POLITICAL WEB SITES

POLITICS1 a terrific clearing house for information about the presidency, parties, state races, issues and the like.

MAJOR NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES -

• DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

• REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

• REFORM PARTY OF AMERICA

PARTIES WITH NATIONWIDE BALLOT ACCESS AND/OR ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS -

• LIBERTARIAN PARTY

• GREEN PARTY

SITES WITH POLITICAL QUIZZES and CLASSIFICATIONS

• World's Smallest Political Quiz this is the best known of these

• The Party Matchmaker this is also of interest

• PEW CENTER for People and the Press Where Do You Fit?

SITES WITH INFORMATION ON ELECTIONS AND ELECTION RESULTS -

• Maps of Votes

• Elections and Electoral Process

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.

• Center for Public Integrity: Buying of the President 2008 gives personal and financial information on candidates and their respective campaign committees

• 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