What you need to be doing right now to follow the US election.

We’re all watching one thing today. In offices, at homes, at the school gate everyone is watching the US election.

We’re asking:

What should we be watching?

What do the numbers mean?

What the Hell is going on?

Here is a handy link to help you.

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/forecast/president 

The New York Times have distilled the numbers real time. Devoid of emotion and disbelief (we can take care of that ourselves) this site gives you what you need to know. Just the numbers.

There are the key areas The New York Times is crunching numbers on, plus a State by State breakdown. The numbers are:

• Chance of winning the Presidency (measured as a per cent)
• Popular vote margin (measured in points)
• Electoral votes (measured as forecast actual electoral votes)