President Barack Obama's re-election, partially fueled by a huge Latino turnout, puts immigration reform front-and-center, at least that's the hope of immigration reformer Ali Noorani and tech exec Reed Sturtevant.…
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How Obama’s tech team helped deliver the 2012 election
Obama for America CTO Harper Reed had helped build Threadless, a site for selling hip t-shirts, but he had never done anything like this. Here's how he and his team built a tech platform that might forever change how presidential campaigns are built.…
Read MoreHow mobile and IT mismanagement failed Mitt Romney
Mobile technology is an invaluable tool for modern businesses and even political campaigns: at least, when it works. As Mitt Romney's campaign found out the hard way this week, the mobile web is an afterthought to many and beta testing is a good thing.…
Read MoreHow the NYT created its “512 Paths to the White House” data tool
When the New York Times started working on its electoral calculations tool for the 2012 election, Shan Carter said at the Visualized conference Friday, they decided two things: "It shouldn't include electoral votes or calculations."…
Read MoreWhy Nate Silver and others predicted the election perfectly
Guess what, accurately predicting the outcomes of elections really isn't a partisan affair. What Nate Silver and several others accomplished in perfectly predicting the election isn't about finding data to support their desired outcomes. It's about processing reams of imperfect data and figuring out what matters.…
Read MoreWhy the NYT announced Obama’s win 49 minutes after Obama did
Last night, as the results of the 2012 election rolled in, millions of Americans were glued to their TVs, computers and smartphones. But those who had relied on Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight throughout the campaign had to turn to TV networks and Twitter at the end.…
Read More3 fake Twitter accounts that told real election night stories
Fake Twitter accounts for Nate Silver, Diane Sawyer and Mitt Romney offered humorous moments on election night -- but one day they may also be important sources for political historians.…
Read MoreWhere to watch the 2012 presidential election live online
Watching the results in real time has never been easier than during this year's presidential election: Numerous TV networks and news sites are live streaming on the web, on the iPad and on Xboxes and connected devices. Check out our ultimate guide for all the links.…
Read MoreData doesn’t play politics — and most of it suggests Obama will win
It's one day before the presidential election, and the results from computer models and other data analyses are in, with most experts giving President Obama a higher probability of winning than challenger Mitt Romney. That's no lock, however: while data doesn't lie, models sometimes do.…
Read MoreHow NBC is using Instagram to report the 2012 election
Services like Instagram provide a huge trove of photos for traditional news outlets to enrich their coverage of major events like the election or Hurricane Sandy. A novel approach by NBC shows the opportunities and challenges of user photos.…
Read MoreWhere to watch the 2012 third presidential debate live online
Monday night's third presidential debate is your last chance to see Obama and Romney duke it out in front of an audience of millions before election night. Our ultimate debate watching guide lists all the live streams, apps and fact checking feeds you need to know.…
Read MoreLiberal Democrats ‘like’ more on the social web than conservative Republicans
As election season heats up, the Pew Internet & America Life Project looks at how democrats and republicans compare in their social behavior online. The study found that two-thirds of U.S. social media users have taken one of eight political or civic actions with social media.…
Read MoreWhere to watch the 2012 second presidential debate live online
Live streams of the presidential debate? Check. Second screen apps that let you voice your opinion about either candidate's performance? Got it. Live-teweeting fact-checkers? Of course. A debate drinking game? Cheers! Our ultimate guide to watching the second presidential debate got all your needs covered.…
Read MoreWhere to watch the first 2012 presidential debate live online
Are you away from your TV when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are going to face off during their first presidential debate this Wednesday? No worries, plenty of sites are providing live streams, combined with realt-ime fact checking and mobile cheering and booing.…
Read MoreYouTube: We didn’t block the Democratic National Convention’s live stream
The archived recording of tonight's National democratic Convention live stream has mysteriously disappeared from YouTube. An error message briefly suggested that copyright filters were to blame for the mishap, but YouTube now says that the message was displayed erroneously.…
Read MoreWhere to watch the Democratic National Convention live online
This week's Democratic National Convention will be live streamed by a number of broadcasters, print publishers and political websites. There will be live fact checking, live video for iPads, a live hat cam and even a live Kumar cameo. Check out the details in our ultimate guide.…
Read MoreHuffPo “Shadow Conventions” aim to be virtual alternative to DNC, RNC
The Huffington Post is holding virtual political conventions during the DNC and RNC in order to promote its new video streaming network and call attention to issues like drugs and poverty.…
Read MoreRomney campaign builds iOS, Android app for VP announcement
Mitt Romney's VP pick will be announced via a smartphone app. His campaign is updating President Obama's own VP announcement method in 2008, which was via text message, for this era, which is undeniably the era of native mobile apps.…
Read MoreStartup PoliticIt is using big data to level the political playing field
PoliticIt is a Logan, Utah-based startup that uses machine learning to gauge the popularity of political candidates by measuring their digital influence. Its system has proven remarkably accurate in predicting winners, but its real promise is in leveling the playing field between political haves and have-nots.…
Read MoreWill Election 2012 deliver a mobile ad breakthrough?
The campaign for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will spend big dollars this summer to deliver ads to voters' iPhones and iPads, a move that could pep up sluggish demand for mobile ads.…
Read MoreYahoo data scientist: It’s Romney-Christie or Gingrich-Rubio
According to a predictive analysis experiment by a Yahoo data scientist, U.S. voters can expect to see either a Mitt Romney-Chris Christie or a Newt Gingrich-Marco Rubio ticket to face off against Obama-Biden in this year's presidential election, if his data is accurate.…
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