2008 BM5- Presentation Skills: US Presidential Election, Part 1

US Presidential Election, 2008

1. Electoral System and Polls

2. Election Blog

3. Helpful Links

4. Current Issues

4.1. Updated Electoral Map 4.2 US Foreign Policy 4.3 Health Care in the US 4.4 Issues Concerning Race in the US 4.5 US Defense Policy 4.6 Economic Policy 4.7 Science Policy 4.8 Environmental Policy

5. Media Coverage]]

5.1 US Newspapers 5.2 Newspaper Editorials 5.3 News Radio Stations 5.4 TV Stations 5.5 Podcasts 5.6 Ads 5.7 Fact Checking

6. Candidates for President and Vice-President

6.1 The Democratic Party 6.1.2 Democratic Party Candidates 6.1.2.3 Senator Barack Obama 6.1.2.4 Senator Joe Biden 6.2 The GOP 6.2.1 Republican Party Candidates 6.2.1.1 Senator John McCain 6.2.1.2 Alaska Governor Sarah Palin 6.3 Speeches 6.4 Debates and Parodies

7 Miscellaneous

7.1 Additional Political Videos 7.2 Political Satire 7.3 Movies about Elections

• Thurs. 12-14h (and Thurs. from 8-10 pm)
• A06 0-004
• Deidre Graydon

May 8th

• Election system: hanna & susanne
• Campaign financing: Sara and Ellen

May 15th

• Campaign financing/ lobbyists : thomas & chris
• Role of the media : friederieke & stella

May 22nd

• Barack Obama's image and the media coverage: Elena, Wiebke
• Economy: Martin & himself

May 29th

• Health Care: Sharif Bitar, Moritz Börnert

June 5th

• Race: Elsa und Valeska

June 12th

• Death penalty: Melanie Buettner
• Gun control: Andre Hesse

June 19th

• Iraq: Britta & Stefan

June 23rd

• Foreign Policy Darfur Stavroula: Jasmin

June 30th

• Environmental issues :
• Human rights: