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2008 Presidential Election



Last Updated: April 18, 2008
This page is maintained by Jane Kessler.

Be an Informed Voter

The Presidential Field

Full coverage of the candidates from the Washington Post.

Project Vote Smart

Project Vote Smart, a citizen's organization, provides information about candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.

Alt-Press WatchAccessible to University at Albany users onlynew resource

Full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses. Provides a valuable soruce of viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge mainstream media coverage.

Custom NewspapersAccessible to University at Albany users onlynew resource

Full text of more than 95 U.S. and other, mostly British, English language newspapers. Get a view of U.S. elections and election issues from a non-U.S. perspective.

LexisNexis AcademicAccessible to University at Albany users onlynew resource

Full text articles from U.S. newspapers.

U.S. Electoral College

Frequently Asked Questions about the Electoral College from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Third Parties in American Politics: Rich History, Many Roles

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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Candidate Web Sites

John McCainnew resource

Barack Obamanew resource

Hilary Clintonnew resource

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Political Parties

Communist Party USAnew resource

Democratic Partynew resource

Green Partynew resource

Libertarian Partynew resource

Natural Law Partynew resource

Reform Partynew resource

Republican Partynew resource

Socialist Party USAnew resource

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Voter Registration

Rock the Votenew resource

Register to vote through Rock the Vote's web site. Rock the Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that coordinates voter registration drives, get-out-the-vote events, and voter education efforts to help young people take advantage of their right to vote.

Albany County Board of Electionsnew resource

Information on voter registration, absentee ballots, and polling locations.

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