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Published November 04, 2008 08:03 pm - John McCain carried Kentucky, and Barack Obama countered with a Vermont victory as he bid to become the first black president Tuesday night, first spoils in the race for the White House. Democrats gained a Senate seat, the first of several they had in their sights in a country at war and anything but prosperous. 7:04 p.m. Obama wins Vermont, McCain KentuckyWASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain carried Kentucky, and Barack Obama countered with a Vermont victory as he bid to become the first black president Tuesday night, first spoils in the race for the White House. Democrats gained a Senate seat, the first of several they had in their sights in a country at war and anything but prosperous. Interviews with voters suggested that almost six in 10 women were backing Obama, and men leaned his way by a narrow margin. Just over half of whites supported McCain, giving him a slim advantage in a group that President Bush carried overwhelmingly in 2004. The results of The Associated Press survey were based on a preliminary partial sample of nearly 10,000 voters in Election Day polls and in telephone interviews over the past week for early voters. The same survey showed the economy was by far the top Election Day issue. Six in 10 voters said so, and none of the other top issues — energy, Iraq, terrorism and health care — was picked by more than one in 10. The AP made its calls of individual states based on surveys of voters as they left the polls. The early nationwide popular vote was close. Obama had 51 percent, McCain 48 with 1 percent counted. In the Electoral College, where it mattered, Kentucky gave McCain eight votes. Vermont was good for three for the Democrat. Obama’s hopes rested on securing the states that John Kerry won in 2004, and picking off other battlegrounds where he waged a costly effort. Indiana, which last voted Democratic 40 years ago, was one of those, and with votes counted in 20 percent of the precincts, McCain was up 52 to 46 percent. The Senate seat that switched from Republican to Democrat was in Virginia, where former Gov. Mark Warner won his race to replace retiring Republican John Warner. The two men are not related. The White House was the main prize of the night on which 35 Senate seats and all 435 House seats were at stake. In both houses, Democrats hoped to pad their existing majorities, and Republicans braced for losses. A dozen states elected governors, and ballots across the country were dotted with issues ranging from taxes to gay rights. By tradition, the first handful of ballots were cast just after midnight in tiny Dixville Notch, N.H. Obama got 15 votes and McCain six. They were the first of tens of millions in the race to gain 270 electoral votes and succeed George W. Bush on Jan. 20 as the 44th president. An estimated 187 million voters were registered, and in an indication of interest in the battle for the White House, 40 million or so had already voted as Election Day dawned. Turnout was heavy. In Virginia, for example, officials estimated nearly 75 percent of eligible voters would cast ballots. 
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