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]

The middle does have a bar down it, going through New Hampshire.

[andrewducker]

Not on my screen it doesn't. I have a white line between Virginia and Washington (with some unreadably small text on it) but that's it.