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Spending on Television Advertising by the 2008 Presidential Campaigns

If you live in a swing state this year, you have likely seen a few ads from John McCain and Barack Obama. The New York Times and CNN take a closer look at where the candidates are running ads and spending money.
CNN’s map covers the entire campaign for president going back to January 2007, [...]

Voting America: United States Politics 1840-2008

The University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab created interactive and cinematic maps of the US presidential elections from 1840 to 2004. The maps provide a geographic time line of US presidential elections.

America Voting
Election Maps 1840 – 2004
Interactive Map
Video Commentary Map

Very small sampling of the maps available below…

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Fundrace : Campaign Donors in Your Neighborhood

Fund Race 2008 allows you to view all campaign contributions on a map. Donations of more than $200 include donor’s name, address and occupation.

More about Fund Race 2008
Want to know if a celebrity is playing both sides of the fence? Whether that new guy you’re seeing is actually a Republican or just dresses like [...]

2008 Campaign Finance Maps from the New York Times

Barack Obama has opted out of public financing for the general election stating “the public financing of presidential elections, as it exists today, is broken — and the Republican Party apparatus has mastered the art of gaming this broken system” in his USA Today Op-Ed. John McCain will likely try to make this an [...]

Patchwork Nation from the Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation project has grouped every US county into one of eleven community types and is following how the political climate develops during the presidential campaign in representative communities. more on the 11 community types below

Patchwork Nation consists of America’s 3,142 counties, divided into 11 community types on the basis [...]

2008 Prediction Map

Note: Please check the homepage, the news page or a link below for the most recent predictions

2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 11-3-2008
2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 10-28-2008
2008 Senate Election Predictions as of 10-27-2008
2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 10-14-2008
2008 House of Representatives Election Predictions: 10-8-2008

2008 Presidential Election Prediction – 5/22/2008
With the longest and most divisive Democratic [...]

2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 11-3-2008

With one day before the 2008 Presidential election, Barack Obama appears headed for an electoral map changing victory over John McCain. McCain now finds himself defending traditional red states and hoping for a way to pull off an upset.

2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 10-28-2008

With less than a week remaining, Barack Obama appears headed for an electoral map changing victory over John McCain. McCain now finds himself defending traditional red states and hoping for a way to change the momentum of the race in the final days.

FiveThirtyEight.com : Obama 351, McCain 187
Electoral-Vote.com : Obama 375, McCain 157, Toss [...]

2008 Senate Election Predictions as of 10-27-2008

Polling continues to predict Democratic gains in the senate with a filibuster-proof majority of 60 possible.
Latest Senate Polls:

New York Times:  53 Democrats, 41 Republicans, 2 Independents, 4 seats are a toss up
Pollster: 55 Democrats, 38 Republicans, 2 Independents, 5 seats are a toss up
FiveThirtyEight.com:  57 Democrats, 41 Republicans, 2 Independents
CQ Politics: 54 Democrats, 40 [...]

2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 10-14-2008

As the campaign for president enters the final three weeks, Barack Obama seems to have an insurmountable lead over John McCain. The electoral map looks so favorable to Obama that Indiana, North Carolina and even North Dakota have listed as toss ups.
There are still a few factors that can change the course of the [...]

2008 House of Representatives Election Predictions: 10-8-2008

The latest polling on the races in the House of Representatives give the democrats a significant advantage over the republicans. CQ Politics has some maps and data.