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Elections
We
have tried to give you a range of Web sites that deal with different
aspects of the election - from political parties, to campaign finance,
to media coverage, and more.
These links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians.
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Web
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Online Databases (RHC Students
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Books
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State Elections
Federal Elections
Political Information
State Elections
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League of Women
Voters
http://ca.lwv.org
The League of Women Voters of California is a nonprofit
organization of women and men that neither supports nor opposes candidates or political parties. The site provides voter
information and citizen education such as Easy Voter Guides in
multiple languages.
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder
http://lavote.net/VOTER/Voter_registration.cfm
Election calendar, how and where to register and registration
deadlines are provided.
Official
Voter Information Guide
http://voterguide.ss.ca.gov/
Online version of the printed guide that is sent in the mail.
The guide has information about voting and the propositions.
The voter guide also contains candidate statements. The
propositions are listed numerically. Click on a proposition,
and click on arguments and rebuttals for pro and con arguments.
Federal Elections top
Presidential
Election 2008
Major Party
Candidates
Democratic
Party :
Democratic
National Committee
http://www.democrats.org/index.html
This is the DNC's Web site, with headlines and links to the party platform,
events, jobs, and news. Blog links, national local and
community links are provided.
Republican
Party :
Republican
National Committee
http://www.gop.com/
This is the 'Grand Old Party's' (GOP) Web site, featuring
information on issues, individuals and party history, access
to blogs and campaign party contacts.
Third party/Independent Candidates
Project Vote Smart
http://www.votesmart.org/election_president.php
Scroll down for list of presidential candidates, including third
party/independents.
OR
On the Issues
http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm
Political Information
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2008
Election ProCon.org
http://www.electionprocon.org/
ProCon.org is a (c)(3) nonprofit public charity that has
no government affiliations of any kind. Complete information on
all candidates and issues. Includes al party candidates as
well as candidates who have withdrawn from the race.
CNN
Election Center 2008
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/
Up to date news on primaries and delegates as well as current
candidate information.
Congress,org
http://www.congress.org/election/home/
Congress.org is a service of Capitol Advantage and Knowledge
LLC, private nonpartisan companies. Enter your zip code to get information
on local candidates, positions, and issues, and ballot measures.
FactCheck.org
http://www.factcheck.org
"We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 'consumer advocate' for voters
that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S.
politics. 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."
OpenSecrets.org
http://www.opensecrets.org/
S ponsored by the
Center for Responsive Politics - a non-partisan, non-profit research
group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and
its effect on elections and public policy.
PACRONYMS
http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/pacronyms/pacronyms.shtml
The Federal Election
Commission prepared "this alphabetical list of acronyms, abbreviations,
initials, and common names of federal political action
committees (PACs) was prepared to help researchers readily
identify committees when their full names are not disclosed on
campaign finance reports."
Political
Information
http://www.politicalinformation.com/
This search engine keeps tabs on over 5,000 Web sites
covering politics and policy, with links to campaigns, issues,
parties and more that are very current.
Politics1.com
http://www.politics1.com/
A current resource of comprehensive links to all the
presidential, gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and Congressional
candidates and political parties. This is an award winning
nonpartisan site that includes a calendar of primaries and their
results, links to sites on state races, and much more. It also
provides links to the sites of many interest groups with contrasting
positions on issue such as taxes, gun control, and free speech.
RealClearPolitics Poll Averages
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/
This nonpartisan Website offers up to date links to all major
polls conducted for 2008 election candidates, as well as presidential
polls and congressional approval polls.
Smart
Voter
http://www.smartvoter.org/
Nonpartisan election information offered by the League of Women
Voters. This excellent site allows individuals to find
election information for their specific location. Also
presents statewide issues and will be updated regularly.
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CQ Researcher
Published by CD Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly.
Contains reports on many current topics in the news. Search
under 'politics' or 'elections' or 'presidential elections' to find a listing of reports currently available in the database.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context
A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues.
Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine,
academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents,
statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
Pro & Con
Published by the Congressional Digest Corporation.
Indexes state and federal court debates as well as the Congressional
Digest. Click on 'Pro and Con' on left of the screen, then browse
reports of debates under 'Government and Politics' or search by
'elections' or another topic in the search field.
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The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books
Non-circulating:
California government and politics annual
Call number: Ref JK8701.C32 2004-05
Elections A to Z (CQ's
American government A to Z series)
Call number: Ref JK1976.M57 2008
Voting in America : a
reference handbook (Contemporary
world issues)
Call number: Ref JK1976.D53 2004
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Elections
State governments--United States
United States--Politics and government
Voting
Library
Catalog
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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo
College Library.
Articles
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The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The sample searches
and articles below are from the
ProQuest database. If you are viewing this
subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the
links below. To gain access if you are at home or off-campus,
first click here:
https://rioweb.riohondo.edu/library/. Input your student
ID number and password [your birthdate]. You will see a
list of all the online databases to which you have access. Click on ProQuest and enter the database. You may conduct your own
searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and
click on any of the links below:
Researched and evaluated by:
K. Bourgaize, Librarian 2/2000
last update: T. Shabelnik, Librarian 3/2010
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