Government Election Portfolio
News Articles- Candidates and Issues
NewsBank- INFOhio resource (Select LOCAL titles) *Username and password needed from home.
Using NewsBank, you can search The Blade back further than you can at ToledoBlade.com.
Newspapers, Magazines and More- Mrs. Cline’s Web page (Try some of the local newspapers or TV stations)
http://genoaschools.net/Staff/pscline/Newspapers,%20Magazines%20and%20More.htm
Local Candidates
Ottawa County Board of Elections (Look for 2008 Candidates link)
http://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/OCBoardofElections/index2.htm
Lucas County Board of Elections
http://co.lucas.oh.us/Search.aspx?SearchString=candidates
Ohio Board of Elections Directory (Ohio Secretary of State)
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/boeDirectory.aspx
US Elections.com
Ohio Secretary of State Web Page
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/
State Issues on the ballot http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/candidates/candIssues.aspx
Party Platforms
Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party website at http://www.ohiodems.org/
Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party website at http://www.ohiogop.org/
The Green Party (Includes Democrat/Republican Views)
http://www.therealdifference.org/issues2.html
Party Platforms as adopted at 2008 Conventions
These are Adobe Acrobat Reader files/PDF files
State Issues on the Ballot
Ohio Secretary of State
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/candidates/candIssues.aspx
Smart Voter
http://www.smartvoter.org/2009/11/03/oh/state/issue/
Ballotpedia (Look for Ohio in the links)
Electoral Maps
270toWin
World Book Online *Username and password needed from home
http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/worldbook-advanced.asp
Hint: Search Electoral College 2000/ Electoral College 2004
Politics 101- Vote 2004 (Select your year to change the map)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/politics101/politics101_ecmap.html
Election Projection
http://www.electionprojection.com/index.php
Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/
NARA Federal Register- Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html
President Elect
http://www.presidentelect.org/
Vote from Abroad
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
University of Virginia
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/maps/
Electoral Maps.org
Political Cartoons
Political Cartoons.com
http://www.politicalcartoons.com/
Vote from Abroad
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2007/Info/political-humor.html
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2004/info/political-humor.html
Herblock’s History
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/fire.html
University of Southern Mississippi
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/aaec/
The Learning Page- Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_pcartoon.php
Thomas Nast Cartoon Portfolio- OSU
http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/portfolio.htm
HarpWeek
http://elections.harpweek.com/
Pritchett Cartoons- Archive
http://www.pritchettcartoons.com/archives.htm
Clay Bennett Archives
http://www.claybennett.com/archives.html
Presidential Election Coverage of the Candidates, Finance, etc.
CQ MoneyLine
http://moneyline.cq.com/pml/home.do
OpenSecrets.org
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp
The New York Times Election Guide 2008
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/finances/index.html
SourceWatch- Elections (U.S.)
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Elections_%28U.S.%29
Election Center 2008- CNN Politics
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/
Project Vote Smart
2008 Presidential Elections Biz
http://2008presidentialelections.biz/
SelectSmart.com- Comparison of Candidates
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008/comparethem.html
Ron Gunzburger's Politics1.com
http://www.politics1.com/p2008.htm
Federal Election Commission- Campaign Finance
Non-Partisan links for more information
Smart Voter: http://www.smartvoter.org/
C-Span Campaign Network: http://www.campaignnetwork.org/
Center for Responsive Politics: http://www.opensecrets.org/
VotingIndustry.com: http://votingindustry.com/
Factcheck.org: http://www.factcheck.org/
Polling Report: http://www.pollingreport.com/
Project Vote Smart: http://www.vote-smart.org/
Public Agenda Online: http://www.publicagenda.org/
Directory of U.S. Political Parties
Ron Gunzburger's Politics1.com
http://politics1.com/parties.htm
Electoral College
Online Encyclopedias *Username and password needed from home.
Try one of our online encyclopedias to search for information about the Electoral College.
NARA Federal Register- Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html
How Stuff Works
http://people.howstuffworks.com/question472.htm
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts- The Electoral College Debate
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/electoralcoll.htm
Vote from Abroad
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2004/info/electoral-college.html
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To see the Government links on Mr. Mathews Page, click here.
