Midterms (Elections, not tests)

I am so glad I voted early after seeing the lines today.  I could take my time, didn't have to wait and didn't have people waiting on me.  Well, in terms of the coverage of the elections, I mainly stuck to the cable channels.  I switched from Fox, MSNBC, CNN and C-SPAN... and without trying, WTHR (which interrupted my shows).  I checked out Real Clear Politics, Fox News online and Drudge.  I mainly was looking for interactive maps online, but found that TV coverage of the events was the most efficient way to get information.  In comparison of the networks, I liked Fox's style of reporting best.  It was certainly the most interesting. I found that MSNBC and CNN kept bringing in boring interviews (at least while I was doing this on and off around 6-10 PM) while Fox was rapid fire between their panel and primary video.  Fox has a new website that I didn't know about (not a frequent visitor) that is a lot easier to navigate and an interactive map, which is a 6/10 in terms of usability/coolness.  RCP's map is concise but too dense for me to analyze it well.  Drudge kept posting news about the races I was interested in, which made them easy to track since I follow this news fairly closely, but not well enough to be able to dial into a map and read it for myself.  C-SPAN was too boring and I missed the pundit opinions while watching.  If I was a super political geek, I think I would prefer the raw data from them for my own analysis, but I didn't have that background this election cycle.  I did enjoy the passion for the news Fox was able to deliver.  It seemed that the other networks just gave the news in a robotic tone and people were fiercely debating their analysis on Fox.  I think my biggest take-away from this experience is pretty simple, report information in an efficient manor, give some perspectives and make it interesting.

UPDATE: I also did not know the official name was "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" ... which wasn't successfully changed last night to "Rhode Island" via a ballot initiative