CNN.com, the leading online news and information site, reported record traffic on Election Day as it posted a new one-day high of more than 372 million page views, besting its one-day record on Sept. 12, 2001, when it recorded approximately 307 million page views.

From 4 p.m. Nov. 2 until 4 p.m. today, Nov. 3, the site attracted another all-time high of approximately 650 million page views.

For Election Day, CNN.com put users in control of their America Votes 2004 news, enabling them to select the election reports, analysis, videos and polls they wanted.

“We will look back on this moment as a watershed moment in election history when people seized the mouse as their new remote control,” said David Payne, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com. “All over the world, people were able to get what they wanted from CNN in multiple ways, immediately. CNN.com satisfied a voracious demand for detailed information.”

Payne said, “Today, we are actually on pace to surpass yesterday’s record-breaking numbers as people come to work and realize they can stay in touch through us with up-to-the-minute breaking news on the elections.”

Besides providing election results nationwide, CNN.com offered live video streams, photo galleries, countdown clocks for polls in each state and exit polls throughout the day. Site users, through CNN.com’s “Your Races” feature, could customize their online experience by choosing up to 20 different presidential, federal and gubernatorial races.

As the first Internet site dedicated to 24-hour news coverage, CNN.com ranks as the leading online news and information site, attracting an average of 23 million unique users each month. Launched in 1995, CNN.com draws from the worldwide resources of the CNN News Group to provide relevant, up-to-the minute news and information. CNN.com features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features and background information.

CNN, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is one of the world’s most respected and trusted sources for news and information. Its reach extends to 15 cable and satellite television networks; two private place-based networks; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; six Web sites, including CNN.com, the first major news and information Web site; and CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service.