Best way to follow election results as the occur from an iPhone?

November 3, 2008 5:17 PM

Tell me the best way/site to follow election results as they occur from an iPhone?

I'll be in a three hour film festival and would like to keep posted on election results. Yes, I'll pay proper attention to movie-going etiquette (it's a series of many shorts with breaks in between, and I also have an amazing jacket sleep technique) but I'd like a good site that keeps the coverage simple and fact based.

I love me some long MeFi threads, but they just don't scroll well on an iPhone...I'm looking for something more like a boxscore.

posted by furtive to computers & internet (9 comments total)

Point Safari at fivethirtyeight.com
posted by paanta at 5:24 PM on November 3, 2008

There are several apps specifically for that. I can't remember the names right off; you might check the app store.
posted by PatoPata at 5:42 PM on November 3, 2008

TUAW rounded up iPhone election apps.
posted by cushie at 5:56 PM on November 3, 2008

New York Times has a blog called The Caucus that will probably be updated by the minute on election night.

FiveThirtyEight will probably be better in terms of number analysis.
posted by hazyspring at 4:22 AM on November 4, 2008

Mobile CNN is redirecting to an election results page today.
posted by nicwolff at 6:26 AM on November 4, 2008

I actually find that fivethirtyeight.com overwhelms Mobile Safari and routinely crashes it. Talkingpointsmemo.com automatically redirects to a trimmed-down page for the iPhone with the most recent 5 posts.
posted by adamrice at 7:31 AM on November 4, 2008

The NY Times election results site is readable on my iPhone.

They had an iPhone targeted site for the primaries, but apparently not for the main election.
posted by beowulf573 at 11:38 AM on November 4, 2008

The PBS Newshour site is better than the NY times.
posted by beowulf573 at 11:47 AM on November 4, 2008

I ended up using the dashboard on the NY Times website, it worked perfectly on my phone, was concise, and wowed everyone at the Banff Mountain Festival. Thanks!
posted by furtive at 7:17 PM on November 5, 2008