USAToday.com's interactive election coverage

USAToday.com features a small election section nestled under the main story on the home page.

Included are a presidential poll tracker, electoral vote tracker, campaign finance tracker, campaign ad tracker and debate tracker.

Although most of these special features are Flash-driven interfaces similar to what can be found on countless other media websites, two in particluar are worth noting.

The campaign finance tracker lets you see how much each candidate (or party, or independent committee) has raised, and where the money is coming from by state, amount of donation, and occupation sector of donor. There is also an in-depth explanation of accounting rules and donation guidelines at the bottom. This page is pretty interesting and shows everything in a clear interface.

Another nice feature is the campaign ad tracker. It lets you watch the ad if it's a TV spot, and breaks down the content of the ad, including any rebuttals from the other side. It also links to more USA Today coverage of the ad and offers a poll on how accurate and effective readers think the ad is. I like this coverage, alth0ugh it needs to be updated more often as it's missing several from the last month.