Life after ‘Moneyball’: Obama campaign vet sees a shift in attitudes in D.C.
Guest Post President Obama’s former campaign’s director of digital analytics, Amelia Showalter, is now a kind of political sabermetrician-for-hire.
Romney campaign disputes that its Orca project was a ‘fail whale’
November 10, 2012 12:44 PM
Sean Ludwig
After numerous articles criticized the Romney campaign’s “Orca” project as an IT meltdown, the digital director of the campaign pushed back and said the system mostly succeeded in recording votes and irregularities.
Consensus is boring! Washington still won’t pay big bucks for predictions.
Guest Post Think Washington power brokers are ready to pay big bucks for Nate Silver's predictions? Probably not – his numbers are too good. Yes, too good.
Instagram had a big election night too, photo uploads climbed to 2.1x normal rate
November 7, 2012 7:04 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Instagram photos were flying fast and furious as soon as news networks called the 2012 presidential election for Barack Obama.
Nate Silver drives home a victory for data science
Guest Post While I'm pleased with the outcome of yesterday's election in political terms, I'm equally thrilled about the victory for data science versus gut instinct, philosophy and fundamentals.
How data-cruncher Nate Silver correctly called all 50 states
November 7, 2012 12:17 PM
Sean Ludwig
During Tuesday's presidential election, geek hero Nate Silver distinctly came to the forefront because he used “big data” to correctly predict all 50 states.
Twitter v. Facebook by the numbers: which network won election night?
November 7, 2012 11:51 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Facebook has more people, more Likes, more stuff -- so why did Barack Obama use Twitter to declare his victory first?
Want real foresight? Stop polling, start predicting
Guest Post Polling wasn't right about the presidential election -- but betting markets were. Here's how we could use them in the future.
CNN’s biggest competition tonight is Halo 4
November 6, 2012 9:44 PM
Dean Takahashi
Would you rather listen to political commentators or save humanity one more time?
Obama wins, has most retweeted tweet ever (and over a million likes on Facebook)
November 6, 2012 9:01 PM
John Koetsier
Obama, whose mastery of social media has certainly played a huge role in his victory, tweeted simply this: Four more years.
New Jersey email voting is such a mess that votes won’t be counted until Friday
November 6, 2012 4:32 PM
Sean Ludwig
New Jersey’s decision to let citizens displaced by Hurricane Sandy vote by email and fax appears to have backfired, with the state now extending the deadline to return those ballots to 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday.
Touchscreen voting machine won’t let voter choose Barack Obama
November 6, 2012 3:43 PM
Meghan Kelly
Are you tired of Bronco Bama? Well, so is this voting machine. It wouldn't let a Pennsylvania voter select Barack Obama for his presidential pick, and instead continually highlighted Mitt Romney.
Obama hops on Reddit before polls close to remind people to vote
November 6, 2012 3:01 PM
Sean Ludwig
President Obama hopped on Reddit before polls closed today to remind people to vote, a brief follow-up to the hugely popular AMA he held in August.
Watch VentureBeat’s take on the election tonight on KRON
November 6, 2012 1:18 PM
Jolie O'Dell
We're! Gonna rock and roll all night! And cover the U.S. election on the big-boy news channel!
Track Obama/Romney sentiment live on Twitter’s political index
November 6, 2012 9:56 AM
John Koetsier
Topsy has partnered with Twitter to provide live, real-time sentiment analysis of the U.S. presidential election. And after trailing Obama for much of the year, Romney appears to be in the lead.
Where to watch the 2012 election coverage online
November 6, 2012 9:45 AM
Tom Cheredar
Today marks a very important day in the U.S., and possibly even the world over: Halo 4 is now available on retail shelves. Also, there's this election for the president of the United States as well as many other congressional races.
How to find your polling place online
November 6, 2012 7:58 AM
Sean Ludwig
Today’s elections in the U.S. will likely lead to great consequences — no matter who is elected. But where to actually place your vote?
Want to fix the voting process? It’s time to use the cloud
Guest Post Cloud-based voting is super efficient, cheap, and secure. So why aren't we using it yet?
Obama campaign pulls out all the stops with smart social campaigns
November 5, 2012 7:32 PM
John Koetsier
More than thirty million people have already voted in the U.S. presidential election. Over half a million of them are named John.
Obama is the overwhelming favorite in Nexon’s MapleStory online game (exclusive)
November 5, 2012 6:29 PM
Dean Takahashi
MapleStory's players skew younger. But in an otherwise fair and square fight, Obama came out on top in a poll among players of the online game.
