US Presidential Election 2008: Current Issues

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

Check here to see the latest polling results in this Election Map:

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2008/2008-election-map.html#/president-nprOvM/

Voter suppression (This site is in a wiki format and is trying to keep track of voter suppression)

http://www.votersuppression.org/page/Colorado%3A++El+Paso+County+Recorder+sends+misleading+flyer+to+college+president

Here is two quizzes designed to help Americans decide who to vote for: The site includes voters' answers to the questions. Although neither of them are scientific, they are interesting..

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/race_stats.php?race_id=13

http://www.wqad.com/Global/Link.asp?L=259460