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Batten Awards - Election Entries
New Hampshire Diary
The Wall Street Journal Online (New York, NY)

Shadows four undecided voters from New Hampshire during the primary to track how they finally decided to vote.


Electoral College Calculator
OpinionJournal.com (Stockton, NJ)

Explains the Electoral College with a map that users click to indicate how they think each state will vote. Results from previous elections are also made available.


Beyond Red & Blue: The New Map of American Politics
Common Wealth Magazine (Boston, MA)

This online-exclusive project analyzes U.S. county voting trends and clusters patterns into a map suggesting there are10 geographic voting typologies.


AOL Election Guide 2004
AOL News (Dulles, VA)

Online breaking news, analysis, hot topics, voter services, local election information via Zip Code, glossary and sideshow of comedy and satire.


Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Canada Votes
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Ontario)

A Web site to give Canadian voters information for the June 28 Federal election. Includes:
Red Book: follows past and current promises of Liberal government.
The Daily Answer: Reporter answers a viewer's question.
CBC News bus: Reporters blog the campaign.


Primary Frontline Pen Pals
New Hampshire Public Radio (Concord, NH), KUNI Public Radio (Cedar Falls, IA)

Five Iowa and five N.H. voters were paired in weblog exchange during Democratic caucuses and primaries to track their reactions to the campaigns.


2004 Batten Winners
Notable Entries



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