Politics

Political communities are among the most active and prominent in the blogosphere. They have a strong influence on political discussions everywhere. We’ve worked to identify the most prominent bloggers in particular online political communities using ranking tools such as Technorati, Google, and Alexa. Of course, there’s always some subjectivity on who the “top” bloggers are in any community at any given moment, and we welcome feedback and opinions on who might be added or subtracted from our lists. We will also add new communities from time to time. Here are the text clouds for June 1, 2009.

U.S.-based Conservatives:

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Michelle Malkin, Instapundit, Hot Air, Powerline, Corner at National Review, Little Green Foootballs, Hugh Hewitt at Town Hall, The Volokh Conspiracy, and Free Republic.

U.S.-based Liberals:

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Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Think Progress, Crooks and Liars, Eschaton, Americablog, Raw Story, Firedoglake, and Hullabaloo.

UK Conservatives:

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Iain Dale’s Diary, Dizzy Thinks, Guido Fawkes, Conservative Home, Croydonian, Archbishop Cranmer, Burning our Money, Devil’s Kitchen, Tim Worstall, and James Cleverly.

UK Labour:

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Recess Monkey, Tom Watson MP, Kerron Cross, Bob Piper, Labour Home, Bloggers4Labour, Newer Labour, Chris Paul’s Labour of Love, Dave’s Part, and Luke Akehurst.

UK Liberal Democrats:

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, A Liberal Goes A Long Way, Quaequam, LibDem Voice, Peter Black AM, Liberal Burblings, Millennium Dome Elephant, Cicero’s Songs, Andy Mayer, and Love and Liberty.

UK Greens:

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Alice in Blogland, Sian Berry, Tom Chance, Transition Culture, Derek Wall, Jenny Jones, Gaian Economics, Paul Kingsnorth: Know Your Place, Peter Tatchell, and The Ecologist Blog.

US-based Political Moms:

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Moms Rising, The Soccer Mom Vote, Moms Speak Up, Mothertalkers, Pundit Mom, Mama Vote, Mothers Acting Up and The Political Voices of Women.

California-based Conservatives:

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Red County Riverside, OC Blog, Chron Watch America’s Cal Watch, California Conservative, Flash Report, Western Alliance, Katy Grimes, Roughstock Journal, and CA Political News.

California-based Liberals:

AIDS airport Arnold Assembly BART billion board Brown budget Burdick business california Californians case CDP City class colleges Commission Committee Community county couples Court Cox crisis current cuts decision Democratic Democrats Diego Director District economic elected election federal fight fiscal forward fundamental funding future Gay Government Governor health income issue law local Los majority marriage Mayor middle million money Newsom office Parks part party passed people percent Political poll poor Port position President Process Prop Proposition public race reason Republican Republicans right rights ruling run Sacramento San School Schwarzenegger Senate Services sex spending State students support Supreme suspect system tax taxes term Villaraigosa vote voters won work Year years

, California Progress Blog, The Bayne of Blog, California Majority Report, San Diego Politico, Sweet Melissa, and The Liberal OC.