natalie jennings

Social media and engagement manager for politics at The Washington Post and editor of The 12.
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Gender gap GIF up there. Gender gap blog post over here. More exit poll goodies over here and here

A few good resources from the Post and other places: 

*The Fix’s Election Night Viewer’s Guide: What to watch for in every.single.state http://wapo.st/VvLa3Z

* How to follow the election on Twitter (hashtags, lists a MUST for making any sense of it): http://wapo.st/SPmEZy

* Our projections for Prez/House/Sen/Gov: http://wapo.st/NsLexN

* NYT’s awesome “512 Paths” let’s you see each candidate’s path to 270 electoral votes: http://nyti.ms/Ue3oH7

* Find your polling place here: http://bit.ly/XeUvxH. 

* Go to said polling place. No app for that, some things you gotta do IRL. 

* Webby-endorsed apps and news sites for following politics: http://bit.ly/PSvJl0

* Poynter’s guide to avoiding Social media #FAILs on Election day and not spreading bad info: http://bit.ly/PSvR40

Did I miss anything awesome? 

Feeling bitter about the political climate? Watch this beautiful reminder by my colleague A.J. Chavar that the parties aren’t so different, after all. 

Maybe bookmark it. You’re going to need it over the next two months. 

This is already a brutal campaign, but the Obamas have long said families are off limits. Apparently somebody high up reminded the DNC of that.

2012swingstates:

Five swing states could be heavily influenced by Hispanic voters this November, and in the wake of the the Supreme Court health-care decision, recent polling indicates their support will bolster President Obama for a second time.

One day after the Court’s decision came down on June 28, mostly upholding Obamacare, 60 percent of registered Hispanic voters said they preferred government-ensured health care over a private option in a Latino Decisions poll.

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Interesting stuff here. 

2012swingstates:

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job addressing women’s issues – Obama or Romney? Why?

Washington Post photographers and audio journalists traveled across Virginia to collect portraits and responses to that question for the first part of our “Liberty through the lens” project.

We want your answers too. Reply here, send your photo, or tweet your response using the hashtag #VoterVoices. 

(via tessafox)

Seriously? What would you do if one of your friends actually did this? h/t @Slate

It’s a #FixList, so you know it will be good. 

Female voters are so diverse that there could never be one straightforward answer to what we want — so pandering to us is complicated.
Melinda Henneberger’s fantastic piece for tomorrow’s Outlook gets into the details that have been overgeneralized in political wars. Read “Five myths about female voters”
If in four to five years, if I do a good job as vice president—I’m sorry, as senator—I’ll have the chance to do all sorts of things.
Sen. Marco Rubio’s mis-statement at a National Journal breakfast overshadowed his repeated statements about not wanting the VP job, and his comments on the GOP and Hispanic voters.