Thew New York Times is not typically the first site I go to when I want a good graphic. But for the upcoming elections, they actually had a quite stellar one.
The interactive map of the United States is colored, showing which states are leaning what way. Tossup states are yellow, while liberal-leaning and conservative states are coded in various shades of blue and red.
California is, surprise surprise, a light blue shade. But it is not a dark blue shade. But that's only for the senate seat. What does that mean? Boxer had better step up her campaign and Republicans had better take advantage of the lack of enthusiasm over the incumbent whilst they still can.
In terms of the race for governor, California is a creamy yellow color, along with states like Iowa, Colorado and Arizona. The state, according to analysts, is a toss up. Perhaps surprisingly, the only states reporting dark blue colors for the governor's race were Arkansas and New York.
The rest of the states didn't have primaries, or were various shades of red and yellow.
Participation of college students in the voting process is something that has concerned me in the past. And with primary elections approaching rapidly, I begin to be more worried about that.
Students are the future of the nation; they need to be thoroughly involved with their leadership and support their knowledge bas.
Well, I'm wiped. So that's it for now.
Some states, like Ohio and Indiana, have already held their primary elections. The majority of states have June elections, California included. But some primaries happen as late as the end of August.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/senate
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