Full coverage of the candidates from the Washington Post.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Electoral College from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
This 2004 interview with Professor J. David Gillespie covers the role of third parties in American politics. Topics include constraints on third-party participation, media coverage of third parties, and specific third parties such as the Anti-Masonic Party of the early 1800s, the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party) from the early 1900s, and the Reform Party, which was founded by Ross Perot in the 1990s. From the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs. Annotation: Copyright 2007 by Librarians' Internet Index.












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