Links for following the 2012 elections

[Reposted from Mischiefs of Faction]

I recently did a talk for an Election Watchdog Workshop run by Investigative Reporters and Editors, during which I provided a list of recommended resources for following the fall campaigns. I figured I'd reproduce the list below. Please feel free to suggest any other good ones.

Campaign Resources

• Advertising - The Washington Post's Ad Tracker
• Candidate travel - Politico's Candidate Tracker and P2012
• Field office locations - Obama's and Romney's

Fundraising

• Federal races - Open Secrets
• State races -  Follow The Money

Voter Identification Laws

• National Conference on State Legislatures

Polling

• Pollster - Candidate matchups and job approval
• Real Clear Politics - Candidate matchups and job approval

Economic Indicators

• Bureau of Economic Analysis (GDP, RDI, etc.)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (Unemployment)
• RealtyTrac (Housing statistics - paid service for recent data)

Election Forecasts

• FiveThirtyEight (Nate Silver)
• Votamatic (Drew Linzer)
• Bread And Peace (Douglas Hibbs)
• Intrade's Electoral Map
• Frontloading HQ (Josh Putnam)
• Wonkblog (Ezra Klein)
• Crystal Ball (Larry Sabato)

(h/t to John Sides and Lynn Vavreck for some helpful suggestions)