Poll Closing Times (EST) (Battlegrounds in bold):
- 7:00 pm: GA, IN, KY, SC, VT, VA
- 7:30 pm: NC, OH, WV
- 8:00 pm: AL, CT, DE, DC, FL, IL, ME, MD, MA, MS, MO, NH, NJ, OK, PA, RI, TN
- 8:30 pm: AR
- 9:00 pm: AZ, CO, KS, LA, MI, MN, NE, NM, NY, ND, SD, TX, WI, WY
- 10:00 pm: IA, MT, NV, UT
- 11:00 pm: CA, HI, ID, OR, WA
- 1:00 am: AK
Absolutely the best guide to key counties: http://dsl.richmond.edu/voting/interactive/. You can set this to compare the 1996, 2000, and 2004 results to identify key counties for Obama and Romney in Virginia. If 2008 were included, this would be the best guide of all.