INFORMATION RESOURCES
The 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections
OFFICIAL
- Federal election commission website
- Federal Election Commission Regulates Presidential Campaigns
- Foreign press center briefings on the elections
- Social media and the U.S. elections
- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission
- Presidential Elections in the United States - Congressional Research Service
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
- Learn about U.S. elections and voting
- RealClearPolitics: Polls
- Politics on Social Networking Sites a nationally representative phone survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
- 2012 election coverage from Foreign policy magazine: the politics of foreign policy
- “Super Tuesday”
- Monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players
HISTORY
The Living Room Candidate contains more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952 to 2008 as well as a comprehensive list of online resource, including 1996 campaign web-sites.
Vote: The Machinery of Democracy by Smithsonian Museum of National History looks at the history of voting methods in the United States, which are as varied as the individual states and their local election districts.
It explores how ballots and voting systems have evolved over the years as a response to political, social, and technological change, transforming the ways in which Americans vote.
THE CANDIDATES
DEBATES
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
- The Electoral College
- How the Electoral College functions
- Ejournal on the Electoral College
- U.S. Elections: the Electoral College (article)
- Electoral College Calculator
ELECTIONS AND SOCIETY
- Voting and Registration statistics
- Ejournal U.S.A.: Youth votes! The 2012 U.S. elections
- U.S. elections: women in politics
- U.S. elections: a diverse electorate
- U.S. elections media and campaigns
- Road to the White House Is Paved with Delegates
- 2012 U.S. Elections the First Influenced by “Super PACs”
U.S.A. ELECTIONS IN BRIEF
U.S.A. elections in brief is revised 2012 edition sketches the way primary and general elections work, not only the role of political parties, but also the nuts and bolts of voting machines and poll workers, opinion polls and campaign finance.
Also available as a PDF
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- U.S. elections: frequently asked questions
- What types of elections are held in the United States?
- What are the political conventions about?
- Glossary of U.S. election terms
- How raucous is the caucus?
- U.S. political parties: an ongoing evolution
- U.S. Federal Offices: Who Can Serve in Washington?
VIDEO CLIPS
- U.S. elections explained
- U.S. elections: the road to the white house
- U.S. elections: primaries
- U.S. elections: caucuses explained
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