Search engine for 2008 Elections - finding information related to the 2008 Presidential Election; print and electronic KU library resources; the majority of sources are freely accessible internet sites (selected based on quality, content, and non-partisanship); introductory sources and reference sources are included for finding background information on presidential elections, as well introductions to specific topics (campaign finance, media, and public opinion polls).
Unlike with national election, there is no one place that contains all the election results, you need to check them state by state. See the Department of Defense's web page of Secretary of States for all 50 states and some territories, each of these sites lists the official state results.
Interest more local? For those of you in Colorado registered as a Democrat or Republican you can go to the caucus on February 5th. Check out the Colorado State Publication's blog posting on the Colorado Caucus.
Background:
Voting & Elections (Lunch & Learn Series) - get registered, find out your elected officials, information, political parties and organizations in Colorado
Elections 2004 (State Dept.) - info, parties, calendar, poll sites...
'Elections' - looks at American political parties of the past, presidential inaugurations, images of presidents & first ladies, our first uniform election day, political cartoons by Pat Oliphant & Herbert Block (Herblock), the 1877 electoral commission created by Congress to resolve the disputed presidential election of 1876, the 19th & 24th amendments (ending the poll tax & giving women the right to vote), & the Nixon-Kennedy debates.
Getting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860 - politics in antebellum America; read about the presidential campaigns; check out campaign biographies of the candidates -- from William Harrison, Martin Van Buren, and James Birney to Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas; learn about the "second party system." (Institute of Museum and Library Services)
cinematic & interactive maps, and analysis, of the Presidential elections in the US from 1840-2004. This unique resource focuses on election data to the county level (rather than state), helping users understand the nuances of our electoral history. It allows for users to compare elections as well as recognize the significance of individual elections by geographic region, political party, voter turnout, voter demographics, and more in a stimulating, visual environment.
Candidates/campaign finance
Campaign Finance Reports and Data - Financial disclosure reports from Presidential and Congressional campaigns, political parties, and PACs.
A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 - Philip Lampi of the American Antiquarian Society with digitization by Tufts University. Provides state, county and city election results for federal, state, and local officials, 1787-1825. You can search by combinations of states, candidates, office titles, and dates.
U.S . Electoral College- historic from 1789-2000: candidates, electoral & popular votes, notes (NARA)
The US Process
Federal Election Commission - voter registration forms, summary financial information for federal campaigns and party finances
U.S. Electoral College - a variety of information and statistics on presidential elections, data from 1789+
'Vote: the Machinery of Democracy' - looks at the history & variety of voting methods in the U.S.: the voice vote, "party ticket" (paper ballots listing candidates from just one party), Australian ballot, voting equipment, voting reforms of the early 1900s, etc.(NMAH,SI)
Elections Around the World - elections, online political parties, Parliaments, electoral calendar and more
Parline - database for foreign elections monitoring - info on each country's governmental structure, each election result and the major parties involved with links to the organizations monitoring the elections. (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
the Voter Turnout project - elections from 1948 to the present and rates the overall fairness of each election with 1 being fairest and 14 being the worst
Open Secrets - from the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit US research group which tracks money in politics and its effect on elections
Unfluence - a web program that generates interactive network maps of state level political contribution data
Colorado
Elections Division - news, register to vote, voter information, finances, etc.
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