Super Tuesday Mashups, Social Networking, Tools, and More…
Super Tuesday is here for the U.S. (I’m voting after work!), and Google, Twitter, and lots of other new media and social networking platforms are all a-buzz.
Check out some nifty tools I’ve found for keeping on top of election results, news, and the candidates, Web 2.0 style.
Mashups
- Google: Google Super Tuesday Map (a Twitter + Google Maps mashup)
- Slate: Map The Candidates (a Google Maps mashup timeline of where the candidates have been)
- Huffington Post: Fundrace (a Google Maps mashup of financial contributions)
- YouTube: You Choose ‘08 - Super Tuesday (a Google Maps + YouTube mashup of user-uploaded video clips)
Candidates on Social Networking Platforms
- Twitter: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, (and out-of-the-running John Edwards and Joe Biden)
- Facebook: Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney
- MySpace: Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney (a full list of all candidates, including out-of-the-running ones can be found here)
- LinkedIn: Barack Obama, Ron Paul
Tools
- Twitter: SuperTuesday, PoliTweets, Politics
- Glassbooth: Find out which candidate represents your beliefs best.
- PoliticalTrends.info: Tag cloud of prominent issues and concepts.
- Google Gadgets: Election 2008 (get your own here, or check out all available election gadgets)
Elsewhere in Blogs…
- ReadWriteWeb: Keeping Tabs on Super Tuesday
- Official Google Blog: Be Part of the Super Tuesday Action
- Mashable: 40+ Super Tuesday 2008 Resources
Anything I Missed?
Have you come across a political mashup, tech tool, or social networking site? Let me know in the comments!
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