Examples of the Internet in the 2012 Election

The Internet has become a fantastic resource for following the presidential race. Websites such as usatoday.com offer unique features to help keep the well-informed readers up to date and gives the not-so-well-informed readers applications and summaries to get them plugged in. There are blogs for all the latest debates and descriptive tables to keep track of the primaries and the running total of delegates per state. They even have a quiz for those who are not familiar with the candidates. You answer multiple choice questions regarding how you would solve several top issues of today and rank their importance to you. The program will then automatically match you up with the candidate holding the most similar perspectives. I also found on 270towin.com an interactive map with all of the states and number of delegates per each. You can decide for yourself which party each state will vote for. And to help you decide, there is a table displayed for the voting history of each chosen state. When the last few states are undecided, the map will tally the number of delegates needed to win the election and all of the possible outcomes for each party to win. Once you finish predicting the total outcome of the election, you can share the map you created on any social media site. The election opens up a whole new door for Internet entrepreneurs that is not always there to take advantage of. It is clear with all of the new applications for keeping tabs on the presidential election that entrepreneurs have seized the opportunity. And one things is for sure, if you’re a candidate, now more than ever you want them on your side.