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Political blogs, especially during crucial elections years, must be informative, innovative, updated regularly and of course visually pleasing. Below are The Politic’s fifteen picks for the best other blogs to follow for the 2012 elections (in no particular order).
- At The Races (http://atr.rollcall.com/?pos=opol)
By Staff Writers, Roll Call
This blog, the politics HQ for Roll Call — one of Capitol Hill’s best political sites — examines news, polls, advertisements, spending and all other important aspect of close federal races across the country.
- 2012 Decoded (http://decoded.nationaljournal.com/)
By Staff Writers, National Journal
This blog features “Presidential campaign analysis from National Journal’s top political thinkers.”
By Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post
This blog focuses on American electoral politics; longtime political reporter Chris Cillizza comments on gubernatorial, Congressional and Presidential elections.
- Burns and Haberman on 2012 (http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/)
By Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman, Politico
This blog is one of the most regularly updated and links to every need-to-know story on the 2012 Presidential election.
- Charlie Mahtesian on the American Political Landscape (http://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/)
By Charlie Mahtesian, Politico
This blog focuses not only on the politics and politicking of the 2012 Presidential election, but also important down-ballot races across the country.
- The Monkey Cage (http://themonkeycage.org/)
By John Sides (GW), Erik Voeten (Georgetown), Andrew Gelman (Columbia), Joshua Tucker (NYU) and Henry Farrell (GW)
This blog, a quirky forum for political junkies, aims to publicize political science research, to provide informed commentary on political events and issues, to “think aloud.”
- The Caucus (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/)
By Staff Writers, The New York Times
This blog is the New York Times’s nerve center for breaking political and government-related news.
- FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver’s Political Calculus (http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/)
By Nate Silver, The New York Times
This blog, run by respected writer, statistician and political wonk Nate Silver, examines statistical information on a wide variety of topics in current politics and political news.
- Ballot Access News (http://www.ballot-access.org/)
By Richard Wenger, Ballot Access News
This blog is a political newsletter that examines in-depth political news and races up and down the ballot and all across the country.
- Political Ticker (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/)
By Staff Writers, CNN
This blog is CNN’s regularly-updated site for breaking political news all across the country.
- Ballot Box (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box)
By Staff Writers, The Hill
This blog focuses not on polls, policy and politics concerning the 2012 Presidential election, as well as races for the House, Senate and Governor’s mansions.
- Daily Kos Elections (http://elections.dailykos.com/)
By Staff Writers, Daily Kos
This blog, begun by liberal luminary Markos Moulitsas, functions as a forum or all elections news that might be of interest to the Daily Kos’s politcal activists.
- BuzzFeed Politics (http://www.buzzfeed.com/politics)
By Staff Writers and Bloggers, BuzzFeed
This blog combines the technology to detect viral political content with an editorial selection process to provide an often humorous examination of the state of politics today.
By Staff Writers, ABC News
This blog is ABC News’s up-to-date site for breaking political news concerning the Presidential election and politics across the country.
- Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball (http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/)
By Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia’s Center for Politics
This blog run by UVA’s Dr. Larry Sabato, although not updated as regularly as most others on this list, is perhaps the single best site for in-depth political analysis and elections prediction.