Good election Apps for your iPhone/iPod Touch

[Neecy]

A quick sanity break from Sarah Palin threads.

There are a few cheap (.99) goodies in the iTunes App store for iPhone and iPod Touch users. I just loaded a couple of them up in my Touch, which is now officially my OPod.

The first is Election 08. It updates via your WiFi on the Touch when you open it. It gives the most recent polling available by state and an estimate of the Electoral College - which, I'll add, is driving the few Republicans who have installed it insane because they don't understand the difference between the national polling numbers and the EC estimates. Fun reading in the comments :)

The app isn't perfect by any means, although the author claims he's working on an update. He doesn't source the updates - a serious flaw - but the numbers pretty well correspond to what I've seen elsewhere.

The opening screen gives you an overview with the latest results:



If you want to drill down a bit, touch the state and give it a flick. You'll get 1992-2004 results on this screen.



Like I said, it isn't perfect but if you're away from your computer a lot it might come in handy to get the latest updates.

Another fun one is the Obama Inauguration Countdown Calendar - the photos and quotes rotate and there are quite a few so you often get a completely new screen when you're checking to see how much longer we'll have to tolerate the GOP madness.



And finally, the DNC has made available video of every major speech given at the 2008 Convention, available for download free of charge at iTunes. I have Obama's convention speech on my Touch:



I haven't seen any Sarah Palin apps yet, but I'm sure one will pop up between now and November...the rethugs over there are feeling left out.

[NYCGirl]

1. I've considered installing Election 08; it looks great. Thank you for the

great recommendations!

[Raine1967]

2. I love the Election '08 app!

My friend showed it to me on his iPhone this weekend. I almost went out and bough the damn thing JUST for that App!!!

But I didn't. I just call him every five minutes as the polls change! :)

[wicket]

3. I can't wait to install these on my iPod touch when I get home

Thanks! :thumbsup:

[Ian David]

4. Wow, those apps are like having Tim Russert in your pocket. n/t

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

5. I second and third the Rec on the Election 08 application

I love it and it gives me some quick review of where things stand (plus or minus), as well as my own state's possible status of toss-up (North Carolina).

[NYCGirl]

6. Looks like there's an update to Election 08 — here's what is new, according

to my Recently Updated iPhone Applications RSS Feed:

Updated:
We've listened to your feedback and have made several improvements to Election '08: - Battleground states: See which races are the closest at the touch of a button. - Polling sources: See the sources of every state poll displayed. - Historical polling data: See every poll conducted in 2008. - National tracking polls: See who's winning the nation-wide horse race with numbers updated every day. - Poll smoothing algorithm improvements: State poll leads are calculated using a smoothing algorithm that take all of the latest polls into account.