Last night, Washingtonpost.com ran a live blog of election results. Different political reporters contributed little briefs throughout the night as results came in.
Mark Warner's "easy win" over Jim Gilmore was literally the first item posted on the live blog. The Post reports that "Even before the Virginia polls closed at 7 p.m., the Associated Press declared Mark Warner the winner, receiving 52.38 per cent of the vote over 38.17 per cent for Gilmore."
The live blog idea works very well, I think, when you have opinions (not really personal thoughts on what you want to happen, but thoughts on what you think will happen based on evidence) and analyses to contribute. I'm not so sure what I think about this almost wire service style list of miniature briefs posted throughout the night.
To be honest, I was not actually keeping track of the politics blog on Election Day, so I could be mistaken about how the blogs were posted and received by readers. The comment section on the live blog was quite lively though, with various readers cheering, whining, or talking to each other.
Over all, this was an excellent race to follow this election. Washingtonpost.com's coverage of the Warner-Gilmore race expanded a few things and worked to interact with readers while keeping to very traditional articles much of the time. It would have been nice to see more multimedia elements- sidebars, videos, photo galleries, etc.- of this election, but it is natural for a race like this to be ignored while the Presidential election is going on.
Well- that's my blog! Thanks Professor- hope you like it!
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