Here are this week’s new additions to Intute. all of these have content on the US Elections.
This site was created by NPR programme Nightly Business Report to provide coverage of the 2008 American presidential election from an economic and business perspective. It offers access to to written analysis and blog entries covering the campaigns as well as video films of interviews with candidates, voters and commentators. There are links to other NPR sites offering information on electoral campaign finance and opinion polls ratings. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
National Annenberg Election Survey
The National Annenberg Election Survey (NAES) is a public opinion poll which surveys the political attitudes of Americans. It examines a wide range of areas including what Americans want from a president, their attitude towards specific political parties and themes. There is also strong coverage of attitudes and exposure to types of political communication and campaigning. Users can consult a large number of surveys and research reports from 2000 onwards from the website. These include materials relating to all American presidential elections and election campaigns since 2000.
Also an excellent site for historical research.
Get out the vote: campaigning for the US presidency
An online exhibition mounted by the Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, which provides free access to a wealth of digitised materials covering the historical development of presidential election campaigns from 1840-1960. It is particularly good at tracking changing political communication trends. It includes text plus images of political posters, leaflets, publicity materials and photographs.
Intute: Social Sciences features more resources on the 2008 US elections – just scroll past the Editor’s Choice selections to see the latest additions.
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