Cañada College Library's Recommended Sources for Presidential Election '08!
http://factcheck.org/
What are the candidates really saying? Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. According to their website, “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 center receives no money from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbyists or individuals. Flex your critical thinking and media literacy muscles by following the “recent postings” articles to watch how these journalists separate fact from fiction!
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/2008_Presidential_Election
Yahoo’s full coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election includes the latest news, audio, and video campaign coverage. Read opinions and editorials from various points of view. Track the latest polling and campaign finance data. Explore links to other ’08 election websites provided here.
http://www.fec.gov/
This is the home of the government’s Federal Election Commission. The FEC administers and enforces federal campaign finance laws. In addition to the laws and regulations, the site provides a Presidential Campaign Finance Map, enforcement matters, and campaign finance reports.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008
Really get into the nitty-gritty details of who’s giving money to whom here at the “Open Secrets” website produced by the non-partisan and nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics. “The Center’s work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.”
http://electionlawblog.org/
Prof. Rick Hasen (Loyola Law School, Los Angeles) maintains this extensive election law blog. This ‘Blawg’ (law blog!) covers ”the law of politics and the politics of law: election law, campaign finance, legislation, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and the Supreme Court nomination process.” Subscribe to blog updates. Note the links in the right-hand column to “Recent Newspaper and Magazine Commentaries.”
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/events.phtml?s=c
“2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions Chronologically” from the Green Papers blog discusses this year’s events in greater detail than you can imagine!
http://www.pollingreport.com/2008.htm
What do the polls say? Read polling information gathered by the Polling Report, an “independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08
What do they think of us overseas? Read how the U.S. 2008 Presidential Election news is covered by The Guardian (UK).
http://www.vote-smart.org/election_president.php
Here is Project Vote Smart’s guide to the 2008 Presidential Election. The guide includes explains the primary process. It provides the Presidential Primary dates for each state, explains the Electoral College and more.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/maps/
Find U.S. Presidential Election maps covering the years 1860 – 2000 and discover the percent of the popular vote and electoral vote distributions and totals for each election. Data presented by the University of Virginia Library.
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/
Research historical federal election statistics here: "Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories. These documents, out of print for many years, have been collected and scanned in a format to make them once again available to researchers and students."
Compiled by Evy Posamentier, Reference Librarian 12/1/07
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