Election 2008

Election 2008

Subject Headings and Keywords

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Subject Headings Keywords

Voting - - United States Voters
Participation in Politics “Voter participation”
Citizenship “2008 Election”
Democracy “2008 Campaign”
Political Ethics

Recent Acquisitions of Political, Government, Voting and Election Materials at the MCC Libraries

Choosing the president 2008 : a citizen's guide to the electoral process Guldin, Bob. Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2008.JK528 .C429 2008 [MCC only]

Clued in to politics : a critical thinking reader in American government Barbour, Christine, 1955- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, a Division of Congressional JK21 .B27 2007

Deliver the vote : a history of election fraud, an American political tradition-- 1742-2004 Campbell, Tracy, 1962- New York : Carroll & Graf, 2005.JK1994 .C36 2005

Election 2008 : a voter's guide Foer, Franklin.New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2007.JK526 2008 .E44 2007 [MCC only]

The executive branch Aberbach, Joel D.Oxford ; New York : University Press, c2005.Ref. JK501 .E94 2005

Is this any way to run a democratic election? Wayne, Stephen J. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2007.JK1967 .W38 2007 [MCC only]

The nightly news nightmare : television's coverage of U.S. presidential elections, 1988-2004 Farnsworth, Stephen J., 1961- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007.PN4888.P6 F37 2007

Parties, politics, and public policy in America Hetherington, Marc J., 1968-Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2007.JK2265 .H54 2007

Point, click, and vote : the future of Internet voting Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2004.JK1985 .A58 2004

Steal this vote : dirty elections and the rotten history of democracy in America Gumbel, Andrew.New York : Nation Books, c2005.JK1994 .G95 2005

Voting in America : a reference handbook DiClerico, Robert E. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.JK1976 .D53 2004

Databases

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EBSCO, Thomson/Gale, CQ Researcher, Opposing Viewpoints, Lexis-Nexis
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Websites

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Government, Politics, Ethics, Issues, Topics, Search Engines

Other Useful Websites

Many newspapers, journals, television and radio stations maintain websites with special links to news about 2008 election campaign. Here is a partial list:

Media

CNNPolitics.com Election Center 2008
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

Guardian Unlimited US Elections (UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/0,,2014926,00.html

NPR Election 2008
http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1102#/primaries/

Salon.Com Election ’08
http://www.salon.com/politics/election08/

N.Y. Times Topics Election Guide 2008
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/election/index.html

Government Organizations

Congress.org
Federal Election Commission
NARA US Electoral College


General Sites

Center for Voting and Democracy
http://www.fairvote.org/
On The Issues
http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm
Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org/
Race for the White House
http://www.opensecrets.org/races/index.asp