Election 2008 Resources

Welcome to our second posting on Election resources! This post comes from Liya Deng, our Government Documents Librarian. She's put together some great resources. Did you know that YOU can find the following information in Government Documents?

According to the United States Constitution, a presidential election is to be held once every fourth year. The process of electing a President was set up in the United States Constitution. The 2008 Presidential Election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2008. As Election Day is closer, the library has set up a display for Elections 2008. Here are some government online resources about elections for voters and people who study elections.

USA.gov, the U.S. government's official web portal, has one section of Voting and Elections offering information about voter registration, contact elected officials, and volunteering and contributing to the election process, etc.
Voting and Elections at USA.gov

U. S. Department of State (DOS) provides a comprehensive list of links and articles on the 2008 Elections, including election process, election calendar, public opinion polls, role of the media, election trivia, and mainstream media blogs, etc.
2008 Elections at www.State.gov

Federal Election Commission (FEC) provides Presidential Campaign Finance data by state via Campaign Finance Maps.
Campaign Finance Map for Presidential Election at FEC.gov

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides information about 2008 presidential election, how electors vote, electoral college calculator, historical election results, and FAQS, etc.
2008 Presidential Election: U.S. Electoral College

There are some useful additional sites about the elections:
Project Vote Smart - directory of political candidates, calendar of events, voting records, interest group ratings, and issues and legislation.

Election Center 2008 - CNN Politics

Presidential Election 2008 - Yahoo News

Voting America United States Politics, 1840-2004 - cinematic & interactive maps, and analysis of the Presidential elections in the US from 1840-2004. This unique resource developed by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond focuses on election data to the county level.

Elections 2008 - a very comprehensive site listing elections resources by the University of Michigan Documents Center

In addition, the CQ Researcher database has several in-depth reports about campaign and elections.
CQ Researcher Reports:
Political Conventions 8/8/2008
Race and Politics 7/18/2008
Campaign Finance Reform 6/13/2008
Changing U.S. Electorate 5/30/2008
Women in Politics 3/21/2008
Electing the President 4/20/2007

Make sure you check back again next week for even more resources!