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First POST: Understanding the Data

BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, November 8 2012

Was this going to be Mitt Romney's transition website?

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Did reporters find what might have been Mitt Romney's transition website? That and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Obama's Win

BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, November 7 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Here are some of the best reads around the web parsing Barack Obama's re-election win as it relates to technology in politics, all in today's roundup of news from around the web. Read More

First POST: Pulling the Lever

BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, November 6 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Last-minute online ad pushes from both campaigns; election-day problems for voters casting a ballot in the wake of Hurricane Sandy; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Taking Stock

BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, November 5 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: As concerns begin to rise about last-minute changes to voting procedures in key states and hundreds of thousands of people in New York continue to struggle to stay warm and dry without power or heat, your First POST this morning takes a comprehensive look at how people are using technology to make it easier to vote, track Hurricane Sandy recovery and more. Read More

First POST: Keeping Track

BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, November 2 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: How New York City's tech sector is organizing itself to respond to Hurricane Sandy and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: The Shaming Begins

BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, November 1 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: A new Pew survey finds that Obama supporters are more likely to have been visited at home by someone talking about the campaign; inside a new push by progressive group MoveOn to use "social pressure" to get out the vote; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Clean-up

BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, October 31 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: A round of anonymous anti-Obama text messages last night stoked a debate about what can and can't be sent to your phone; outing the man behind some of the most egregious fibs about Hurricane Sandy's impact on New York City; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Receding Waters

BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, October 30 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: On social media, the people who spread false information made a bigger splash than the people who spread real news during Hurricane Sandy; one writer argues that the Obama campaign still far outstrips the Romney campaign when it comes to identifying which voters to contact, and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Tracking Sandy

BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, October 29 2012

Source: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: How technology is helping people understand Hurricane Sandy's path; how the campaigns are using the web to gear up for the last full week of the election; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: What the Numbers Say

BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, October 26 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Is Mitt Romney's online operation able to keep up with Barack Obama's digital team? That and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More