POLITICAL WEB SITES
POLITICS1
a terrific clearing house for information about the presidency,
parties, state races, issues and the like.
MAJOR NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES -
PARTIES WITH NATIONWIDE BALLOT ACCESS
AND/OR ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS -
SITES WITH POLITICAL QUIZZES and
CLASSIFICATIONS
SITES WITH INFORMATION ON ELECTIONS AND
ELECTION RESULTS -
WEBSITES FEATURING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN (list courtesy of the Dirksen Center for Congressional
Studies) -
Atlas
of U.S. Presidential Election provides historic
voting results from general elections of 1860-200, and
the 2000 Presidential primaries. Cover vote totals for
major party nominees, and the top 2 or 3 third party
nominees in each race. Colorful maps and graphs as well.
Ballot
Access News this site tracks attempts of third party
and independent candidates for various offices to secure
ballot access in the 50 states, including changes in
laws, court challenges, etc. Helps see which candidates
will and won't appear on each state's general election
ballot in 2004.
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Democracy in
Action: P2008 detailed info on all leading 2004
presidential candidates, plus large section devoted to
Bush administration. Pages take a long time to load, but
it is worth the wait - quite useful.
NHPrimary.com
a cooperative site from the folks at NH.com and the
Nashua Telegraph (an important New Hampshire newspaper).
A one-stop shop for keeping up with all developments in
crucial New Hampshire Primary
Project
Vote Smart: 2008 Presidential Candidates provides a
directory of candidates, with basic biographical
information, issue survey responses, calendar, links,
etc.
SelectSmart.com
Pick a candidate based on the issues - answer the
approximately 20 questions as best you can (thew choices
can be simplistic) and up will pop the candidate with
whom you most agree! Documented with votes and statements
that earned the candidates the scores they are given.
MISCELLANY -
Reuters
Political News Top political stories from Reuters and
other sources
Iowa
PULSE A website that tracks news relevant to the
Iowsa Caucuses
Des
Moines Register Major newspaper in Iowa, and does
polls and sponsors debates.
WMUR
Principal TN station in New Hampshire. Does polling and
sponsors debates
Manchester
Union-Leader Principal newspaper in New Hampshire.
Politically very conservative: endorsed Buchanan over
Bush in 1996