Facebook At It Again

Facebook is at it again. They've added a new feature called "Election Pulse" which tracks how many facebookers are supporting each candidate in each state. A brief summary of a few results from Minnesota:

For Senate, Amy Klobuchar over Rep. Mark Kennedy, 63%/34%
In the 1st Congressional District, Tim Walz over Rep. Gil Gutknecht, 69%/31%
Here in the 5th, Keith Ellison over Alan Fine, 83%/12%
In the 6th, Patty Wetterling over Michele Bachmann, 68%/23%

Elsewhere:
CT-Senate, Ned Lamont over Sen. Joe Lieberman, 55%/43%
NJ-Senate, Sen. Bob Menendez over Tom Kean Jr., 55%/45%
NV-Senate, Jack Carter over Sen. John Ensign, 65%/29%
MT-Senate, Jon Tester over Sen. Conrad Burns, 83%/16% (wow)
OH-Senate, Rep. Sherrod Brown over Sen. Mike DeWine, 68%/32%
PA-Senate, Bob Casey over Sen. Rick Santorum, 59%/37%
RI-Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse over Sen. Lincoln Chafee, 52%/48%
TN-Senate, Rep. Harold Ford over Bob Corker, 71%/28% (wow)
VA-Senate, Jim Webb over Sen. George Felix Allen Jr., 55%/44%
AR-Governor, Mike Beebe over Asa Hutchinson, 54%/41%
CO-Governor, Bill Ritter over Rep. Bob Beauprez, 65%/31%
IA-Governor, Chet Culver over Rep. Jim Nussle, 51%/43%
TX-Governor, Kinky Friedman (Independent) over Gov. Rick Perry, 62%/16%
WI-Governor, Gov. Jim Doyle over Mark Green, 51%/46%
AZ-CD8, Gabrielle Giffords over Randy Graf, 57%/17%
CO-CD7, Ed Perlmutter over Rick O'Donnell, 57%/38%
CT-CD2, Joe Courtney over Rep. Rob Simmons, 56%/44%
IA-CD1, Bruce Braley over Michael Whalen, 58%/42%
IN-CD2, Joseph Donnelly over Rep. Chris Chcola, 53%/47%
IN-CD8, Brad Ellsworth over Rep. John Hostettler, 66%/34%
IN-CD9, Baron Hill over Rep. Mike Sodrel, 60%/33%
NC-CD11, Heath Shuler over Rep. Charles Taylor, 62%/38%
PA-CD6, Lois Murphy over Rep. Jim Gerlach, 69%/31%
TX-CD22, Nick Lampson over Rep. Tom DeLay/Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, 54%/33%

This is why student activism and the college vote are so important. If we turn out to vote this year and get results like this, we can take back the House, Senate, and a majority of governorships. It's also why the Republicans are so scared, and why they hope we haven't been paying attention.

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