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<i><b>Ditch the TV and get online for REAL election-night coverage,
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title="Permalink" id="title_permalink">I'm Ready to Declare a Winner
in the 2008 Race</a></h1>
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<p>Okay, all the arguments have been made. And I am ready to declare a
winner in the 2008 race.</p>
<p>The Internet. (The other winner will have to wait until Tuesday
night). </p>
<p>From the way campaigns connect to supporters, to the way those
campaigns are covered, to the way voters decide who to vote for, 2008
has delivered the first truly 21st century presidential race. And
election night promises to fortify the Internet's victory.</p>
<p>While discussing with a friend an election night viewing party he's
throwing, he announced there would be "televisions all over the place."
"That's great," I said, "but just make sure the WiFi is working."
Because this year, the laptop -- along with the array of
Internet-connected mobile devices -- has replaced the television as the
must-have election night device.</p>
<p>Of course, we want the TVs, too -- but mostly just to see how the
results are covered, what the anchors are saying, when they call it,
how the winners and losers react, and how crazy John King gets with his
Magic Wall.</p>
<p>For real time results, however, the Internet will be the go-to
destination. A host of websites, starting with HuffPost, will make it
possible for you to choose how and when you want to follow the results
-- whether you want to follow them state-by-state and county-by-county
or jump between the presidential race and hotly contested Senate and
House showdowns. And do it interactively.</p>
<p>And if you are a real election junkie, you can log on to each
secretary of state's page and get the latest numbers even faster.</p>
<p>The clichéd putdown about the blogosphere is that it's just people
spouting opinions, but this election has shown it's also about
expertise and information -- collated, graphed, spread-sheeted,
distilled, and cross-tabbed. Witness the rush to relevance of <a
linkindex="61" href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com">fivethirtyeight.com</a>
and its wonky numbers guy Nate Silver. Lately, it's been hard to go
even a couple of hours without hearing someone say, "Nate Silver just
wrote about that poll and here's what he says is wrong with it..."</p>
<p>As the countdown to Election Day continues, here is a rough guide to
some of the Internet's best offerings to help you fill the anxious,
final hours of the campaign -- and some places to make sure you check
out (or bookmark, if you are Old School like me) as the returns start
to roll in on Tuesday.</p>
<p>First and foremost (and completely objectively, of course), I hope
you'll check out HuffPost's exhaustive Election Night coverage. We'll
be featuring up-to-the-minute stories, stats, and video, along with a
host of interactive maps, electoral widgets, and fun (and <a
linkindex="62"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-thomson/the-most-accurate-electio_b_140181.html">surprisingly
accurate</a>)
tools like the Intrade and Betfair election predictors. We'll also
bring you intensive reporting and on-the-scene coverage of the vote,
including any voting irregularities, from the battleground states by
our <a linkindex="63" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus/">OffTheBus</a>'
network of citizen journalists. And, of course, we'll have our usual
top-flight commentary -- including a host of top bloggers who will be
liveblogging the returns as they come in. Plus, a number of our
international bloggers will be weighing in from various spots across
the globe, letting us know the local reaction to the results. All in
all, we're aiming to be a one-stop-shop for all things Election Night.
(For those of you who will be out and about on Tuesday, be sure to
check out our new HuffPost Mobile site -- <a linkindex="64"
href="http://m.huffpost.com">http://m.huffpost.com</a> -- which we
launched today, in time for on-the-go election day coverage.)</p>
<p>Here are some other don't-miss sites:</p>
<p>For raw polling data, check out <a linkindex="65"
href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/">FiveThirtyEight</a>, <a
linkindex="66" href="http://www.pollster.com/">Pollster.com</a>, <a
set="yes" linkindex="67" href="http://realclearpolitics.com/">Real
Clear Politics</a>, <a linkindex="68"
href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/">Talking Points
Memo's Election Central</a>. Here's our final <a linkindex="69"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/latest-presidential-polls_n_140177.html">poll
compilation page</a>.</p>
<p>YouTube has put all its election video onto <a linkindex="70"
href="http://www.youtube.com/youchoose">one page</a>, and has begun a
project called <a linkindex="71"
href="http://www.youtube.com/videoyourvote">Video Your Vote</a>, in
which you can video yourself voting and upload it.</p>
<p>Google has <a linkindex="72"
href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/#utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=ha&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-&utm_term=mapsgallery">some
incredible election map pages</a>. For instance, here's a <a set="yes"
linkindex="73"
href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/#historical_result">great
page of historical election maps</a>. Their election homepage is <a
linkindex="74" href="http://www.google.com/2008election/">here</a>,
use it to find your polling place, get directions, and read what each
candidate says about the issues.</p>
<p><em>Congressional Quarterly</em> also has a great page of historical
maps <a linkindex="75"
href="http://innovation.cq.com/prezMap08/?tab=3s">here</a>.</p>
<p><em>The American Prospect</em>'s election night guide can be found <a
linkindex="76"
href="http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_american_prospect_2008_election_night_guide">here</a>.</p>
<p><a linkindex="77" href="http://scoreboard.dailykos.com/map/">DailyKos</a>
and <a linkindex="78" href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/">TPM</a>
both have fun and very functional interactive maps.</p>
<p>TechPresident.com's numerous tools and resources -- including <a
set="yes" linkindex="79" href="http://www.techpresident.com/ecmap">The
Real Electoral Map</a> and the <a linkindex="80"
href="http://twittervotereport.com/">Twitter Vote Report</a> -- can be
found <a linkindex="81" href="http://www.techpresident.com/">here</a>.</p>
<p>For poll closing times, here are pages <a linkindex="82"
href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/poll.closing/">by CNN</a>, <a
set="yes" linkindex="83" href="http://www.270towin.com/closing.php">270
To Win</a>, <a set="yes" linkindex="84"
href="http://swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3641">Swing
State Project</a>, and <a linkindex="85"
href="http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G08/closing.phtml?format=ec">The
Green Papers</a>.</p>
<p>Want to do your own interactive electoral vote map? There are
several to choose from: <a linkindex="86"
href="http://www.pbs.org/vote2008/moreinfo/electionmaps.html">PBS</a>,
<a linkindex="87" href="http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard">Yahoo</a>,
<em><a linkindex="88" href="http://innovation.cq.com/prezMap08/?tab=2">CQ</a></em>,
<a linkindex="89" href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/">CNN</a>,
<em><a set="yes" linkindex="90"
href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/whos-ahead/key-states/map.html">New
York Times</a></em>, <em><a set="yes" linkindex="91"
href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/pick-your-president/">Washington
Post</a></em>.</p>
<p>So wherever you will be spending Election Night -- at a party, a
campaign event, a bar, or hunkered down on your couch biting your
finger nails -- be sure to have your computer, your BlackBerry, or your
iPhone nearby, and be a part of what promises to be a historic night --
both for the country and for the Internet.</p>
<p>See you online Tuesday night -- and, I hope, every waking moment
in-between. I, for one, despite <a linkindex="92"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/less-sex-more-fat-why-y_b_26551.html">my
paeans to sleep</a> plan to postpone sleeping from now until after the
last race is called. </p>
<p><a set="yes" linkindex="93"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/election-day-liveblogs-re_n_140720.html"><em><strong>Read
more Election Day Liveblogs, Reaction and Analysis from HuffPost
Bloggers</strong></em></a></p>
<p><em>If you are in the San Francisco area, I will be speaking at the <a
set="yes" linkindex="94"
href="http://en.oreilly.com/web2008/public/schedule/speaker/25785">Web
2.0 Summit</a> on Friday, November 7th. </em></p>
<p><em><strong>And be sure and check out the <a set="yes"
linkindex="95"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sunday-roundup_b_140031.html">HuffPost
Election Forecast Contest</a></strong></em></p>
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