On POLLSTER.COM

http://www.pollster.com/ and http://www.politicshome.com/usa/ (the main site)

If you are a political junkie like me, and with the US elections just over two weeks away, be sure to make pollster.com a part of your day. I had been following the American race on http://cnnpolitics.com/ but about three weeks ago discovered pollster.com and it is part of my day, simply because it gives me much more information from a wider perspective than CNN.

The site brings latest developments almost minute by minute at peak times of the day, including results from all the major polls, the top stories and commentaries daily and from what I have observed strikes a fair balance between Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin.

There is also a map of the US showing the electoral college votes in each state and tags them as safe, leaning or tossup.

For those interested in governor and house and senate races, information on them is also included.

Good stuff!

Let me explain

Before we get rolling let me explain PERSIATS + G! More than 40 years ago now I took a course in American history from Dr Charles W Paape, and he used the formula to put history into perspective. All elements of it are in every event to a greater or lesser degree.

For example the American presidential election is a political event of course -- but it is also about economics, religion, social life, intellectual life (education), the arts, science and technology, and the "G" is the geography of the United States, and indeed the world. So we see how they all come into play.

I have always been indebted to Dr Paape for his formula as I have used it time and time again.