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ELECTION 2008

I. Background and general election information:

• Federal Election Commission
  Provides information about legal and regulatory rules relating to federal campaign finance issues
• Univ. of Michigan Documents Center: Elections 2008
  Presidential, congressional, state candidates documents
• U.S. Census Bureau: Voting and Registration
  Voting and registration statistics from population surveys
• Vote 411
  Sponsored by the League of Women Voters

II. Fact checking:

• FactCheck
  From the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, this website evaluates the accuarcy of campaign claims
• Politifact
  A project of the St. Petersburg Times and CQ, this site reviews claims made by candidates

III. Candidate Information:

• Map the Candidates
  Slate magazine uses Google Maps to trace the geography of the 2008 presidential campaign
• Project Vote Smart
  Provides extensive informaton about elected officials

IV. Technology and user-generated content:

• Tech President
  Group blog partnering with the New York Times and MSBNBC
• The 51st State: The State of Online
  Online article analysizes how candidates are using online tools
• Wiki the Vote
  An open, publicly edited encyclopedia of the 2008 elections
• YouTube: You Choose '08
  Includes videos of questions, candidate responses, and user-generated responses to the same questions asked of the candidates

V. Survey research and political polling

• American National Election Studies
  Data and reports about political participation and electoral behavior since 1948
• Pew Research Center
  Surveys and reports on many relevant trends
• Pollster
  Tracks, aggregates, and analyses political polls

VI. Money in politics

• Follow the Money
  Data about federal-level campaign finance contributions
• Open Secrets
  The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) supplies campaign finance information

This page maintained by Erica Bennett
Last update: January 28, 2008