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The US Election, which will start later today, will have had the most internet coverage of any election in history. Sites from all over the States have developed various new ways of analysing the election race with the help of the web.
Here is our top ten:
1.
Five of America's top political commentators, from George W Bush's former Chief of Staff to a Pulitzer winning historian, share their insights into the qualities required of a successful President.
Audio and video commentary.
2. CNN.com: Fundraising Election Tracker
Fundraising is vitally important in the US election. The sheer scale of the country means a campaign is very expensive. The amount of money raised by each candidate in each state can be used as a good indicator of that state's support.
The site also offers the same analysis for candidate visits, ad spending and polling.
3. MSNBC.com: Decision 08 Dashboard
MSNBC's extensive dashboard is an exhaustive collection of election information, including a guide to throwing a good election night party and clips from all the election debates. Here you can analyse the debates via key words such as depression and Bush or see how much talk-time each candidate got.
4. The New York Times
The New York Times political blog, Caucus, is at the polls recording the experiences of voters. Computer glitches, misleading fliers and fraudulent automated phone calls are dogging voters in several states.
5. BBC Live Text Commentary
Up to the minute, state by state commentary from the BBC. Includes information from John McCain's coffee drinking habits (four shots!) to the difficulties that Spanish-speaking voters are experiencing.
6. Comedy Central's Indecision 08
A satirical look at the election, including a candidate stock tracker and clips from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
Check out Stephen Colbert's "Better Know a District" for an alternative view on each state's politics.
7. http://presidentialwatch08.com/
A useful compilation of tools and devices for monitoring the day's events. The site promises to be non-partisan and will allow users to see, hear and feel what citizens are saying on the internet about the US elections.
8. Election 2008 on Twitter
Perhaps the fastest Twitter known to mankind, a new comment comes in every second. A minefield of stories on the election from the media giants to the man on the street.
9.Voices without votes
"Americans vote. The world speaks." A Reuters sponsored blog aggregator which collates the blogs and opinions of non-Americans on US foreign policy and the US election.
Or go to www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results to see who would win the US election if the entire world could vote. Half a million votes have been cast and the result is a whitewash.
10. Who would you vote for?
http://glassbooth.org/
Take this quiz to see who you should vote for in the US election. If, of course, you actually had a vote.
