With eight hours left in the Technician mock election, nearly 1,500 students, faculty and staff voted.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.) leads John McCain (R-Ariz.) by 9 percent. In the U.S. Senate race, Kay Hagan leads Sen. Elizabeth Dole by 1.1 percent.

In the state gubernatorial race, Pat McCrory continues to lead Bev Perdue by 9 percent.

Of the students, faculty and staff who have voted in the online election, open until 10 p.m. today, 97.1 percent identify themselves as registered votes.