Elections 2008 - Useful Links

Canadians following the U.S. Elections may find the following websites useful.

Candidates’ websites

• John McCain -- http://www.johnmccain.com/
• Barack Obama -- http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

Candidates’ Positions on Foreign Policy

• America.gov “Candidates on the Issues” -- http://uspolitics.america.gov/uspolitics/elections/issues.html#gallery-ional
• Council on Foreign Relations, “Issue Tracker” compares candidates’ views on foreign policy issues -- http://www.cfr.org/issue/publication_list.html?groupby=2&id=480&filter=30
• Council on Foreign Relations “Foreign Policy Advisers to the Candidates” –

Obama:  http://www.cfr.org/publication/16188/,
McCain:  http://www.cfr.org/publication/16194/foreign_policy_brain_trusts.html

Public Opinion Polling

• Pew Research Center, Election 08 polling -- http://pewresearch.org/topics/election'08/
• Pollster.com, compilation of polling data -- http://www.pollster.com/
• Real Clear Politics, compilation of polling data -- http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html
• Gallup Daily Tracking Poll -- http://www.gallup.com/poll/election2008.aspx
• Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll -- http://www.rasmussenreports.com/
• CQ Politics Poll Tracker, polling analysis -- http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/polltracker/2008/09/latest-statebystate-general-el-58.html

Political Analysis

• Real Clear Politics, compilation of editorials and analysis -- http://www.realclearpolitics.com/
• Congressional Quarterly politics page -- http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5
• The Cook Political Report -- http://www.cookpolitical.com/
• The Rothenberg Political Report -- http://www.rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/
• Politico.com -- http://www.politico.com/
• University of Virginia’s Center for Politics-- http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/

Political Blogs

• Chuck Todd, Political Director of NBC News:  http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
• Weekly Standard, The Blog:  http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/
• Right wing blogs: http://www.drudgereport.com/,  http://hotair.com/, http://www.amspec.org/index.asp, http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/, http://newsbusters.org/
• Left wing blog:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/, http://www.dailykos.com/, www.slate.com/ , www.moveon.org/,   http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
• Public Diplomacy blogs:  http://publicdiplomacy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/, http://publicdiplomacypressandblogreview.blogspot.com/, http://abuaardvark.typepad.com

Political Analysis

• Real Clear Politics, compilation of editorials and analysis -- http://www.realclearpolitics.com/
• Congressional Quarterly politics page -- http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5
• The Cook Political Report -- http://www.cookpolitical.com/
• The Rothenberg Political Report -- http://www.rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/
• Politico.com -- http://www.politico.com/
• University of Virginia’s Center for Politics-- http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/

Political Blogs

• Chuck Todd, Political Director of NBC News:  http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
• Weekly Standard, The Blog:  http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/
• Right wing blogs: http://www.drudgereport.com/,  http://hotair.com/, http://www.amspec.org/index.asp, http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/, http://newsbusters.org/
• Left wing blog:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/, http://www.dailykos.com/, www.slate.com/ , www.moveon.org/,   http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
• Public Diplomacy blogs:  http://publicdiplomacy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/, http://publicdiplomacypressandblogreview.blogspot.com/, http://abuaardvark.typepad.com

Political Donations

• Nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy. http://www.opensecrets.org/

Role of the Internet in the 2008 elections

• Pew report on the effect of the Internet http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/252/report_display.asp