What to watch for as Ohio counts votes

"Public polling leading up to Election Day has indicated that early voters in Ohio broke for Obama by large margins. That means we should expect the president to take an early and potentially sizable lead in the all-important battleground when the early-vote tally is posted.

The question will be just how far ahead Obama is as county election boards begin to post results from Election Day. Those returns are expected to favor Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

(If Romney is ahead after early votes are posted — or if the two are very close — there’s a good chance that Romney will win the state and its 18 electoral votes.)"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/ohio-early-voter-results-should-be-available-early-tuesday-night/2012/11/05/6ff4c72a-2771-11e2-b4f2-8320a9f00869_story.html