More Poll and Voting Tools

Today MSNBC rolls out its new Politics Page. NBC News teams up with the National Journal to bring together all of the site's political news and offer interactive features. Up-to-the-minute news and a new discussion area should make this a site to watch.

A similar project -- joining C-Span and CQ -- is Campaign Network. It has Capital news; CQ Political headlines; C-Span video covering debates, campaign ads and politics; and the ever popular interactive map showing the current and projected political landscape.

Slate's Election Scorecard bills itself: "Where the Elections Stand Today". Based on current polling data the site attempts to predict the outcome of the house, senate and gubernatorial races. You can also drill down to see details -- consisting of an elaborate line-based chart.

On a more comprehensive polling tip there is Pollster. This site contains more data than Slate's. It reveals who the pollster is, the number of people in the poll and the method. The data reaches all the way back to April.

Finally there is the voting resource Can I Vote? The National Association of Secretaries of State brings this site to those of us who would like to find out if they can vote, what kind of ID to bring and where and when to vote. It even reveals how to be a poll worker on Election Day.

-Dippold

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