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From Deadspin: Nate Silver’s Braying Idiot Detractors Show That Being Ignorant About Politics Is Like Being Ignorant About Sports
This article by David Roher is fantastic: Nate Silver’s Braying Idiot Detractors Show That Being Ignorant About Politics Is Like Being Ignorant About Sports
The article also pointed me to the Princeton Election Consortium, which is also fantastic. They have the probability of an Obama win at 99.0% and predict an electoral college win of 315-223. Below are some of the graphs they have produced about the election, I especially like the 2012 Electoral College Map with each state’s area displayed proportional to its electoral votes.
Cheers.
The United States Congress: Partisan and Ideological Make-up
xkcd has created a great visualization of the United States Congress across. I especially like how you can follow presidents through their time in the House or Senate. 
Stats in the Wild 