This information is compiled solely for the educational use of the Curry College Community, and does not imply endorsement of any candidate or political party.

Levin Library Databases

• CQ Researcher
• Opposing Viewpoints

General Web sites and National Polls

• Democracy in Action: News Tracker (George Washington University): http://www.gwu.edu/~action/P2008.html
• Factcheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania): http://factcheck.org/
• MyDebates (Presidential Debates site from MySpace): http://www.myspace.com/mydebates
• Politifact.com (St. Petersburg Times/Congressional Quarterly): http://politifact.com
• Polling Repots.com: A collection of both non-partisan and partisan national polling reports http://www.pollingreport.com/2008.htm
• Politics1: http://www.politics1.com/p2008.htm
• Pros and Cons.org: http://2008electionprocon.org/
• Quinnipiac University Polling Institute: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x271.xml

Party and Candidate Information

• Official Website of the Democratic Party: http://www.democrats.org/
• Official Website of the Republican Party: http://www.rnc.org/
• Obama/Biden: http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
• McCain/Palin: http://www.johnmccain.com/convention.htm
• http://www.gop.com/
• Green Party of the United States: http://www.gp.org/index.php
• Libertarian Party: http://www.lp.org/

Voter Information: Know Your Rights

• ACLU voter Empowerment Cards:  http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/13067res20040909.html
• Can I Vote? (voter registration, eligibility): http://www.canivote.org/
• Election Laws:  www.electionlaws.com
• Project vote.org: www.projectvote.org
• United States Government:  www.USAsearch.gov (use keyword search for "election")

Opinion/Blogs

• Wifer.com:  http://www.wifr.com/2008election/misc/25993429.html
• Rasmussen Tracking Polls: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=76989.45

2008 Election and the Media

• News Bank: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/ Click on Presidential Election 2008
• ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/
• CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/
• Election Center 2008 (CNN): http://www.gwu.edu/~action/P2008.html
• CSPAN: http://www.c-span.org/Politics/
• Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/
• MSNBC Decision 08 Dashboard: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/
• MSNBC First Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
• PBS Frontline: The Choice 2008: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/view/
• The Real News Network (Independent World Television): http://therealnews.com/t/
• WGBH: http://www.wgbh.org/article?item_id=3789930
• Resources from YouTube
  • YouChoose (view the candidates and their issues): http://www.youtube.com/youchoose
  • CNN-YouTube Republican debate (pre-convention): http://www.youtube.com/republicandebate
  • CNN-YouTube Democratic debate (pre-convention): http://www.youtube.com/democraticdebate
• Newspapers:  For more news about the election from independent newspapers, see the Levin Library news databases. Examples include The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and The New York Times, just to mention a few.

United States Election History

• Women’s suffrage ( A chronology of women’s right to vote and to stand for election): http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm
• Voting Rights Act: http://www.votingrightsact.org/report/finalreport.pdf
• The 1965 Voting Rights Act: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_b.htm
• St Ambrose University's “Best Information on the Net” Hot Topics: http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/hot/elections.htm
• Levin Library resources on the history of presidential elections
• Levin Library resources on presidential candidates
• Levin Library resources on political parties

More Resources from the Levin Library

• Women for president : media bias in eight campaigns by Erika Falk. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
• Barack Obama. New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2007.
• The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream by Barack Obama. New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.
• Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance by Barack Obama. New York : Times Books, c1995.
• John McCain : American maverick. A & E Home Video, 2004.
• JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party by Sean J. Savage. Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.
• Anticipating madam president edited by Robert P. Watson, Ann Gordon. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2003.
• The difference "difference" makes : women and leadership edited by Deborah L. Rhode. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2003.
• Race and the rise of the Republican Party, 1848-1865 by James D. Bilotta. Philadelphia : Xlibris, c2002.
• The encyclopedia of the Republican Party ; The encyclopedia of the Democratic Party edited by George Thomas Kurian. Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, 1997.

Last updated: October 15, 2008.