Resources

For today's post I thought I would share some of the resources I use; some of which I pointed to yesterday.


http://www.election-atlas.ca/fed/

I visit this probably once a day. This website is extremely handy for easily finding past riding results without digging through pages on wikipedia. Additionally, it has poll by poll results for many recent elections, and, clearly shows exactly where riding boundaries are on a map. Results go back to the 50s in some cases.


https://www.poltext.org/en/home

Run by the University of Laval, this website contains the political platforms (manifestos) of federal and provincial parties for elections going back decades. It can be interesting to compare the platforms of the election winner to their actions once they get into office.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_electoral_calendar_2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_electoral_calendar_2017

Want to know what is next? This is a great way to do so. From what I can tell, this evolved from a page I started in 2003 to keep track of all the various provincial elections in Canada.


The following pages are examples, and the true resource value is in looking for similar examples in your own searches.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama,_2017#Polling_4

Due to how very easy it is to both prove and disprove the numbers in question, wikipedia is an excellent source for polling information on elections.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_state_election,_2017#Results

By a similar token, wikipedia also tends to have accurate election result figures. Trust the numbers more than the analysis however.


http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_annai.nsf/html/statics/shiryo/kaiha_m.htm

Sometimes it helps to go straight to the source. Most modern browsers will translate into english from nearly any language. On this page in particular, I'm waiting for the merger of the 3 various factions of the Democratic Party so I can report it.


http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&dir=par&document=index&lang=e

I check this page once in a while to see if there is anything new or unusual going on. Most provinces have similar pages, and many other countries will as well.


https://twitter.com

Twitter is what you make of it. If you want a quality twitter, do not follow your friends. Follow those who you trust to give you the best information in the quickest and most accurate manner. Be that journalists, politicians, or random bloggers. Twitter can be a great resource for breaking the news, and most of the breaking news I see, I will read on twitter 5-15 minutes before I read anywhere else.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Syrian%2C_Iraqi%2C_and_Lebanese_insurgencies.png

For large conflicts, Wikipedia tends to keep fairly up to date maps. Wikipedia's weakness - that anyone can update a page - is also its greatest strength. Just as anyone can edit in fake information, anyone can edit that information back out; and on pages like this with a following, there is always someone there to say "where is your evidence of that change"


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_commission

Whenever there is an election somewhere in the world, going straight to the source can be your best ticket to information. A quick google of "_countryname_ election commission" can often get you started.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_Iceland

Where that fails, looking for the top TV channels and Newspapers in a country can help you find one that is covering the results.


Lastly

https://www.youtube.com

Do not under-estimate the power of a simple search for "election" with the filter that the stream be live. It has saved my butt many times, and provided hours of entertainment.