We're all being pummeled by media coverage of the US election just now, so let me offer some links to places you might not have thought to look:
- Stephen Walt lays out America's foreign policy agenda for the next four years, whoever wins.
- Which candidate will be better for the US economy?
- I prefer not to put round-ups in my round-up, but the FT is a pretty good source for links.
- Five election explanations you will hear after today, and why they are wrong.
- Vote buying: do American voters reward presidents who spend federal money in their states?
- Robert Wright in The Atlantic provides a quick stats lesson on the so-called 'margin of error' in polling data, which doesn't mean quite what you think it means.
- David Frum on the national embarrassment of the US voting system.
- What if it's close? Prepare for a bout of insanity. (H/t Browser.)
- Will Ferrell will do anything to get Americans to vote (for Obama):