Politics are fun!
- Folks have created some fun election-related Web sites:
- Fold US Candidate: All of your favorite political characters as finger puppets
- Palin as President: Click around, see what you can find. Something new is added every day until the election.
- Yes We Carve: Carve a Barack o’ lantern, win an iPod. (The Associated Press has pumpkin stencils for both parties, and nonpartisan options.)
- Help Josh Decide: He can’t make up his mind; you can help.
- Yes We Can Hold Babies: Politicians love babies!
- President Bingo: Bingo cards to make debates and speeches fun.
- A series of “your new bicycle” sites: Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle, Michelle Obama is Your New Bicycle, Joe Biden is Your New Bicycle, Sarah Palin is Your New Bicycle, Ron Paul is Your New Bicycle, Ralph Nader is Your New Bicycle, George Bush Stole Your New Bicycle, Barack Obama Stole Your New Bicycle and Sarah Palin is Your New Bicycle’s Flat Tire
- A variety of Twitter memes, like When Obama Wins, John McCain Knows, It’s Not Over Until and Little Known Fact. (Watch Election Twitter for more.)
- Speaking of Twitter, a few newspapers have or are setting up accounts for the election:
- @austinvotes from the Austin American-Statesman
- @js_politics from the Journal-Sentinel
- @ohio_politics from the Dayton Daily News
- @newsday_politic from Newsday
- @nytimespolitics and @thecaucus from the New York Times
- @politicspodcast, @politicspolls and @postpolitics from the Washington Post
- @politicswest from the Denver Post
- @politifact from the St. Petersburg Times
- @stlpolitics from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- @usatonpolitics from USA Today
Also on Twitter are @fakejohnmccain, @fakesarahpalin and @fakejoebiden. Washingtonian recently interviewed the people behind these accounts. (@fakebarackobama hasn’t been updated since July.)
If you know of other fun political sites, or other newspapers that will be Twittering from a niche account, let me know.
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A few more!
270 to Win: A recap of which candidate won which state since 1789. (h/t Kevin Cobb)
And more “your new bicycle” sites:
Sarah Palin is John McCain’s New Bicycle
Sarah Palin is Your New Snow Machine
Hillary Clinton is your New HD-DVD Player
John McCain is Your Jalopy
Do they have the Sarah Palin theme song: “When You Were Cheating (On Your Taxes)”?
Another great one: Vote the Site compares candidates’ web sites. You vote on the winner. (h/t @johnrobinson)
Letters to the Next President is a writing project for students (13 to 18). Students write about their concerns for the future and things they want the next president to do. (h/t @lisahempel)