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Elections and Politics - United States
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- Voting: What Has Changed, What Hasn't, and What Needs Improvement
- by R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech; Jonathan N. Katz, Caltech, Charles Stewart III, MIT; Ronald L. Rivest, MIT, Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard; Thad E. Hall, University of Utah. Voting Technology Project - CalTech - MIT, 18 October, 2012. "... In this report, we examine how voting technologies and election administration in the United States have changed—or have not changed—since the controversial 2000 presidential election. We present our research and analyses of the past 12 years, as well as the perspectives of a number of individuals prominent in the election administration, voting technology, and election advocacy communities. Based on our research reported here, we provide the following recommendations for how we might improve the administration and technology of elections in the United States..."
Added: 23 October 2012;
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- The state of the U.S. election system
- New report from MIT and Caltech notes gains in voting-machine technologies, but warns they could be cancelled out by errors introduced through mail and Internet voting. Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office, October 18, 2012. "When it comes to the integrity and accuracy of voting systems in the United States, the good news is that widespread technological upgrades have largely eliminated the voting-machine problems that were so evident when Florida's disputed recount determined the 2000 presidential election. The bad news is that some of those improvements in accuracy could be undermined by increases in early voting through the mail, which is turning out to be a relatively low-accuracy method of voting, according to a new research report released by MIT and the California Institute of Technology..."
Added: 23 October 2012;
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- The State of the 2012 Election - Mobile Politics
- by Aaron Smith, Maeve Duggan. Pew Internet & American Life Project, October 9, 2012. "As of late September, 88% of registered voters own a cell phone of some kind—and significant numbers of these voters are using their mobile devices to get information about the 2012 election, to interact with the campaigns, and to converse with other voters about political issues: — 27% of registered voters who own a cell phone have used their phone in this election campaign to keep up with news related to the election itself or to political issues in general. — Three quarters of these cell-owning registered voters use their phone to send or receive text messages..."
Added: 11 October 2012;
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- The role of Twitter in US politics
- by Stephen Mills. Stuff.co.nz - The Press, 1 October 2012. "Twitter is dominating the political debate in America, but it's true effectiveness is yet to be judged. Kiwi pollster Stephen Mills reports from the United States. In New Zealand there is argument on the appropriate attention paid to political bloggers. Nobody doubts though that they have had a recent role shaping the New Zealand political narrative. But in the United States, the age of the political blog appears to have passed and it is now the age of Twitter. Most commentators agree that Twitter has further accelerated and intensified the news cycle. The jury is out on whether it represents a step towards greater citizen involvement in politics..."
Added: 1 October 2012;
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- Open source the vote
- By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source. ZDNet, September 10, 2012. "Summary: There's now an open-source application to let your Web site visitors register to vote in the U.S. elections... The Democratic party has released a Ruby on Rails open-source program, Voter Registration that enables you to deploy a Web application that enables U.S. citizens to register to vote. There is also a version that you can simply embed on your site, which is branded for the Obama/Biden campaign. The open-source version is unbranded so there's nothing on it that even a Tea Party member could object to..."
Added: 13 September 2012;
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- A new barometer for the election
- Posted by Adam Sharp, Head of Government, News and Social Innovation. Twitter Blog, Wednesday, August 1, 2012. "One glance at the numbers, and it's easy to see why pundits are already calling 2012 'the Twitter election'. More Tweets are sent every two days today than had ever been sent prior to Election Day 2008 — and Election Day 2008's Tweet volume represents only about six minutes of Tweets today... The Twitter Political Index is built in partnership with the data analysis team at Topsy (@Topsy) and two respected polling firms: The Mellman Group (@markmellman) and North Star Opinion Research (@northstaropin). Each day, the Index evaluates and weighs the sentiment of Tweets mentioning Obama or Romney relative to the more than 400 million Tweets sent on all other topics. For example, a score of 73 for a candidate indicates that Tweets containing their name or account name are on average more positive than 73 percent of all Tweets..."
Added: 2 August 2012;
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- The Twitter Political Index
- The Twitter Political Index, a daily measurement of Twitter users' feelings towards the candidates as expressed in nearly two million Tweets each week.
Added: 2 August 2012;
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- Twitter Political Index measures sentiment towards presidential candidates
- by Michelle Jaworski. The Daily Dot, August 1, 2012. "With only three months until the U.S. presidential election, Twitter launched has launched a new service that will be able to gauge how Twitter users are feeling about the candidates. The Twitter Political Index—or Twindex for short—is collaboration between the Twitter Government and Politics team, social media analyzer Topsy, and polling firms North Star Opinion Research and The Mellman Group. It will measure the sentiment of Twitter users towards President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney..."
Added: 2 August 2012;
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- Politwoops: A Search Engine For Deleted Tweets From Politicians
- by Gary Price. Search Engine Land, July 21, 2012. "... Today, I want to point out another free service named Politwoops that launched at the end of May. Here, users can access and read tweets that have been deleted by members of congress. In their words: Politwoops, the only comprehensive collection of deleted tweets by U.S. politicians. From minor typos to major gaffes, Politwoops is now there to offer a searchable window into what they hoped you didn't see..."
Added: 24 July 2012;
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- 2012: The Social Media Election? (Opinion)
- By Steve Towns. Government Technology, June 29, 2012. "Speaking at a Southern California media conference earlier this year, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo predicted that 2012 will be a 'Twitter election' — and he may well be right. The 6-year-old microblogging platform, once dismissed as frivolous, has become a vital tool for political candidates to reach voters and react to events in real time. Similarly, Facebook — with its 900 million users — is a key platform for engaging and organizing political supporters, not to mention a gold mine of data that savvy campaigns are using to create highly specific profiles of potential voters. Throw in the exploding use of mobility — along with complementary tools like geolocation — and the popularity of YouTube, and you can make the argument that 2012 is the year that social media becomes an integral part of the election process..."
Added: 5 July 2012;
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- The Digital Politico: 5 Ways Digital Media is Shaping the 2012 Presidential Election
- comScore, Inc, April 30, 2012 "Digital media has become one of the most significant game-changers in the political landscape, helping determine winners and losers in recent elections. With the realities of this new digitally dominated political environment, campaigns are becoming increasingly sophisticated about developing teams and strategies designed to deploy digital resources to reach and influence key voter constituencies. In this report, comScore shares a variety of data and insights that help explain how digital is being used by both parties in the run-up to the Republican primary, and how these strategies are likely to influence the upcoming general election. This report identifies five key trends shaping the 2012 election cycle and analyzes how these themes are likely to play out in the course of the general election..." [Requires Registration]
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- comScore Releases 'The Digital Politico' Report Highlighting 5 Ways Digital Media is Shaping the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
- Digital Advertising and Social Media Play Prominent Roles in Political Campaigns, Delivering Amplified Exposure and Facilitating Online Fundraising. Reston, VA, April 30, 2012. – comScore, Inc... today released a report analyzing the use of digital media in the 2012 U.S. presidential election to date. Entitled The Digital Politico: 5 Ways Digital Media is Shaping the 2012 Presidential Election, the report examines key trends shaping the current election cycle in areas such as social media, digital advertising, and paid search... 'Digital media has emerged over the past few election cycles as a formidable platform for political campaigns, providing the ability to efficiently target campaign messages and reach key voting constituencies at a fraction of the cost of traditional media,' said Andrew Lipsman, VP of Industry Analysis at comScore. 'Political blogs, online advertising and online fundraising have helped shape the past few elections, but 2012 will almost certainly be remembered as the 'social media election' given how central Facebook and Twitter have become to the current digital battleground.' ..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Voting Information Project
- Partnering with election boards, campaign managers, user experience architects, graphic designers, and application developers to better serve voters. VIP works with election officials across the nation to ensure this information is official and reliable. We answer voters’ basic questions like 'Where is my polling place?' 'What’s on my ballot?' and 'How do I navigate the voting process?' VIP uses an open format to make data available and accessible, bringing 21st century technology to our elections and ensuring that all Americans have the opportunity to cast an informed vote...
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- Voting Information Project Takes Aim at Open Data, Social Media
- By Wayne Hanson. Government Technology, April 23, 2012. "This November, Foursquare users will be able to receive an "I Voted" badge when they visit their polling places. In addition, voters in 37 states will have an easier time finding election information via social media and mobile devices, thanks to the Voting Information Project (VIP), an initiative of the Pew Center on the States, Microsoft, AT&T, Foursquare, Google, state elections offices, media partners and others. During the 2010 elections, VIP's polling place locator was used more than 6 million times by voters in 20 states. This year the initiative will expand and add features. According to an introductory video, most voters now rely on social media, mobile applications, online news sites and search engines to get voting information, rather than government websites. While VIP was in place this year for some primaries and the Iowa caucuses, general election data will be available four to six weeks prior to the general election..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- The danger of Twitter, Facebook politics
- By Wesley Donehue, Special to CNN, April 24, 2012. "... I make a living encouraging politicians and candidates to use social media. And now I'm going to tell them why it's a bad idea. Not always, mind you -- social media will, and should, continue to play an important role in our political discourse. But the trend has grown so quickly; I don't know that anyone has really stopped to consider the implications of moment-by-moment, real-time transparency..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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This category last updated: 23 October 2012
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