indecision 2006, or bedtime

I didn't expect the TN Senate race to be undecided at this point. I know Corker is being projected the winner right now with a 50k lead, 97% reporting (and apart from 13% of precincts in 60% Democratic Nashville, all the big votes are in) but so far neither candidate has popped out from behind the curtain to accept or concede. Corker's band was out playing "Rocky Top" (if you don't know about it, don't ask), and then they got moved off the stage.

Also noteworthy is the VA Senate race: last time I checked, Webb had moved ahead by fewer than 3,000 votes. Tight!

Last question of the evening: On the average, are results faster from urban or rural districts? I know rural returns were historically slower because of distance, but the advent of electronic voting machines should have neutralized that difference. And possibly given rural districts the edge, if they have fewer voters per machine, a higher ratio of poll workers to population, earlier closing times, and 'more organization' in their election commissions. Something for a economics research project, perhaps.