Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Friday, October 22, 2004
Predictor
Probably the most-linked politics Website these days is Electoral-vote.com. I'm seeing links to it everywhere, and clicking on the links results in slow loading, which may mean electoral-vote.com's servers are being overwhelmed by all the usage.
But if you can get in, the site is worth it. The Vote Predictor studies all the current polls and estimates probable voting results by states. Right now the Vote Predictor has Bush and Kerry neck-and-neck, with 264 electoral votes for each. You can also see results of polls in each state.
This is a fascinating site which weighs in on various electoral topics (today there's basic information on the Supreme Court), has a link to political humor, and also has predictions on the Senate makeup, as well as discussions of the Bush and Kerry track records. Among the topics in the latter, questions whether Bush is really a conservative or Kerry really a liberal. posted by liz at 10:24 AM
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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