How information science empowered Obama’s reelection

When the Nerds Go Marching In James Fallows, theatlantic.com How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection The Obama cam­paign’s tech­nol­o­gists were tense and tired. It was game day and every­thing was going wrong. Josh Thay­er… When the Nerds Go Marching In - Alexis … Continue reading How information science empowered Obama’s reelection

Why we need better voting systems

Shame on the Republicans Who Curtailed Early Voting James Fallows, theatlantic.com Hours-long election lines stretching many city blocks are a national embarrassment. And those responsible should be condemned across ideological lines. In 32 states and Wash­ing­ton, D.C., vot­ers are eli­gi­ble to cast their bal­lot early with … http://flpbd.it/6byNS Related articles From the Director of the … Continue reading Why we need better voting systems