Decision America 2008

A Pathfinder to the National Political Events
@ the Wimberly Library

FAU Official Debate Website:  http://wise.fau.edu/debates/

 

Resources

Candidate Websites
     Democrats
     Republicans
     Third Party
          Constitution Party
          Green Party
          Libertarian Party
          Party for Socialism and Liberation
          Prohibition Party
          Socialist Party USA
          Socialist Workers Party
          Unity08 Party
          Independents
     Florida Websites
     Other Sites
Databases
Magazines
Reference Works

all candidate information found on wikipedia

Candidate Websites
 

 

Democrats

Hillary Clinton   www.hillaryclinton.com

Mike Gravel 

Barack Obama       www.barackobama.com

Democratic National Committee   http://www.democrats.org

 

Republicans

Mike Huckabee   www.mikehuckabee.com

Alan Keyes    www.alankeyes.com

John McCain   www.johnmccain.com

Ron Paul    www.ronpaul2008.com

Republican National Committee   http://www.rnc.org

 

Third Party:

Constitution Party

Don J. Grundmann       http://www.truthusa.org/

Bryan Malatesta

Diane Beall Templin       http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=262155039

 

Green Party

Jesse Johnson       http://www.newmenu.org/jesse_johnson

Cynthia McKinney       http://www.runcynthiarun.org/

Kent Mesplay       http://www.mesplay.org/

Kat Swift       http://votekat.org//

 

Libertarian Party

Wayne Allyn       http://www.rootforamerica.com/

Barry Hess

Daniel Imperato       http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/

Bob Jackson       http://bobjackson.org/default.aspx

Mike Jingozian       http://www.resetamerica.com/main.html

Steve Kubby       http://www.kubby.com/

Alden Link       http://www.link-for-pres.org/

George Phillies       http://phillies2008.org/

Christine Smith       http://www.christinesmithforpresident.com/

 

Party for Socialism and Liberation

Gloria La Riva/Michael Prysner

 

Prohibition Party

Gene Amondson       http://www.geneamondson.com/

 

Socialist Party USA

Brian Moore/Stewart Alexander       http://www.votebrianmoore.com/

 

Socialist Workers Party

Roger Calero/Alyson Kennedy

 

Unity08 Party

No offical candidate

 

Independents

Steve Adams       www.PresidentAdams.com

Donald K. Allen

Blake Ashby       www.ashby2008.com

John Taylor Bowles

Don Cordell       http://www.doncordellforpresident.com/

Bill Doan III

Jon A. Greenspon       www.greenspon2008.com

Jack Grimes

Vincent S. Hamm

David Koch/Ken Goldstein      http://www.dave08.com/

Thomas J. Kozee Jr.

Brad Lord-Leutwyler

Michael Stephen Levinson

David J. Masters       http://www.politicalgateway.com/cand.php?id=741/

Charles T. Maxham       http://home.earthlink.net/~maxhamforpresident/

James H. McCall

Jerry Odom

Joe Schriner       joeonroad.html

Colleen Stevens/Kenneth Edward Fatula

Kelcey Brian Wilson       http://www.wilson2008.com/

 

Florida Websites

Broward County Supervisor of Elections     http://www.browardsoe.org

Florida College Democrats     http://www.collegedems.com/echapters/state.php?state=Fl

Florida Elections Commission    http://www.fec.state.fl.us/

Florida Legislature   http://www.leg.state.fl.us/ 

Just Vote     http://www.justvote.org/

League of Women Voters of Florida   http://www.lwvfla.org/

Palm Beach County Elections    http://pbcelections.org/

 

Other Sites

Campaigns and Elections Blog Directory   http://www.campaignsandelections.com/blogs/index.cfm

Federal Election Commission   http://www.fec.gov/

PBS Newshour Vote 2008     http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/lessonplans.html

Project Vote Smart     http://www.vote-smart.org

Rock the Vote     http://www.rockthevote.com

Rock the Vote Blog     http://blog.rockthevote.com

State!  Your Vote: The Student's Guide to Registering and Voting     http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=16738

St. Petersburg Times Election Coverage http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

U.S. Congress   http://thomas.loc.gov/

 
   
Databases
 

Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy

Almanac of American Politics | Full Text | Vendor: National Journal
Contents/Info: This Web edition includes detailed Congressional voting records, hard-to-find census data, current state district maps, up-to-date information on special election results, committee changes, election forecasts, primary results, and election previews.

CQ Public Affairs Collection  | 20th Century-present | Full Text 
Contents/Info: Provides in-depth reports on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, non-profit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas. Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headings, such as Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportation.

CQ Voting & Elections  | Full Text | 
Contents/Info: CQ Voting & Elections integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a powerful research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.

CQ Weekly  | 1983-present | Full Text | 
Contents/Info: Coverage of the U.S. Congress: including status of bills, votes and amendments, and floor and committee activity.

Gallup Brain | 1935-present | Full Text | Vendor: The Gallup Organization
Contents/Info: Includes answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. Also includes current Gallup Poll News Service articles that feature the latest in-depth poll analyses and replicas of news stories and press releases linked to the surveys.

National Journal  | Full Text | Vendor: National Journal Group Inc.
Contents/Info: The weekly on politics and government.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center | 2003-present | 
Contents/Info: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

PAIS International  | 1972-present |
Contents/Info: Consists of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.

Political Risk Yearbook Online  | Full Text |
Contents/Info: Offers Country Reports on 106 countries providing political and economic risk analysis.

Politics and International Relations: A SAGE Full-Text Collection  | Full Text | 1982-present |
It covers such subjects as General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies.

Social Sciences Full Text  | 1983-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: H. W. Wilson
Contents/Info:
 Subject areas include addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.

 
Magazines
 

 

Campaigns & Elections
Call Number: JK 1976  .C 33
Location: 2 East

Economist
Call Number: HG 11 .E 21  
Location: 2 East

The Nation
Call Number: AP2. N2
Location: 2 EWest

National Journal
Call Number: JK  1  .N 28
Location: 2 East

National Review
Call Number: AP   2  .N 3545
Location: 2 West

U.S. News & World Report
Call Number: JK  1  .U  65
Location: 2 East

 

Reference Works
 

 

Almanac of American Politics
Call Number: REF JK 271 .B 343
Location: 1 East, REFERENCE
Excellent study of current politicians and issues by State and district

Congressional Quarterly
Call Number: REF JK 1  .C 15   
Location: 1 East, REFERENCE
Weekly recounting of legislative news including the progress of bills, voting  records  and action taken on various issues 

Congressional Quarterly Almanac
Call Number: REF  JK  .C 663
Location: 1 East, REFERENCE
Annual compilation of the above

Current Biography
Call Number: REF CT 100 .C 8
Location: 1 East, REFERENCE
Our best biography 

Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Call Number: REF CD 3 .D 52
Location: 1 East, REFERENCE
Philosophical background of all of today's issues

 

 

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