Election Day
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sometimes it felt like this day would never come. And now that it's here, it's almost too much to take. Here are a few websites and blog posts to help you make it through the day.
The earliest voters in the country voted this morning at midnight in Dixville Notch, NH. The town went for Obama in a landslide of 15 votes to 6.
Keep an eye on TPM Election Central and TIME Magazine's The Page for breaking news.
Watch the DailyKos' Election Scoreboard as results start coming in tonight. They'll be receiving the exact same results that every major news organization gets as they're reported by the states.
Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com has a fantastic hour-by-hour what to watch for article up on Newsweek. He tells you which are the important states to watch as they begin closing. (If Obama nails down Pennsylvania early, and adds on Virginia it's pretty much over.)
Over 120 million votes were cast in the 2004 election. This year people are predicting that we could see as many as 135 or even 140 million votes, and the highest percentage turnout since 1960. Certainly George W. Bush and his miserable administration is to thank for that. I can't help think, however, that the internet and the ways it's enabled people to become more involved in the process, and has helped to organize our effort has played a role. I was talking to Bud Caddell yesterday, and he raised an interesting question, are young people who have grown up on the social web going to feel differently about the value of participating in our democracy? I think that they will; I think that people who have grown up on Digg, Wikipedia, Youtube, have a fundamentally different appreciation for group participation and collective action and how small contributions by many people can add up to something pretty awesome.
And in case you still need motivation to get out and vote, remember New Hampshire back in January:
GO OBAMA! FIRED UP! READY TO GO!
The earliest voters in the country voted this morning at midnight in Dixville Notch, NH. The town went for Obama in a landslide of 15 votes to 6.
Keep an eye on TPM Election Central and TIME Magazine's The Page for breaking news.
Watch the DailyKos' Election Scoreboard as results start coming in tonight. They'll be receiving the exact same results that every major news organization gets as they're reported by the states.
Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com has a fantastic hour-by-hour what to watch for article up on Newsweek. He tells you which are the important states to watch as they begin closing. (If Obama nails down Pennsylvania early, and adds on Virginia it's pretty much over.)
Over 120 million votes were cast in the 2004 election. This year people are predicting that we could see as many as 135 or even 140 million votes, and the highest percentage turnout since 1960. Certainly George W. Bush and his miserable administration is to thank for that. I can't help think, however, that the internet and the ways it's enabled people to become more involved in the process, and has helped to organize our effort has played a role. I was talking to Bud Caddell yesterday, and he raised an interesting question, are young people who have grown up on the social web going to feel differently about the value of participating in our democracy? I think that they will; I think that people who have grown up on Digg, Wikipedia, Youtube, have a fundamentally different appreciation for group participation and collective action and how small contributions by many people can add up to something pretty awesome.
And in case you still need motivation to get out and vote, remember New Hampshire back in January:
GO OBAMA! FIRED UP! READY TO GO!
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