Sector Solutions: US 2008 Presidential Election
     
futures index   Tracking 135,000 Articles per Month in US Election Sector
Winning campaigns earn an electorate position that is consistent and relevant to voter interests. Animated Event Radars of the US Presidential Election display changing associations of candidates Obama and McCain with key election issues.

The problem is information overload. Nowhere is this problem more pronounced than in regard to scanning a marketplace for relevant news and blog articles. The Presidential Election Sector is an example of a market where thousands of daily articles need to be scanned, filtered and patterned for possible election trends. Somewhere amongst these innumerable articles might be emerging issues that are invisible without advanced filtering and patterning tools.

The Iowa Futures Market chart to the left illustrates the perceived market probability of either a winning Obama or McCain candidacy.

Iowa Futures Market Chart of Obama (blue) and McCain (pink)
   
     

Event Radar Graphical Animation of US Presidential Election: JUL08-NOV08
   
election radar   Animated Event Radar Continually Tracks and Patterns Hundreds of Thousands of News & Blog Articles About Election Issues

One of the powerful News Patterns tools is Animated Event Radars. These radars produce animated graphical images that summarize hundreds of thousands of articles over many months of society activity. Patterns of interest can be further investigated by clicking through to the actual news and blog articles at a particular point in time. The resulting power enables an analyst to scan and track a great scope of election events in real-time.

In regard to presidential election trends, this Animated Event Radar shows the interaction of major issues with candidates Obama and McCain.