This year, Proposition 14 was tested for the first time in California’s open primaries. The two candidates with the most votes were chosen regardless of party affiliation to compete in the November election. For the first time, candidates from the same major party will have to compete for votes in the general election.

New national polls are being released every other day, counting down until the Presidential election this November. But what do the numbers really mean for this year’s election efforts? How will Obama Approval Rating factor into the equation?

Jobs.  Jobs.  Jobs.  There is no doubt that the 2012 elections will be about the economy and jobs... from the Presidential election to the elections of Congress and various state elections.  And the heated debate of creating jobs is ratcheting up even more... a sign that this particular issue (this one issue) will be the focus of the attention this time around.

How do President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney compare on Twitter? The following infographic, current as of late May 2012, has the facts and figures to paint a vivid picture of the intersection between social media and electoral politics in 2012's presidential election: