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Eleven Writers Imagine What Happens After Election Day [Political Science (fiction)]

io9 - Nov 3, 2008

Bookmaker Paddy Power is giving 1-10 odds that Barack Obama will win tomorrow’s election. But we still don't know what'll really happen on election day — and right afterwards. Will an Obama administration have the …

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Presidential Election Rocks The Robot Vote [Political Science (fiction)]

io9 - Oct 29, 2008

With the Presidential election less than a week away, it looks like the campaign is taking a more scifi turn as it heads into the home stretch. We've heard about the McCain campaign's controversial use of robocalls …

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The Dueling Dystopias of Political Campaign Ads [Political Science (fiction)]

io9 - Oct 25, 2008

John McCain and Barack Obama may seem as different as night and day, but there are a good number of folks still on the fence as to who will get their vote. Where debates, stump speeches, and lectures on voting records …

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Turn the American Presidential Debates into Abstract Data Structures [Chart Porn]

io9 - Oct 9, 2008

You can watch the American presidential debates and allow Barack Obama and John McCain to move you emotionally, or you can convert what they say into easily-analyzed data structures. C-SPAN's awesomely wonky graphic …

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