2008-09 MM Academic Discourse in Cultural Studies: The US Presidential Election 2008

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

You can find the video clip that explains how the presidential election works at:

Video: Electing a US President in Plain English http://commoncraft.com/store-item/election

Assignment for Oct 29th: 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. African Americans (Anja Breiler, Ina Horstmann)
2. Youth Vote 18-24 (Bastian Martens, Robert Stahlschmidt)
3. Voting behaviour of the Midwestern United States (Gerrit Petrowski)
4. Religion (Marion Rehmann, Nadine Lührs)
5. Education and voting behaviour (Nina Haßmann)
6. Senior citizens (Anna Kubik and Anna Doege)