By most reported accounts, Barack Obama won Wednesday’s faceoff by not losing to John McCain.
The unfortunate thing about these televised events it that they sounded a lot like stump speeches and talking points, rather than any real discussion of plans and intentions.
Impressions are all the voting public is left with, so I thought I’d publish [...]
Categories: General Journalism, One For Fun
There are lots and lots of ways to keep up with tonight’s town hall between John McCain and Barack Obama.
You could watch on TV, of course, but what fun is that? Here are a few suggestions to make your viewing experience more engaging:
Graphic designer Erica Smith, whose creative and prolific mind has come up with [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics, Games
While election coverage may be on hiatus, speculation on who will be our next president is about to run wild.
Sean Connelley of the Los Angeles Times created an interactive, embeddable map that lets you test different electoral vote scenarios.
Think Wisconsin will go to McCain? Click and the state turns red. Believe the die-hard Democrats and [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics, Games, One For Fun
The two big national stories today have been Pope Benedict XVI’s public event in Washington and the Democratic candidates’ debate in Philadelphia.
(Photos by jurvetson/Flickr, Nrbelex/Flickr)
TV and cable coverage of the pope has overshadowed almost everything else. But looking at Google Trends, it appears the debate is the more popular topic nationwide.
Tonight’s hotly anticipated faceoff between [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Social Media
You’ve probably been blocking it, but elections are about three weeks away.
Pollingreport.com has been keeping an updated list of national polls, including the most recent Newsweek Iowa poll, which show Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama leading the GOP and Democratic hopefuls, respectively.
The primary dates have been shifting around quite a bit, making this election particularly [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics, Maps