| Which candidate agrees with you?
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Project Vote Smart
Provides info about candidates and elected officials, including issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, and more |
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Election 2008 Vote by Issue Quiz
Read candidate statements (no names) and mark whether you agree or disagree. From Online NewsHour and WBUR (PBS) |
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Candidate Match Game II
See how candidates match your answers to 11 questions. From USA Today |
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LexisNexis Campaign 2008 News
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New York Times Election 2008 |
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2008 Presidential Election News
U.S. Politics Today, published by the IPD Group, indexes articles from online news sources, to provide current information regarding U.S. politics. Articles are edited before being included on the site.
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Polling the Nations
Questions and responses from polls by many organizations, 1980s to present. |
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FiveThirtyEight
Electoral projections, today's polls, electoral history, and more. |
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Pollster
Aggregator of polling data from many sources. |
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UW Professors on Politics: The blog
Opinions of UW faculty on political issues. View the list of UW experts
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| Campaign advertising, commercials, images, videos ... |
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C-SPAN's Campaign Network
Video of C-SPAN coverage, ads, candidate appearances, and interviews.
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Mixed Messages: Tracking Political Advertising
Political ads from the 2006-2008 elections. |
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You Choose (You Tube)
Video of debates, candidate appearances, ads, interviews, and response videos by You Tube users. Use the Google Elections Video Search to search video content for specific words, such as funds to boost economy.
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Past Convention Coverage: A History of Political Conventions
New York Times convention coverage from 1896 to 1996. |
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Historic Presidential campaign ads:
The Living Room Candidate (videos, 1952-2004),
EASE History (clips, 1952-2004)
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Historic Newspapers:
Los Angeles Times (1881-1985),
New York Times (1851-2004),
Chicago Defender (1910-1975), and
Wall Street Journal (1889-1989) |
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