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Election 2008


Biographical Information on the candidates
From Project Vote Smart
http://www.votesmart.org/election_president.php?dist=bio.php

Biographical Information on the candidates
From the Washington Post
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/

How the candidates stand on the issues
From the New York Times.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/issues/index.html#/context=index/issue=health

Compare Obama and McCain on the issues
From CNN
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/

PBS News Hour-  Vote by Issue 
This site gives you a chance to agree or disagree with candidates, and to see
which candidates share your views on the issues
http://www.votebyissue.org/election2008/q.aspx?q=5

Candidate Match Game
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm

Electoral College Map calculator- from CNN
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/

Electoral College Map calculator- from ABC News
http://www.abcnews.go.com/politics/vote2008

270towin.com
Another Electoral College Calculator
http://www.270towin.com/?gclid=CPXer6ru9JUCFQ8QagodRQp9iQ

National Archives site on the Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html

Factcheck.org- a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
A nonpartisan, nonprofit, resource for voters that  checks the factual accuracy of what is said by 
the candidates and their campaigns in  TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.  
Use this site to find out if what the candidates are saying is backed-up by facts... or not.
http://www.factcheck.org/

Living Room Candidate-  from the Museum of the Moving Image
Archive of viewable Presidential Campaign Commercials  from 1954-2008
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/


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