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 theHellis going on?

Here is a handy link to help you.

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

The New York Timeshave 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 areasThe New York Timesis crunching numbers on, plus a State by State breakdown. The numbers are: