• 2008 Election Timeline: Presidential Debates, Primaries and Caucuses
  An interactive calendar based upon information from the National Association of Secretaries of State (CQPolitics.com).
• The American Presidency
  Articles on the presidents, vice-presidents, and first ladies; the presidency; and American politics (Grolier Online).
• The American President
  An informative resource on the history of the presidency and the nature of contemporary policymaking, including biographies (the president, cabinet members, first ladies) and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration (University of Virginia).
• Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  Includes detailed national results for U.S. President in the general (November) presidential elections, as well as senatorial and gubernatorial election results.
• C-SPAN Congressional Information Center
  Directories of elected officials; important issues, recent votes, current legislation, and more.
• Campaign Finance Information Center
  Tracking of campaign finance on the national, state and local levels.
• Capitol Spotlight
  Includes news, key votes and bills, a glossary of congressional terms, directories, and more (C-SPAN and Congressional Quarterly).
• Center for American Women and Politics
  A university-based research, education and public service center (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey).
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
  This best-selling dictionary of political terms covers political institutions, concepts, leaders, and thinkers (Oxford Reference Online collection).
• Congress.Org
  Indudes congressional directories and a zip-code search for federal, state, and local elected officials.
  • Congress.Org Issues and Action
    Search bills and votes in Congress and proposed federal regulations by topic.
• Chicago Elections
  Local voter information (Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago).
• A Dictionary of Political Biography
  Covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century (from Oxford Reference Online).
• ElectionGuide
  Worldwide coverage of national-level elections (International Foundation for Election Systems).
• FactCheck.org: Annenberg Political Fact Check
  Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases (Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania).
• Federal Election Commission
  Includes financial information about U.S. candidates, parties and PACs.
• Foreign Governments
  Links to official sites of governments worldwide (Northwestern University).
• getvoting411.us
  US federal, state, and local elections offices on the Internet.
• Illinois State Board of Elections
  Campaign financial information, election and voting information, and Search for your Districts/Officials.
• Opensecrets.org
  Campaign finance data and news (Center for Responsive Politics).
• The Oxford Guide to the United States Government
  Authoritative information on the American Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court (Oxford Reference Online Collection).
• Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of United States Lobbyists
  (California State University, Chico).
• Political Database of the Americas
  Reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere.
• Politics1.com
  American politics, elections, candidates, and campaigns.
• Project Vote Smart
  Information on candidates and elected officials in the U.S., including voting records, campaign issue positions, backgrounds, and contact information. Use this site to indentify your federal and state government representatives by zip-code.
• Public Policy: Issues and Groups
  (Vanderbilt University)
• Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
  Comprehensive, independent information about federal enforcement, staffing, and spending (Syracuse University).
  
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