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: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/searching-your-way-to-ballot-box.html
google insights: http://www.google.com/insights/search/

techblorge: http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2010/10/28/can-google-call-elections/
slashdot: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/31/1520249/Predicting-Election-Results-With-Google