November 2, 2010 is election day in the USA.
There is some information about using Google Insights to prognosticate the outcome, compare candidates, and compare issues.

googleblog: googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/1 ...
google insights: google.com/insights/search/

techblorge: tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/ ...
slashdot: tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/ ...