By Vote!!!
Price: $0.99
While watching the presidential debates, there are some times when you wish the candidates would just put on the gloves and fight it out for real. Luckily, Chair Studios has released an app called “Vote!!!” for smart phones, which allows you to pick either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama and then mercilessly beat up your opponent Mortal Kombat-style in a ring shaped like the debate floor.
Even though this sounds like a complete joke, the app actually keeps a running tally of the percentage of users who choose each candidate as their fighter, which serves as an interesting mini-poll. So far, Barack Obama is winning slightly with 51 percent. It seems that even in a videogame the public is somewhat split between the candidates.
The app also constantly tells users to make sure they’re registered and reminds them that they need to vote, so it has good intentions despite its humorous premise.
Polltracker
Price: Free
Polltracker gives up-to-date information on the average results of polls from places like Gallup and Rasmussen. The app is also customizeable, so users can add trackers of the national, state and even local contests that are most important to them to their favorites tab.
NY Times Election 2012
Price: Free
The New York Times app is the most comprehensive source for news, election guides, photos and videos related to the 2012 race. Unfortunately, a Times subscription is required to access all of the features. If you are already a paid user of the New York Times, this is the app for you. However, if you don’t want to sign up there are other options.
NBC Politics
Price: Free
If you’re looking for a free app that is sleek, informative and useful, this is the one for you. This app has a constantly updating news page with articles that are readable directly in the app. It also has a daily “tip sheet” tab, which gives the top quotes, tips, videos and stats about the election for that day. This is both entertaining and useful, and it is updated multiple times throughout the day.
