Icepicks and Nukes

538 – The total number of votes in the Electoral College.

270 – The number of votes in the Electoral College needed to win the White House.

72 – John McCain’s age. If elected, he would be the oldest first term president in American history.

65 – Joe Biden’s age.

47 – Barack Obama’s age.

44 – Sarah Palin’s age.

9 – The number of candidates who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination.

11 – The number of candidates who ran for the Republican presidential nomination.

43 – The number of men who have been President of the United States.

46 – The number of men who have been Vice President of the United States.

14 – The number of vice presidents who have become president.

0 – The number of women and African Americans who have been President or Vice President of the United States.

41 – The number of states that lost jobs during the month of September.

11 – The percentage of people who think the country is going in the right direction, according to a recent poll by CBS News and the New York Times.

15 – The approval rating of Congress in a recent poll by CBS News and the New York Times.

22 – President George W. Bush’s approval rating in recent poll by CBS News and the New York Times.

435 – The number of members in the House of Representatives. All of them are up for re-election.

34 – The number of senators up for re-election.

60 – The number of senators necessary to break a filibuster.

9 – The number of Senate seats Democrats need to win on Election Day to reach a 60-seat filibuster-proof supermajority.

150,000 – The amount of money the Republican National Committee spent on shopping for clothes for Sarah Palin and her family after she was chosen to be John McCain’s running mate.

150,000,000 – The record amount of money the Obama campaign raised during the month of September.

134,000,000 – The amount of money the Obama campaign had at its disposal to spend during the final month of the election.

640,000,000 – The amount of money raised by the Obama campaign.

360,000,000 – The amount of money raised by the McCain campaign.

84,000,000 – The amount of money from public financing John McCain could spend during the last two months of the campaign after securing his party’s presidential nomination.

4,191 – The number of U.S. military casualties killed in Iraq since 2003.

554 – The number of U.S. military casualties killed in Afghanistan since 2001.

537 – The number of votes that decided who won Florida and the 2000 presidential election.

123,535,883 – The number of people who voted in the 2004 presidential election.

19,549,291 – The number of ballots cast during early voting in the 2008 election.

Note: All statistics are updated as of Friday, October 31.