var date = new Date("November 02, 2010");
var description = "";
var content = "";
var now = new Date();
var diff = date.getTime() - now.getTime();
var days = Math.ceil(diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
if (days > 1) {
    content=days + "<middle>" + description;
}
else if (days == 1) {
    content="" + description;
}
else if (days == 0) {
    content="" + description + "";
}
else {
    content="" + description + "";
}

//document.getElementById('days-until-election').innerHTML=content;
document.write(content);