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This guide originally was designed to help participants in the Mock Convention monitor news, track public opinion, find information on candidates, retrieve data and articles, and perform other research in their study of the 2008 presidential election campaign. This site may be revised and updated frequently.
If you have suggestions, questions, or comments about this site, please contact Dick Grefe.
Convenient access to reliable news sources.
Online collections of survey results.
Respected sites for coverage of issues relating to the 2008 elections.
Databases which you can use to find newspaper and magazine articles.
Sources focusing on each state's recent political and electoral history.
Information on elected official and others.
Fairly current information on characteristics of each U.S. state's population and recent economic conditions.
Easy to use, state-by-state guide for college students who want to vote by absentee ballot.