The NYT has a cool feature that allows you to draw your own electoral map of the presidential election. At the moment, I'm conservatively predicting predicting that both Ohio and Florida will go for McCain, but that Obama picks up Colordado, New Mexico, and Iowa, as McCain seems to have conceded them. Here's a link to my map - you can draw your own if you sign in to the site. Note that you need 270 EVs to win the presidency. Many pollsters are giving Obama much higher scores, as Obama is trying very hard to break down the "270 +1 vote" mentality of governance and widen the concensus in American politics.
RFSJ
PS- Just found out you have to relink each time you make a change to the map. Darn.
Showing posts with label 2008 election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 election. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Jus the Facts, Please
I just discovered FactCheck.org, a non-partisan website run out of the Annenberg School of Public Policy that seeks to double-check and verify the "factual" claims that candidates make about themselves and each other. From their website:
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels.
The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation.
Inform yourself. Did Obama really vote for a tax increase on people making less than $32,000? Is the McCain campaign really funded by lobbyists and PACs? Check them out to see some real facts, rather than the spin from the candidates.
RFSJ
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels.
The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation.
Inform yourself. Did Obama really vote for a tax increase on people making less than $32,000? Is the McCain campaign really funded by lobbyists and PACs? Check them out to see some real facts, rather than the spin from the candidates.
RFSJ
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