'Window to the Web' for Tuesday, November 2, 2004

I’m Don Smith with your Window to the Web…

It’s election day. Whether you’ve voted yet or not, you may be interested in this collection of political web sites. So, get a pen and paper to write these down and, if you can’t take notes, I’ll give you a website at the end so you can see them later.

To really see which way the wind is blowing, politically, try RealClearPolitics.com. At a glance and without having to click on links, you’ll see poll results from many sources, plus see the headlines of a number of op-ed pieces.

National Review magazine’s award-winning Weblog gives you the dirt from both sides of the political fence. Look for it a NationalReview.com

Then there’s PowerReporting.com for you Excel jockies. The site helps journalists and the public by providing tools to gather and weigh information. The site includes an Electoral College calcualtor. You can use that in case it’s a long night and you want to be the first to see who gets the 270 electoral votes required to elected president.

For a search engine dedicated to campaign-related audio and video clips, try CampaignSearch.com.

And many of you have already seen those funny animations about the presidential race. These animations are both pointed and funny, and they don’t play favorites. You can find them at JibJab.com.

FundRace.org is very interesting. It’s a Web site that takes what the Federal Election Commission knows bout who’s given how much to whom. Enter your address and see who your neighbors are supporting.

If you couldn’t write down these sites, just remember one site where I’ve posted this information. Go to Don Smith dot T.V. That’s Don Smith dot T.V. to see all the political sites mentioned.

I’m Don Smith with your Window to the Web.