The American Past: Voting America - "Voting America examines the evolution of presidential politics in the United States across the span of history. The project offers a wide spectrum of cinematic and interactive visualizations of how Americans voted in presidential elections at the county level over the past 164 years. You can also find expert analysis and commentary videos that discuss some of the most interesting and significant trends in American political history." Created by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond.
Elections: The American Way. This site offers a concise history of voting and voter rights in the United States and covers a number of related topics with links to even more. Learn about political parties, what it takes to become President, explore historical voting issues, and more. From the Library of Congress.
Introduction to Federal Voting Rights Laws - Includes information about the Voting Rights Act and answers to frequently asked questions about voting. From the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Learn about Elections and Voting - A directory of mainly government information resources including links to state level election officials, historical election results, a lesson plan for educators, and election legislation.
Volunteering and Contributing to the Election Process - Government information on contributing money and goods as well as volunteering in the election process. Includes information specific to government workers as well.
Resources for Voters - The United States Election Assistance Commission serves as "the central resource for information about elections." Includes the National Mail Voter Registration Form.
C-SPAN's Campaign Network - Has video clips of the candidates, their ads as well as links to their official websites.
The Choice 2008 - "The Choice 2008 is a two-hour examination of the rich personal and political biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama that goes behind the headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America." From PBS Frontline.
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. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding."
Vote-411.org - Election Information from the League of Women Voters.
Yahoo News: 2008 Presidential Election - In addition to campaign news and video, this website includes links to a number of AP features including a summary on the issues for each candidate and a candidate tracker.
opensecrets.org: 2008 Presidential Election - Fundraising information on all the candidates with various demographic breakdowns. Includes links to information on congrssional races as well.
Presidential Campaign Finance - Allows you to search geographically and by name for donors, as well as giving total dollars raised for each candidate.
Political Parties - From Vote-Smart, this is a listing of political parties including links to their websites, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers.
FiveThirtyEight.com - If you like mathematics, Nate Silver has created a site for you. The goal of the website is to provide "the best possible objective assessment of the likely outcome of upcoming elections."
Pollster.com - Polls and polling for 2008 federal elections.
United States Election Projects - From George Mason University. "The United States Elections Project is an information source for the United States electoral system. The mission of the project is to provide timely and accurate election statistics, electoral laws, research reports, and other useful information regarding the United States electoral system."
Voter Turnout - National and state turnout rates for the eligible population from 1980-2008. These numbers are updated continually as new data become available.
Election Related Websites - Includes Links to every state's election website as well as polling and news sites.
Concerning President-Elect Barack Obama, Vice President-Elect Joe Biden, and the Next U.S. Government Administration
2008-2009 Presidential Transition (PresidentialTransition.gov) - Organizational Chart, Executive / Legislative / Judicial branches of government, Leadership Positions, Nominee Info, Appointee Info, Recordkeeping, Presidential Transition andInauguration, Other Resources / Related Websites, Common Abbreviations and Acronyms. Provided by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Change.gov - "The Official Website of the Office of the United States President-Elect." News, blog, agenda, appointments, job application information for those interested in possibly working for the next Presidential administration, and more.
GAO: Transition 2009 - "Following each presidential election, GAO serves as a resource to assist with the transition to a new Congress and administration. On this Web site, using its institutional knowledge and broad-based, nonpartisan work on matters across the government spectrum, GAO provides insight into, and recommendations for addressing, the nation’s major issues, risks and challenges. Also located throughout the site are key reports for further research, as well as contact information for and video messages from GAO experts." Sections include: Urgent Issues, Agency-by-Agency Issues, Management Challenges Across the Government, Major Cost-Saving Opportunities, Upcoming Reports on Major Issues, Long-Term Fiscal Outlook, and Working with GAO. Provided by the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO).
GSA: Presidential Transition - Laws and regulations concerning U.S. Presidential transitions, related information, and links to relevant U.S. Government websites. Provided by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
Plum Book: 2008 Edition - "Published by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform alternately after each Presidential election, the Plum Book lists over 7,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide."
Presidential Inaugural Committee - Includes the Inaugural Blog and links to related websites, including the Official Tourism Information website for Washington DC, Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, DC Presidential Inaugural Committee, Washington Metrorail Inaugural Page, and the U.S. Secret Service Inaugural Page
