2004 Presidential Election - Directory of Online Resources

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Debates

Commission on Presidential Debates
"Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. The organization, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation..."

• Debate Transcripts
  "Transcripts of most presidential and vice presidential debates are available on this site. Several media and academic organizations also maintain tapes and transcripts of historic presidential debates."

CNN.com - America Votes 2004 - The Debates
Includes video and written transcript of each debate.

• October 13 Debate Transcript
• October 8 Debate Transcript
• September 30 Debate Transcript

Political Parties

Democratic National Committee

• 2004 Democratic National Convention
  July 26-29 Boston

Republican National Committee

• 2004 Republican National Convention
  August 30 - September 2 New York City

Green Party of the United States

Libertarian Party

Index of All American Political Parties
- D.C.'s Political Report

United States Elections 2004
"This publication provides an introductory overview of the American electoral process for people who are not familiar with U.S. election practices and traditions. For 'U.S. Elections 2004,' we have asked seven experts, mostly political scientists, to explain significant aspects of the upcoming elections to international audiences who may have different ways of electing their government.
- U.S. Dept. of State publication.

News & Analysis

CNN.com - Election 2004
Sections include: Presidential Race ; Campaign Buzz ; In The Field ; General Election ; Morning Grind ; The President ; CNN Election Express ; Campus Vibe.

New York Times: Times on the Trail
"A continually updated report from the campaign trail reported and edited by the Washington bureau of The Times and produced by NYTimes.com."

Arms Control Today
- Arms Control Association

• Campaign 2004 Special Section (January/February 2004)
  Sections include: The Politics of Arms Control ; Election 2004: The National Security Context ; Candidate Profiles.

CampaignSearch.com
"Search a database of keywords and topics from campaign-related Audio / Video content."

Congress.Org - Election 2004
- The League of Women Voters'

Declare Yourself
"...is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to energize and empower a new movement of young voters to participate in the 2004 presidential election."

E-Democracy.US
Election 2004 Information, News and Links.

FactCheck.org
"We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding."
- A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

FindLaw Legal News: Special Coverage: Election 2004
Sections include: News ; Commentary ; Election Law ; Cases ; Documents ; Web Sites ; Candidates.

Fundrace.org - Follow The Money
Sections include: Candidate Rankings ; Money Maps.

NPR - Politics

• The NPR Debate (January 6, 2004)
  "The Democratic presidential candidates participated in the only radio debate of the election season."
• The 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates
  A Series of Morning Edition Interviews with White House Hopefuls
• Political Shift in Arab-American Community Since 2000 (January 14, 2004)

PBS - Frontline - The Choice 2004 (October 2004)
Watch the Full Program Online
Companion website to the TV broadcast.
"Two men from the same background...but defined by two different wars and two very different views of America and its place in the world."
Sections include: What Makes A Good President? ; Interviews ; Links & Readings ; Teacher's Guide.

politicalweb.info - The 2004 US Presidential Election
A View From the Web
"This analysis of the 2004 candidate sites was conducted under the direction of Professors Steve Schneider and Kirsten Foot, by researchers affiliated with WebArchivist.org at the University of Washington and SUNY Institute of Technology."

Project Vote Smart - 2004 Presidential Candidates
Sections include: Current Elected Officials ; Current Candidates ; Issues and Legislation ; My State ; Voter Registration ; Political Resources.

Religion in the News
- The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College

• Religion and the 2004 Election
  A Special Supplement to Religion in the News, Fall 2003

See Also

AllPolitics
Daily news and polls from Time/CNN

American University Campaign Finance Website
"Our files are taken directly from the Federal Election Commission's website as soon as the FEC updates its files each month. Usually, files will be ready for downloading beginning the second or third day of each month...We continue to create our files in .dbf format for optimum flexibility. And now, to make file access faster, all files are compressed using PKZIP ."
- School of Communication, American University

Campaign Finance Information Center
"...is dedicated to helping journalists follow the campaign money trail -- on the national, state and local levels.

DemocracyNet (DNet)
"...is your premier public interest site for election information. Enter your zip code to find out who's running for offices on your ballot and where the candidates stand on issues you care about.
- The League of Women Voters'

Foreign Policy (FP)
Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Special Report: If I Were President... (March-April 2003)
  "George W. Bushís policies toward North Korea and Iraq are under fire, and public approval of his presidency is declining. Whatís the Democratic alternative?"
  Essays by Sen. John Edwards ; Sen. John Kerry ; Rep. Richard Gephardt ; Sen. Joseph Lieberman.

George Washington University - National Security Archive

• The Oliver North File: His Diaries, E-Mail, and Memos on the Kerry Report, Contras and Drugs
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 113, February 2004.
  "...directly contradict his criticisms yesterday [February 25, 2004] of Sen. John Kerry's 1988 Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee report on the ways that covert support for the Nicaraguan contras in the 1980s undermined the U.S. war on drugs."

MTV.com - Choose or Lose
"20 Million Loud" - Campaign to get 20 million young adults to vote in 2004.
Sections include: Headlines ; Voter101 ; Preelection ; Updates ; Their Heads ; Vote Smart.

PBS - Frontline - The Jesus Factor (April 2004)
"Examining George W. Bush's personal religious journey, its impact on his political career and presidency, and the growing influence of American's evangelical Christians."
Sections include: View the Full Program Online ; A President and His Faith ; America's Evangelicals ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Teacher's Guide.

US Census Bureau - Facts for Features - The 2004 Presidential Election
"To mark the start of the 2004 presidential election season, the Census Bureau has culled from previously released statistical reports the following facts:"
[Actually statistics from the 2000 presidential election.]