So after two years of campaigning and all that jazz, Election Day in the United States has finally arrived. And I’m in Italy. Funny how things work.
Anyway, how I made it through classes today without suffering a nervous breakdown, I have no idea, but I survived all the same. I hope to do some sort of posting/live blogging much later in the evening (early morning in Florence), but I’m going out first with some friends to destress and hash through it all. In the meantime, I give you some sights to pay attention to as the night unfolds as well as interesting little tidbits.
- MiddBlog: My co-editors, along with some other students and professors, have a sweet liveblog setup for all day today. Look for me over there occasionally as well.
- Debatable: There is guaranteed to be interesting student commentary over at Debatable as the night goes on.
- Presidential Power: Though Prof. Dickenson will be providing commentary in the Grille tonight, look for his pre- and post-election analysis.
- Don’t forget CNN, CBS, MSNBC, Google, FiveThirtyEight and TPM as places to watch the votes come in online.
- And, finally, here’s a little interesting tidbit from two years ago when the first polls put McCain and Obama head to head. This should give some insight of just how strong Obama’s campaign strategy is. Name recognition like he has now compapred to the beginning doesn’t just appear overnight.
Have any other cool sites? Do share!
PS: VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE! If you haven’t already. Preferrably for Obama, but, who am I to judge?
PPS: Remember my survival guide for the 2006 elections? Yeah, it still totally applies.
