UPDATE: Obama has won re-election. Check out the liveblog below to see how it went, and watch this video of the scene on Low Steps as Obama was declared the winner. We're still updating with the remaining swing states, by the way, and will be here until the last speech is delivered.
Here we go! The polls are closing now in the easternmost parts of Indiana and Kentucky. At 7 p.m. Eastern time voting will end in Vermont, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and the remaining parts of Indiana and Kentucky.
Our headline will be updated throughout the night with the projected Electoral Votes (EV) that each candidate will receive. Don't worry, we're not making our own projections---we'll be relying on the networks and the AP.
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2:00 a.m.: OK, your blogger is going to editorialize a bit and just say that the speech was worth staying up for. But after eight straight hours of liveblogging, we are finally done, and now we are calling it a night! We'll update projections and whatnot tomorrow. See you later, Columbia!
1:58 a.m.: Obama: "I've never been more hopeful about America."
1:54 a.m.: Obama: "America's never been about what can be done for us---it's about what can be done by us."
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1:45 a.m.: To thunderous applause, Obama thanks "the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics. The best—the best ever."
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1:36 a.m.: Finally. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" playing as Obama and family come out to meet the crowd.
1:33 a.m.: Finn Vigeland from Chicago, again.
1:30 a.m.: Springsteen's "We take care of our own" playing at the rally. It's on our playlist!
