| American National Election Studies |
| Established in 1977 by the National Science Foundation, the American National Election Studies (ANES), provides important information about public opinion in the United States along with sophisticated election databases that will be useful to policy makers and social scientists. |
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| Annenberg Public Policy Center |
| By conducting and releasing research, staging conferences and hosting policy discussions, Annenberg scholars have addressed the role of communication in politics, adolescent behavior, child development, health care, civics and mental health, among other important arenas. Past reports and surveys are archived. |
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| CNN Election Center 2008 |
| CNN's Election website provides information on the primaries and the candidates with a nice section summarizing where they stand on the issues. Of particular note is the Debates page listing past and future debates with (in many cases) the ability to download video of the debates. |
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| CQ Politics |
| Excellent website with general information about American politics, including including factchecking, public opinion polls, and a presidential election map, as well as CQ's own political blogs. |
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| Declare Yourself |
| A site designed to encourage 18-29 year olds to register and vote, it allows you to complete and print voter registration forms for any state, download forms to request absentee ballots, find your polling place, and learn about the candidates; also includes multimedia. |
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| Democratic National Committee |
| The site is the home for the national party organization of the Democratic Party. The site reports on the party actitivies, contrasts Democrat and Republican views on issues, and provides opportunities to become involved in election campaigns. Historical information about the party is also available. |
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| FactCheck.org |
| FactCheck.Org from the Annenberg Public Policy Center aims to hold politicians accountable by researching the fact of their public statements. "We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases." |
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| Great Debate and Beyond |
| The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago presents a history of televised presidential debates beginning with the famous Kennedy Nixon debates in 1960. Online video is available for some of the debates. |
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| League of Women Voters of New York State |
| Links to government information, election information, advocacy and more. |
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| New York State Board of Elections |
| Information on how to register to vote (together with forms) in New York State, as well as election results, district maps and requirements for running for office. The deadline to register to vote in the November, 2008 election is Oct. 10. |
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| Project Vote Smart |
| Project Vote Smart is a "citizen's organization dedicated to serving all Americans with accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making." Putting in a 9-digit zip code will produce a list of names of all elected officials with detailed information about each one. Also searchable by candidate or official's name. |
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| Republican National Committee |
| The official Web site for the Republican Party contains the party agenda, links to speeches and press releases, campaign issues and news of party actitivies. Details are provided about various opportunities to become involved in the party campaigns. Historical information about the party and political cartoons are also available. |
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| The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008 |
| The American Museum of the Moving Image is providing television commercials for each presidential candidate from the years 1952 to 2008, along with an analysis of each major party, their advertising campaigns, and a map showing the results of each election. |
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