{"id":86846,"date":"2016-08-22T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=86846"},"modified":"2016-08-26T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T23:19:42","slug":"keep-up-with-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/keep-up-with-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Easy Ways to Keep up With the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 2016&#8217;s presidential election\u00a0in full swing, there&#8217;s a lot going on all the time. How is one supposed to keep up without having the news streaming 24\/7?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our guide to staying up-to-date on the latest happenings &#8212; \u00a0on your time. You\u2019ll have\u00a0a wealth of election knowledge after using these varied resources and you&#8217;ll\u00a0never not be in the know. #yourewelcome<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theskimm.com\/2016-election\" target=\"_blank\">theSkimm<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSubscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theskimm.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Skimm<\/a> AKA our favorite newsletter for important news delivered each morning to\u00a0your inbox. They cover the election daily and they even have a special election edition site where you can find everything from candidate platforms to a calendar of important events.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/us\/elections\/election-2016.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times Election 2016<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nStay in the loop on everything from how much money each candidate is spending to how they&#8217;re ranking in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/us\/elections\/polls.html\" target=\"_blank\">latest polls<\/a>. Each day the website has a list of things you need to know for the day from where they are currently campaigning to what quotes are going viral.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/tag\/elections-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight Election Podcasts<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nKeep up with what\u2019s going on by listening instead of watching or reading. The editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight brings us podcasts to help us be in the know &#8212; they\u2019re engaging and easy to listen to on your commute to work. They\u2019re also one of the most reliable when it comes to polls and numbers, so you\u2019ll always be on top of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.270towin.com\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Presidential Election Map<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nGet knowledgeable about how the electoral college works by playing around with the numbers. You can create your own 2016 election forecast and see just what states your candidates need to succeed on November 8th.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"With 2016's presidential election\u00a0in full swing, there's a lot going on all the time. How ...","author":114727,"featured_media":86852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/19131906\/IMG_9091-2.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/19131906\/IMG_9091-2.jpg","formated_date":"August 22, 2016","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#ffedc1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}