There are a few key sites, that update regularly but not excessively, that I think are key for following the trends in this election. Here are my top six "must visits":
electoral-vote.com takes all the latest polling data on a state-by-state basis, integrates it with three algorithms that average out the last several polls, and projects the likely winner of a state as well as the electoral-vote breakdown. One look a day will keep you updated on the trends, and they have a Firefox plug in that lets you view the latest results in your status bar without ever visiting their page.
fivethirtyeight.com Sort of a glorified version of Electoral-vote. They have a lot of interesting data and charts, and I recommend visiting them once every day or so as well (Thank god for RSS readers!)
Daniel Larison, a decidedly independent-minded conservative, is one of my favorite bloggers. He posts 3-5 items a day and largely sticks to substantial issues. He has spent a lot of time lately on the many false impressions people across the political spectrum have of Obama.
Talking Points Memo is a Democrat-leaning but very fact-oriented blog that focuses on the latest politicla developments. About 15 posts per day. Lots of information and collaboration on this blog.
Informed Comment is written by Professor Juan Cole of Michigan, fluent in Arabic and a serious scholar of the Middle East. Professor Cole has been against the Iraq war and posts about 2-3 times per day. I read him for his summary of the day-to-day news in all the hot spots: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, you name it. He is able to read local Arabic media reports, knows a lot about the parties and politicians in these places (most especially Iraq and Pakistan), and helps supplement the weak reporting coming out of the Western Media. For example, Cole was writing about Iraqi concerns regarding the Status of Forces Agreement days before major US papers picked up the story.
Factcheck.org. Just the facts!
The AAA-fund blog provides "news and views from progressive Asian Pacific Americans participating in Democratic Party politics."
1 comment:
You forgot one: Politifact
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/
It was actually started by the guys who started Factcheck (which is at the top of my list!)
This a great list. I hadn't heard of almost any of those sites...
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