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Citizenship, Elections & Issues: U.S. Presidential Election Resources
Non-partisan information on citizenship, voting, political issues and current elections.
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Campaigns & Elections
Professional and trade journal publishing news, advice and commentary for modern political campaigns.
Election Law Journal
Gale Academic OneFile: 2008-2011.
Quarterly professional law journal covering all legal issues concerning elections and voting rights.
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Full-text from 1994-present.
CNN Politics
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Wall Street Journal Politics and Policy
WSJ Politics & Policy Newsletter
New York Times: Washington News
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PBS Washington Week
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Electing a US President in Plain English
FactCheck.org Wire
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American Presidency Project
Contains 77,000+ documents related to the study of the Presidency. From the University of California, Santa Barbara.
BBC Special Projects: US Elections 2008
International coverage of US election.
C-SPAN
Coverage of public affairs events.
Cook Political Report: National
Weekly column from political analyst.
Election Assistance Commission
FactCheck.org
Nonpartisan voter advocacy aiming to reduce deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor factual accuracy of politicians words.
FiveThirtyEight
Electoral stats, polls and projections.
Polling Fundamentals
Tutorial offering simplified glimpse into fundamentals of public opinion polling from the Roper Center at Cornell University.
MyDebates on MySpace
Official online companion to the 2008 debates, with interactive quizzes on issues, statistics and ability to watch debates live online.
New York Times: Election 2008
NPR: Election 2008
Audio content and articles from national Public Radio.
OpenSecrets.org
Nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy.
PBS: Vote 2008
Pew Research Center: Election 2008
Extensive studies and survey data and reports.
Pew Research Center: Election 2012
The Living Room Candidate
Presidential campaign commercials 1952-2008.
Voting America: U.S. Politics 1840-2008
Cinematic and interactive visualizations of how Americans voted in presidential elections at the county level over the past 164 years.
Washington Post: OnPolitics Data Directory
Guide to public opinion data published on the Internet by nonpartisan organizations