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#Youth Vote 18-24 (Bastian Martens, Robert Stahlschmidt)

Revision as of 17:49, 20 October 2008

Since the course is full, no new students can be admitted.


US Presidential Election, 2008

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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

Assignment for Oct 22nd: 5-10 minute presentations on voting behavior and trends of particular demographic groups:

Please enter your topic and names (first and last, please) here

  1. Gender (Marc Fellmann, Britta Osterhus)
  2. Hispanic Americans (Josefine Baumann, Phillip Spilker)
  3. African Americans (Anja Breiler, Ina Horstmann)
  4. Youth Vote 18-24 (Bastian Martens, Robert Stahlschmidt)