Get Your Politicking On

You can’t avoid it…it’s political season! However, there are some websites that make learning more about the candidates, the political process, and the issues more fun. If your normal voting strategy is “I’ll just vote for the lesser of the two evils…”, take some time to explore the world of politics 2.0. A quick list:

Political Base: Follow the money, compare the candidates on the issues, participate in the conversation, wiki-style

Political Trends : keep tabs on how the blogosphere is reacting to the issues

DeclareYourself: a non-partisan site that wants to get 18-year-olds interested in politics. Lets you spread the word with SMS, website buttons, newsletters, and more.

Hostile Crowd: Digg-like political news site

SparkMeter: A political news site that analyzing media bias. Here you can vote on the stories to show how much they lean to the left or right.

essembly: a non-partisan social network that allows politically interested individuals to connect with one another, engage in constructive discussion, and organize to take action.

Vocal Nation is a social network created so that people can share their diverse opinions, and get to the core of the issues. This is accomplished through a democratic rating system, where the community collectively decides what is most worthy of recognition.

Jott the Vote: (covered here) A service that lets you share your views with the presidential candidates by leveraging Jott technology.