They’re here! But what shall we call them? Bwog has learned some things during our time at Columbia, namely that all the things you thought you knew are probably wrong and everything you hold dear is probably the cause of some deep-rooted societal problem. We figure our readers are pretty smart, and could help us figure out how to avoid continuing this centuries-old tradition of political incorrectness. Find us a suitable replacement for the “Christmas tree” by voting in our poll. Here are your options, ordered to reflect the current standings:

• Dank Pine
• Presents’ Umbrella
• Holiday Bush
• Communitree
• Capitalist Conifer

Maybe we should just ask them

The four undergraduate councils are halfway through their regimes, and Bwog thought that the best way to celebrate that would be by giving students a chance to sound off. With that, Bwog introduces its “Extremely Scientific Approval Ratings.” In the tradition of our exit polls, we want to know:

Do you approve of the job that the CCSC has done this semester?

Use the commenter name to share your school and class year, and the comment for your answer and any explanations. Approval ratings for ESC, GSSC, and SGA will be added over the next few days.

With the first polls a little under a half-hour away from closing, we know that your election anxiety is mounting. Therefore, to ease your anticipation a bit, Bwog proudly brings you a roundup of its favorite election day liveblogs to keep you ahead of the game tonight as the first polls close up shop for good and the results start trickling in.

The most comprehensive aggregator of election liveblogs is Huffington Post.  Be sure to check here for their exhaustive listing of editorial liveblogs, streaming video, poll closing times, nifty electoral maps, election widgets, and even some Intrade predictions.

The Booth and Beyond, an election liveblog run for twelve hours today by SIPA’s Morningside Post, includes commentary from Columbia professors as well as submissions from academics around the globe is another spot for election information that Bwog likes today.  FiveThirtyEight celebrity Andrew Gelman might even make an appearance later on in the evening as well.

Be sure to check after the jump for a full list of election liveblogs to carry you through late into the night! Read more…

Voters around the country will be casting the final ballots over the next few hours, which means national news media will begin broadcasting the results of their exit polls.

In past cycles, the poll data leaked before any actual voting had finished, so this year marks the first presidential election that those news agencies are putting a strict quarantine on that exit poll data.

Bwog, however, is going to break the embargo by asking you, loyal readers, to leave a comment saying whom you voted for and where you cast your ballots. Our exit poll may not be as scientific as the high-falutin’ Edison Media Research data, but you won’t have to wait several hours for it, either.

So, whom did you pick for president?