. glenn: the race for white house takes center stage. live look. president obama headquarters in chicago. governor romney in boston. we ll take you there live in a moment. we are getting information on why they vote the way they are.
we focus on. bill: among woman the president s advantage. the new ap poll shows the candidates are dead even 47-47. compare that to a month ago, when governor romney was 16 points behind with that critical group of voters. martha: for a visual how tight the race is, watch crowds greeting candidates as they move around the country. president obama going from a record breaking crowd in denver four years ago to six, about 16,000 people showed up for a rally yesterday. now take a look at this. during the 2008 presidential race a much different story at similar event. october 26th, right about now, 2008 the crowd was more than 100,000 strong, turning out for president obama, 16,000 is the recent count. so this all important swing state, colorado has nine electoral votes. 270 of course is that magic number that both of these