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Audio, video, interactive maps and charts, RSS feeds, automatic updates, candidate match-up quizzes, fun and engaging.

Network news and public radio websites may have the more visually-friendly election coverage, but along with newspapers all three entities are using the above devices/elements to cover the U.S. Presidential Election 2008.

From what I’ve observed so far, the one attribute lacking could be comprehensive coverage. That’s if one is looking for one-stop researching.

A handful of top sites:
CBS News’ politics section: One of the more comprehensive websites with fun, easy-to-navigate graphics, plus interactive. Still there’s fluff, if you’re looking for quick info. on where each candidates stands on each hot issue. You’ll still have to go to SelectSmart or IDEAlog .
NPR: National Public Radio has a great interactive map, which updates constantly throughout the night of a particular primary.
Like CBS News, The Washington Post has a great Election Toolbox page. In the toolbox, you can find out more about the candidates. They also have a Choose Your Candidate quiz, however, they’ve split it up into two quizzes. One for Democrats and one for Republicans. What about Independents, Liberterians and other political affiliations? If you’re independent, you would have to take both quizzes, especially if you don’t lean strongly left or right.
ABC News’ Politics section is informative and fun. They have the fun, interactive Match-O-Matic quiz, which matches you to a candidate. Not one of the more comprehensive quizzes out there, but it works. Their Meet the Candidates section is more personal fluff than informative. They have a solid interactive map for election-night coverage.
New York Times has a great page of links. They also have a good interactive map showing how the candidates are doing during and after primaries.

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