ON ISSUES | DEBATES | FACT CHECKERS | NEWS FILTERS | CAND. PROFILES | MONEY | POLLS and more

ON THE ISSUES

• Presidential Voters Guide (PDF file) - Candidates answer 5 questions from the League of Women Voters. See also: Debates 101


• You Choose '08 on YouTube. See YouTube '08 On the Issues to watch and hear candidiates speak on the issues. Also see videos from each of the two major candidates.


• ProCon.org: Which candidate would make the best U.S. President? Read a simple, nonpartisan, pro-con presentation of the candidates and the issues.
• Council on Foreign Relations Campaign 2008: Track the candidates on foreign policy issues. See also Candidate Positions.
• Science Debate 2008: Candidates answer 14 questions about the state of U. S. science.
• Project Vote Smart: Find all presidential candidates (including minor and 3rd party) with biographical background, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and performance evaluations made by over 100 special interest groups.
• Which Candidates Agree with You?
  • Select a Candidate: Answer 15 questions and see how the candidates match up with your opinions on today's hot button issues. From Minnesota Public Radio.
  • Election 2008 Vote by Issue Quiz: Read candidate statements (no names) and mark whether you agree or disagree. From Online NewsHour and WBUR (PBS)
  • Glassbooth: Rate which 14 issues are important to you, then answer questions on those subjects. See how you compare to each candidate's views.

DEBATES

• President: Fri, September 26; Tues, October 7; Weds, October 15
• Vice President: Thurs, October 2
• Debates 101: Tips on watching debates by the League of Women Voters.
• Commission on Presidential Debates. The nonprofit, bipartisan group sponsors and produces the debates.
• Wikipedia has compiled a list of resources for all primary debates: Democratic and Republican.

FACT CHECKERS

• Factcheck.org: 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. From Annenberg Political Fact Check, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
• PolitiFact.com: Helps you find the truth in the presidential campaign. Reporters and researchers analyze the candidates' speeches, TV ads and interviews and determine whether the claims are accurate. From the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly

NEWS FILTERS

• Digg the Candidates - track the candidates' Digg activity in one place if you are a friend. The current presidential candidates were asked to participate by submitting news stories and videos - then registered readers vote on which ones they "digg" the most.
• Newstrust.net - find good journalism online from a non-profit, non-partisan social news network devoted to quality journalism. Find articles about Presidential Election 2008, Money in Politics, and sections on the candidates.
• RealClearPolitics: Election 2008 - Links to news articles, videos, polls. An independent political web site that culls and publishes commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass. It claims to be a trusted filter for anyone interested in politics.

CANDIDATE PROFILES by News Media

• NPR Election 2008 - including Candidates on the Issues, Secret Money Project, and more...
• PBS NewsHour Vote 2008 - videos, profiles and interviews of candidates, reporters' blog, health care forum
• CSPAN CampaignNetwork - featured coverage of candidates
• CNN - side-by-side comparison of candidates on the issues plus news stories, fundraising. Good coverage of results.
• Fox News - Election HQ - election coverage
• Meet the Press: Meet the Candidates - a collection of interviews with each candidate.
• New York Times Election 2008 Includes profiles, schedules, calendars, finances, and where candidates stand on the issues.
• Washington Post Campaign Toolbox
  Includes profiles, campaign finance, analysis of political video, live discussions with candidates, and more.

MONEY - CAMPAIGN FINANCE

• The Buying of the President 2008 - how money shapes presidential campaigns. Includes Disclosure Scorecard. From the Center for Public Integrity.
• CQMoneyLine - comprehensive, timely and objective campaign finance and lobbying information
• Grading State Disclosure - comprehensive assessment of state campaign finance disclosure laws and practices. Where does your state rank and why? From the Campaign Disclosure Project.
• Open Secrets.org - find who is giving money to campaigns and how the campaigns are spending that money. From the Center for Responsive Politics.
• Federal Election Commission - administers and enforces campaign finance laws. See fundraising by state. Search for donors by name, zip, employer, city.

OTHER

About the Election

• Wikipedia - Main Article

Polls

• The Art and Science of Polling - how much can we trust polls, and does polling affect the outcome of a race? KQED/FM Forum, Public Radio discussion, 55 min. 10/31/2008
• Fivethirtyeight.com: "Accumulates and analyzes polling and political data in a way that is informed, accurate and attractive"
• Rasmussen Reports: An independent polling company
• SurveyUSA: Poll results from this independent, non-partisan, full-service opinion research firm
• RealClearPolitics: List of results of many polls
• Wikipedia opinion polling for Presidential Election 2008: Opinion results from many polls.

Electoral Maps

• Predicting the Electoral Vote: from NPR/PBS
• 270toWin: Many ways to look at how our President is elected

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