{"id":534,"date":"2012-10-26T12:53:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T10:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/jfkpol\/?p=534"},"modified":"2012-11-02T02:04:12","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T00:04:12","slug":"online-info-material-on-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/jfkpol\/2012\/10\/26\/online-info-material-on-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Info Material on the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

As November 6th is fast approaching, it might be high time to get (re-)acquainted\u00a0with the basics of the American electoral system. The Economist has a short but informative online movie on the subject<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is, of course, a wealth of other information material out there. Here are some of the most trustworthy and up-to-date sources:<\/p>\n

The New York Times has a wide variety of interactive maps that are updated regularly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The same goes for the Washington Post<\/a>,<\/p>\n

…which also offers a concise and interesting overview of campaign spending in the individual states<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The arguably most relevant poll for the upcoming election is the so-called „Purple Poll<\/a>“ which tracks swing states sentiments, but is only released about once a month.<\/p>\n

One of the best sources for statistics and interpretations thereof is the NY Times FiveThirtyEight Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And last but not least, for fans of online radio, NPR offers a wide range of political coverage at: https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/elections\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Missing anything? Post your suggestions and recommendations in our comment section.<\/p>\n

EDIT:<\/p>\n

Der Kollege Niklas Flamang hat noch folgende Lese- und Surftipps parat (vielen Dank daf\u00fcr):<\/p>\n

Bez\u00fcglich der Websites f\u00fcr die Infos zur US-Wahl w\u00fcrde ich \u00fcbrigens noch<\/em>
\nSam Wangs Princeton Election Consortium (election.princeton.edu<\/a>) und Ezra<\/em>
\nKleins Wonkblog (https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/ezra-klein\/<\/a>)<\/em>
\nempfehlen. Wangs Ansatz ist etwas durchsichtiger als der von Nate Silver<\/em>
\nund Ezra Klein und Co untermalen ihre Artikel immer wieder netten Graphen<\/em>
\nund machen auch viel factchecking. Klein hat sich auch durch die<\/em>
\nTranscripts aller Debatten gearbeitet – sehr lesenswert!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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