Election ‘08 for iPhone

I launched an iPhone app last night, called Election ‘08, which I describe as follows:

Impress your friends and confound your enemies with your up-to-the-minute knowledge of which candidate is winning in each of the fifty states, and the District of Columbia! The latest polls, data and electoral vote estimates for the 2008 United States Presidential Election are at your fingertips with Election ‘08. Receive a rich, graphical overview of the state of the race with graphs and numbers. See who is winning the general election match-up on a state-by-state basis, and view historical results from 1992 to 2004. 

The app is $0.99 and can be picked up from the iPhone App Store or in the iTunes Store.

Today has been more than generous to me in terms of press coverage. So far, I’ve counted three big hits:

  • CrunchGear - Whether you’re an Obamanaut or McCainicon, the data is presented to your liking and without comment.
  • TechCrunch reposted CrunchGear’s article.
  • Gizmodo - If you’re ever pulled away from the constant spew of talking heads…the 99-cent Election ‘08 iPhone app will ease your withdrawal with slickly presented, constantly updating poll trackers, (theoretical) electoral vote counts (Obama’s winning), and other stats by state, from the perspective of whoever you’re rooting for. 
  • Gawker - Have an iPhone? Obsessed with checking the oft-misleading results of state-by-state polls constantly from now until November? You’re insufferable! Which means, of course, that there is an iPhone application just for you.

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7 Comments

  1. Tony
    Posted September 4, 2008 at 2:24 pm | Permalink

    I was digging around and I haven’t been able to find any information regarding the data source you’re using for the poll numbers.

    It would be nice to know where they are coming from (and I’m sure the polling agency would appreciate the nod)

  2. Random iPhone user
    Posted September 4, 2008 at 2:27 pm | Permalink

    Just curious, where do the poll numbers in the app come from? Are they based on 538, Pollster, RCP, only the individual polls? In other words, what data is the app displaying?

  3. aaron
    Posted September 4, 2008 at 2:32 pm | Permalink

    Data comes from Andy Tanenbaum’s super-cool website, http://www.electoral-vote.com

    I am working on an update now that will display polling sources.

  4. Eytan
    Posted September 4, 2008 at 4:54 pm | Permalink

    Question - how often does the app pull the updated data? Is there a way to force it? I find your numbers out of whack with those on Electorla-vote.com, and no way to force an update…
    Thank you for the great app!

  5. Random iPhone user 2
    Posted September 5, 2008 at 7:43 am | Permalink

    Cool app, Any downloads yet?

  6. aaron
    Posted September 5, 2008 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    Hi Eytan - Thanks for your comment yesterday. electoral-vote.com uses a simple algorithm to ’smooth’ polling results. I’m going to be adding it to the app over this weekend, and submitting it as soon as Apple approves v1.1, which adds a battleground listing, polling sources, and more historical polling data.

    The app checks for updated data every time it loads, and the data is typically updated on a daily/every-other-day basis.

    cheers,
    Aaron

  7. Patrick
    Posted October 28, 2008 at 10:01 am | Permalink

    Will this app track actual results state-by-state on election night?

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