Archive for November 4th, 2008

2008 Election Results from Google

November 4, 2008

Google is providing 2008 Election Results for the U.S. Presidential Election at both the national and state levels.

2008 Election Results

2008 Election Results

Coverage of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate election results are also available at the state level.

2008 State Election Results

2008 State Election Results

For Live Election results as the become available, visit Google’s 2008 U.S. Election Results page.

Interactive US Electoral College Map in Google Maps

November 4, 2008

MapMash has produced a pretty cool interactive US Electoral College map in Google Maps.

The MapMash map has eight different 2008 electoral college polls preloaded for comparing poll results from CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, USA Today, Pollster.com, Real Clear Politics, 270toWin.com and Politico.com

MapMash

MapMash

I don’t know when the polls were conducted but their results vary widely.

US Electoral College Map

US Electoral College Map

Google Maps users can click each state to see how its electoral votes could affect the 2008 election outcome.

Reset the map from the “Submit Your Prediction” drop down box to generate your own personal prediction of the electoral college vote outcome.

Reset

Reset

Click twice on a state to switch votes from Obama to McCain or vice versa when to create your own custom electoral college map.

US Electoral College State Map

US Electoral College State Map

Overall, MapMash has created another cool use for Google Maps.