Does my new chart make sense?

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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

[alan1957.livejournal.com]

Apologies if everyone has already said this but I don't have time to read the many comments.
I find it unclear as to which states have declared and which are still to do so. The thin grey lines are not enough (for me). Is it possible to use differing shades of red and blue...darker for those already declared, pastel for those still to come in. Although I (and many/most?) of your 'readers' know that blue is used for the Democrats and Red for Republicans I would still make that clear, and also what the differing shades mean on the graph itself.

I hope that helps a little.