This isn’t the U.S. Capitol, but it’s still neat!

The Senate race in Minnesota STILL isn’t decided!

The race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat and former comedian Al Franken was too close to call after the votes were counted. In fact, after over 2 MILLION votes were counted, the difference was less than 300 votes.

LESS THAN 300 VOTES!!!

(Don’t ever let anyone EVER tell you that their vote doesn’t count)

The state of Minnesota is currently recounting the votes. While this seems simple, it really isn’t at all. Sometimes its hard to tell EXACTLY what the voters intent is!

Can you tell who the voter intended to vote for?

Wow! I found this story absolutely fascinating.

Ladies – take pride in the Granite State, New Hampshire!

All Things Considered, November 9, 2008 · The presidential election was not the only historic political moment last week: In New Hampshire, voters elected 13 women — out of 24 total members — to the state Senate, making it the country’s first state legislative body with more women than men. New Hampshire Senate President Sylvia Larsen talks to host Jacki Lyden about the election.

You can listen to the story on NPR here: Women Dominate New Hampshire State Legislature

BTW - Texas had 36 women (by my count) in the most recent Legislature! Most of them were Republicans too! I’m not sure, however, if that number went up, or down, after the most recent election. Do you know Tom?

This is pretty cool.

Google has a feature on maps.google.com where you can analyze the polls! It’s pretty cool and you can look at everything at once, not just one site.

http://maps.google.com/

Click on “Electoral Votes Estimates” and play away!

On Monday we talked a lot about the Mass media and how it affects politics and politicians.

From WNYC:

An examination of the power of mass media to create panic. In Radio Lab’s very first live hour, we take a deep dive into one of the most controversial moments in broadcasting history – Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play about Martians invading New Jersey. And we ask: Why did it fool people then? And why has it continued to fool people since?

This radio story is GREAT to listen to. What do you think about the radio story? Is it possible for the mass media to create panic? Does this relate to the panic that we’re having now about the state of the economy?