Remarkably the campaign ends with voters more engaged than they were at the beginning. Almost certainly turnout will be higher than last time. The outcome appears to be close. There have been plenty of twists. No party has soared in any other campaign as the Liberal Democrats did after the first televised debate, even if their support has since declined.
Change is the most potent word in politics, conveying a conveniently imprecise sense of fresh energy. Much change is promised, and one way or another voters will get it tomorrow. Look at the fate of the three leaders who have dominated this presidential campaign . Whatever happens their political lives will never be the same after today.
Barring an astonishing turnaround Gordon Brown is spending his last day as a Prime Minister leading a government with a safe overall majority. Quite possibly his extraordinary political career is about to end, although I would never write off entirely a figure who has been written off so many times before.
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