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Election app round-up: Live coverage from around the country

by Alan Palazzolo 11/06/201211/06/2012

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As Dan Sinker put it so eloquently this morning, “Election season is the Super Bowl for news-application teams.” At MinnPost it is no different. We have poured a lot of work into our election coverage over the past months, including our Live Elections Results Dashboard where you can track real-time Minnesota returns this evening.

But what about all the other great applications that are helping citizens stay informed nationally and in other states? We’ve compiled a list here. If we’re missing any, leave a comment or email me at alan@minnpost.com.

LA Times

The LA Times has put together two great applications:

National coverage application
California coverage application

Texas Tribune

Texas Tribune has also put together a great application:

The Texas Tribune Scoreboard for mostly state level elections.

NPR

NPR covers national elections:

The general NPR elections coverage
Presidential Big Board
Senate Big Board
House Big Board

WNYC

WNYC covers national results, and some NY and NJ state-wide elections:

WNYC elections dashboard

NY Times

The New York Times offers many views into the national races, including a set of mobile apps to keep track of live elections results.

NY Times live results
NY Times mobile apps

Chicago Tribune

Covering local and national politics:

2012 Election Center

The Guardian

Even from outside the U.S., there are live elections results apps.

The Guardian’s national elections results

Others

The following sites will have election results later in the evening, but are not live yet:

USA Today
Huffington Post
Washington Post

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Election app round-up: Live coverage from around the country

by Alan Palazzolo, MinnPost
November 6, 2012

<h1>Election app round-up: Live coverage from around the country</h1>
<p class="byline">by Alan Palazzolo, MinnPost <br />November 6, 2012</p>
 <p>As <a href="http://sinker.tumblr.com/post/35105641812/opennews-elections-news-apps-and-the-mozilla" target="_blank">Dan Sinker put it</a> so eloquently this morning, "Election season is the Super Bowl for news-application teams." At MinnPost it is no different. We have poured a lot of work into our election coverage over the past months, including our&nbsp;<a href="/node/77295">Live Elections Results Dashboard</a>&nbsp;where you can track real-time Minnesota returns this evening.</p>
<p>But what about all the other great applications that are helping citizens stay informed nationally and in other states? We've compiled a list here. If we're missing any, leave a comment or email me at <a href="mailto:alan@minnpost.com" target="_blank">alan@minnpost.com</a>.</p>
<h4>LA Times</h4>
<p>The LA Times has put together two great applications:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://graphics.latimes.com/2012-election-results-national-map/" target="_blank">National coverage application</a></li>
<li><a href="http://graphics.latimes.com/2012-election-results-california/" target="_blank">California coverage application</a></li>
</ul>
<div></div>
<h4>Texas Tribune</h4>
<p>Texas Tribune has also put together a great application:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/election-2012/scoreboard/" target="_self">Texas Tribune Scoreboard</a> for mostly state level elections.</li>
</ul>
<div></div>
<h4>NPR</h4>
<p>NPR covers national elections:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://election2012.npr.org/" target="_self">general NPR elections coverage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://election2012.npr.org/bigboard/president.html" target="_self">Presidential Big Board</a></li>
<li><a href="http://election2012.npr.org/bigboard/senate.html" target="_self">Senate Big Board</a></li>
<li><a href="http://election2012.npr.org/bigboard/house.html" target="_self">House Big Board</a></li>
</ul>
<div></div>
<h4>WNYC</h4>
<div>WNYC covers national results, and some NY and NJ state-wide elections:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://project.wnyc.org/election2012/" target="_self">WNYC elections dashboard</a></li>
</ul>
<div></div>
<h4>NY Times</h4>
<div>The New York Times offers many views into the national races, including a set of mobile apps to keep track of live elections results.</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president" target="_blank">NY Times live results</a></li>
<li><a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/mobile/app" target="_self">NY Times mobile apps</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div></div>
<h4>Chicago Tribune</h4>
<div>Covering local and national politics:&nbsp;</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://elections.chicagotribune.com/results/" target="_blank">2012 Election Center</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>The Guardian</h4>
<div>Even from outside the U.S., there are live elections results apps.</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-elections-2012/results/president" target="_blank">The Guardian's national elections results</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h4>Others</h4>
<p>The following sites will have election results later in the evening, but are not live yet:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/%20" target="_self">USA Today</a></li>
<li><a href="http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map" target="_self">Huffington Post</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/" target="_self">Washington Post</a></li>
</ul>
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Texas Tribune

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NY Times

Chicago Tribune

The Guardian

Others

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