Difference between revisions of "US Presidential Election 2008: Helpful Links"

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• You can subscribe to a podcast that reviews the latest news in the presidential election.

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html

• How the US President is being elected

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_VQ8I7g6I

Statistics

• If you want to find out how different groups voted in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries- use the following link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/us/politics/04margins_graphic.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

• Federal Election Commission

"The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections." (http://www.fec.gov/about.shtml)

http://www.fec.gov/

People

• If you ever want to find information, articles, and important facts about famous people- use the following link:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/index.html

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774-Present)

http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

History

• New York History Net

http://www.nyhistory.com/links/repositories.htm

• New York State Archives

http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml