Election 2008
Rock the Vote -
Register to Vote
http://www.rockthevote.com/home.html
Barak Obama Campaign
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
2008 Democratic Platform (as reported in Atlantic
Monthly)
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/obamas_democratic_platform_inc.php
John McCain Campaign
2008 Republican Platform
http://www.gop.com/2008Platform/
Factcheck.org - Are they telling the truth? - Check the
Facts
Election 2008
Wiki - Loomis Chaffee School, CT
http://electionloomis.pbwiki.com/Election+of+2008%3A+Class+Wiki---Loomis+Chaffee
C-Span - Major resource on all things political.
C-Span Classroom
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/
Teacher/student resources for civics and U.S.
government.
Includes issues, ads, debates, polls and finances.
Political
Compass.org
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
The Political Compass
takes politics beyond merely left and right, and is widely used by educators
and the general public
Open Secrets.org
Presenting
political news, and the actual political positions of the parties and
candidates, as well as disclosing how much campaign money they have raised. The
site is maintained by the Center for Responsive Politics.
National Public Radio (NPR)
NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally
acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and
entertainment programming.
Ron Gunzberger's Politics 1
Includes political party info, the presidency, election issues and more.
Started by Ron Gunzberger, an attorney and former Attorney General of Florida,
who says the site is a non-partisan public service.
Christian Science Monitor.com
The Christian Science Monitor is a
well-respected international daily newspaper with excellent election coverage.
MTV Choose or Lose
http://think.mtv.com/Issues/politics/
Looks like a web site "under construction"
with appeals to a teenage crowd.
Candidate Match Game
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm
Take a stand on the issues and see which candidate
agrees with you.
USA Today has an electoral vote tracker
National Student/Parent Mock Election
http://www.nationalmockelection.org/
This site seeks to turn the sense of
powerlessness that keeps young Americans and their parents from going to the
polls into a sense of the power of participation in our democracy
NewsBank - Special Reports - 2008 Election
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