Estamos em pleno período de eleições e não é só no Brasil. São vários os países estão em processo de escolha dos seus representantes nas mais variadas esferas do Poder Público, mas de todos, nenhuma chama tanto a atenção da mídia quanto a dos Estados Unidos. A eleição norte-americana é seguida a nível global, e agora que os debates entre os candidatos começaram, a disputa parece que só vai esquentar.

A compilação de recursos interativos sobre as eleições no Brasil foi muito bem recebida pelos nossos leitores, e por isso resolvemos preparar uma seleção semelhante com infográficos, mapas e visualizações diversas sobre a corrida à Casa Branca. Esta compilação foi publicada originalmente no nosso site internacional.

The 2012 Presidential Candidates | Education Week

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Is Mitt Romney / Barack Obama the President? | The Guardian

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Predict Obama’s odds in the 2012 election | The Washington Post

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Electoral Map | CNN

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Facebook analysis of the election | CNN

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Election 2012 | Associated Press

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Amazon Election Heat Map 2012 | Amazon

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2012 US Presidential Election Map | ABC News

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Where Do You Fit? | PBS

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Predict a winner: Battleground states | L.A. Times

(interactive: Anthony Pesce | reporting: David Meeks, Mike Memoli, Kim Geiger | L.A. Times)

US presidential election 2012: the eve of battle | The Guardian

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Selecting the candidates | MSN News

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Electoral Vote Tracker | USA Today

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The 2012 General Election Races | Texas Tribune

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States of play | The Economist

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270 to win

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I Side With

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Vote Night

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Obama vs Romney: You decide | Fantom Sticker Album

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Some of the interactive graphics have already been featured here on Visual Loop’s weekly Interactive Inspiration:

Inside America’s ‘swing states’ | Al Jazeera

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Where Do Non-Tax Payers Live? | Applied Visual Analytics

(Seen on Tableau Viz of the day; original here)

2012 Presidential Campaign Finance Explorer | The Washington Post

(graphic: Jason Bartz, T.W. Farnam, Sisi Wei and Karen Yourish | The Washington Post)

US Election Predictions | Adam McCann

(Another one via Tableau Viz of the day.)

Campaign trail by the numbers| Financial Times

(developed by Ben Freese & Steve Bernard | Financial Times)

Key election battlegrounds | Financial Times

(edition: Emily Cadman and Martin Stabe; development: Steve Bernard | Financial Times)

Presidential campaign stops: Who’s going where | Washington Post

(graphic: Emily Chow, Ted Mellnik, Karen Yourish | The Washington Post)

The Most Memorable GOP Convention Moments | Engaged

(image: DrasticData | Engaged)

At the Republican Convention, the Words Being Used | The New York Times

(image: Mike Bostock and Matthew Ericson | The New York Times)

Republicans in NYC | WNYC

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At the Democratic Convention, the Words Being Used | The New York Times

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Independent Spending Totals | New York Times

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The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory | New York Times

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Swing State Polls | New York Times

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The 2012 Money Race: Compare the Candidates | New York Times

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Political Moneyball | The Wall Street Journal

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State of the race | The Wall Street Journal

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Conventional Wisdom | The Wall Street Journal

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Build Your Own Election Map | The Wall Street Journal

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2012 Election Issues Map | Esri

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Behind the Issues | GOOD

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Se quiser ter acesso a mais infográficos sobre as eleições americanas, uma boa dica é o quadro no Pinterest que preparamos, já com mais de uma centena de visualizações.

E fique à vontade para sugerir outros infográficos que não estejam nesta compilação – é só deixar um comentário.