Does my new chart make sense?

[ciphergoth]

Imagine for a moment that it's 2:30 AM London time on November 5th and like me, you've stayed up late to watch the US elections. Six states have been called so far: Vermont and Virginia for Obama, and Indiana, Georgia, South Carolina and Kentucky for McCain. You go to my election page and see this diagram:

Does it make sense to you? How could I improve it?

thanks!

Update: wow, a flood of very helpful comments, thanks so much, keep them coming!

Comments

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

It would help to ensure that the labels didn't cross the boundaries. I looked at your list and thought "wait, it looks like Oklahoma has called too?" before following the lines.

Unfortunately that's only possible if there's room to fit the labels for the called states in the space available for them!

The red colours do also alternate, but maybe it's more subtle.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

In Google Chrome, the red alternation is actually clearer than the blue. Are you positive that it's necessary? It looks confusingly like a called/uncalled indicator to me.