2004 Election Entries

Primary Frontline Pen Pals

http://nhpr.org/blogs/penpals2004/index.php

New Hampshire Public Radio (Concord, NH), KUNI Public Radio (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Five Iowa and five N.H. voters were paired in weblog exchange during Democratic caucuses and primaries to track their reactions to the campaigns.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Canada Votes

http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Ontario)

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A Web site to give Canadian voters information for the June 28 Federal election. Includes:
Red Book: follows past and current promises of Liberal government.
The Daily Answer: Reporter answers a viewer’s question.
CBC News bus: Reporters blog the campaign.

AOL Election Guide 2004

http://www.electionguide04.com/

AOL News (Dulles, VA)

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Online breaking news, analysis, hot topics, voter services, local election information via Zip Code, glossary and sideshow of comedy and satire.

Beyond Red & Blue: The New Map of American Politics

http://www.massinc.org/commonwealth/new_map_exclusive/beyond_red_blue.html

Common Wealth Magazine (Boston, MA)

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This online-exclusive project analyzes U.S. county voting trends and clusters patterns into a map suggesting there are10 geographic voting typologies.

Electoral College Calculator

http://www.opinionjournal.com/ecc/intro/index.htm

OpinionJournal.com (Stockton, NJ)

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Explains the Electoral College with a map that users click to indicate how they think each state will vote. Results from previous elections are also made available.

New Hampshire Diary

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,interactive_features,00.html

The Wall Street Journal Online (New York, NY)

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Shadows four undecided voters from New Hampshire during the primary to track how they finally decided to vote.

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