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	The 2008 Race to the White House http://www.gwu.edu/~action/P2008.html In 2008 there will be open races for both parties' presidential nominations. For the first time since 1952 a sitting president or vice president will not be a candidate for nomination of either major party.
	Political Information.com http://www.politicalinformation.com/ Political information.com provides a political search engine. It searches 4000 political and policy websites, with more being added.

History, Background and Information of Elections

	The 30 Second Candidate http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/ The history of political commercials. A PBS web site.

	American Political Prints, 1766-1876 http://loc.harpweek.com/ The Library of Congress collection has been catalogued and extensively annotated by Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. This catalog, which HarpWeek has the privilege of bringing to the public in electronic format, is an unmatched source of information on American political prints. Website visitors should be warned that several of the words, descriptions, and images in these 19th- century caricatures are considered racially offensive by today's standards. The materials are presented in order to give an accurate historical picture of American political prints in the19th century.

	Finding Precedent: Hayes vs. Tilden; The Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877 http://elections.harpweek.com/controversy.htm HarpWeek has created this Website, primarily from the pages of Harper's Weekly, as a public service to familiarize students and the general public with the historic events of the Electoral College controversy of 1876-1877.

	The Great Debate: The history http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm Televised history of the debates, 1960-2000

	Historic Debates http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/debateshistory.asp "Through the video clips, consider how political debates have evolved-both the candidates' approaches and the staging of these televised events-in the last decades. You will also investigate how specific moments in debate history have impacted elections.

	History of Presidential Elections Site http://www.historycentral.com/elections/index.html Provides the history of each Presidential election. We present both the popular and electoral votes in each election, as well as states won, issues in the election and turnout. We also provide a complete review of the 2004 election.

	The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercial, 1952-2004 http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/ A history of presidential campaign commercials. This is a fun and interesting site.

	The Presidential Elections 1860-1912 http://elections.harpweek.com This website has been compiled and prepared as a public service by Harp Week. It features cartoons from Harper's Weekly, especially by Thomas Nast, and from Vanity Fair, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Puck, and the Library of Congress Collection of American Political Prints: 1766-1876. In addition to explanations of each cartoon, the site contains biographies, explanations of the issues, campaign overviews, and other relevant information.

	Voter Turnout from 1945 to Date http://www.idea.int/vt/index.cfm The International IDEA Voter Turnout Website contains the most comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics available. Regularly updated, voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country, using both the number of registered voters and voting age population as indicators.

	The U.S. Electoral College http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/ The Office of the Federal Register coordinates the functions of the Electoral College on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, the States, the Congress, and the American People. We have assembled a variety of information and statistics on presidential elections, past and present:

Where Do You Stand


.	Advocates for Self-Government http://www.theadvocates.org At this site you can take the Internet political quiz.

The Issues, The Parties, and The Candidates


	Campaign Watch '08 - Video Library http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=/elements/2007/06/20/politics/ videoarchive2954680_1_videosection_page.shtml

	Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov/ This Directory has been prepared as a guidebook to locate and identify organizations and individuals at the state and national level who have a responsibility to disclose information on money in politics.

	The Commission on Presidential Debates http://www.debates.org/ Site for the organization, which was established in 1987, "to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners."

	Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections http://www.uselectionatlas.org/ 2008 provides information on the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election, including the very popular Electoral College Calculator and the 2008 Presidential Prediction Page.

	Democratic National Committee http://www.democrats.org The website for DNC provides news and events with regard to Democrats, Democratic Links and an archive in both English and Spanish.

	Election ’04 Comparison Engine http://www.pricegrabber.com/election2004.php “Comparison shop for the "perfect" candidate just like you would shop for a new DVD. Cool!” This is a new tool.

	Election 2008 http://www.electoral-vote.com/ This website is dedicated to tracking the electoral vote by examining the state-by-state polls. As new state polls are released, the maps, spreadsheets, tables, graphs, and movies will be updated. In the maps, the white states are essentially tossups and are subject to rapid fluctuations. The magic number needed to be elected is 270. Do not miss the animated map: http://electoral-vote.caida.org/ This is a Jack Hood web site.

	FactCheck.Org http://factcheck.org/ From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. "We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases."

	The Gallup Organization http://www.gallup.com This site contains links to polls, reports,and trends of public opinion conducted by The Gallup Organization.

	The Green Papers http://www.thegreenpapers.com/ Extensive coverage of primaries, caucuses, conventions, and the general election

	League of Women Voters http://www.lwv.org/ The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages theinformed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

	The Money Index http://www.fundrace.org/moneymap.php "See which Americans are supporting each candidate (by state, county and zip code)."

	The Nader Page http://www.nader.org/ This site offers a compilation of editorials, news releases and correspondence by Ralph Nader, his newsletter, the "Nader Letter: Banks and Consumers," and excerpts from David Bollier's Citizen Action and Other Big Ideas: A History of Ralph Nader and the Modern Consumer Movement.

	Opensecrets.org http://www.opensecrets.org The Center for Responsive Politics. Reviewed 19 Feb. 2002. The Center for Responsive Politics describes itself as~ "a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. " Opensecrets.org, the Center's Web site, provides information from the Federal Election Commission about campaign contributions to Congress, to the political parties and the presidential campaigns. The site may be navigated by tabs at the top of the web page, by search engines within the site, or by links to current issues. Everything is documented with citations and methodology. The mission statement, contact information, and funding sources are clearly noted. .Opensecrets.org is a goldmine of data on contributions in politics,helpful both for students writing papers and for avid followers of politics. Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002 Fourth Annual List RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) American Library Association

	Presidential Job Approval Ratings http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/data/presidential_approval.html Roper Center Site. This site compiles approval ratings from 5 polls. Historical information is available.

	Republican National Committee http://www.rnc.org A GOP directory and news.

	Voting and Elections http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Voting.shtml

Today's Election News

	ABC- Vote 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/page?id=3393725

	CBS http://www.cbsnews.com/

	CQ Politics http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5

	Inside Politics http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ Everything you want to know about politics.

	New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/

	NPR Politics http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1102 Election 2008: The Candidates http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12483251

	Washington Post's On Politics http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/elections/

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