Angry Bear has a quick rundown on why there's plenty of hope in this battle between some-variation-of-democracy and fascism:
Not All News Is Bad News
Sen. John Kerry's state tally shrank but his overall position appears to have stabilized among likely voters in many of the 16 battleground states...Mr. Kery now leads in 11 states -- down from 12 states he held two weeks ago and 14 a month ago -- and his leads over President Bush in Florida and Arkansas are less than one percentage point. At the same time, he maintained or added to comfortable advantages in Michigan, Oregon and New Mexico...
... Presuming that all the [battleground] states -- including the 33 electroal votes from the tight Florida and Arkansas races -- go to the current leading candidates and that the other 34 states and the District of Columbia go as they did in the 2000 election, Mr. Kerry would get 297 electoral votes and Mr. Bush would get 241.
I'm quoting Angry Bear quoting the WSJ, but still...