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Which Way Should I Vote?Library Workshop

Not sure who to vote for this November? Do the California propositions look confusing? This workshop will explore election resources available to you as a UCR student and on the Internet.

• California Ballot Pamphlet (Gov Pub CA Ref, C875 2008); online - http://www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov/
    From the California Secretary of State, includes a background of the propositions, and arguments on both sides.

• UCR Government Publications/Infomine - http://library.ucr.edu/?view=collections/govpub/elections.html

Not sure where to start?

Compare the candidates on the issues:

• From CNN - http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/index.html
• National Public Radio - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91822890
• New York Daily News, Issues-o-Meter - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/election2008/issuesometer/

Candidate Selector - fill out an online questionnaire to see what candidate best fits your philosophy:

• Vote Chooser - http://www.votechooser.com/
• Minnesota Public Radio - http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/poll.php?race_id=13

Official Websites:

• McCain/Palin - http://www.johnmccain.com/ 
• Obama/Biden Website - http://www.barackobama.com/

What they said - official records:

• Congressional Record (Senator's statements on the Senate floor) - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html

What they said - Fact Checking:

• FactCheck.org - http://www.factcheck.org/
• Truth-O-Meter ^tm, from PolitiFact - http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/ 

The horse race - for poll junkies:

• RealClearPolitics average - http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html
• Polling Report.com - http://www.pollingreport.com/

Electoral College Projections:

• RealClearPolitics - http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/
• FiveThirtyEight.com - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
• Electoral-Vote.com - http://www.electoral-vote.com/
• Election*Projection - http://www.electionprojection.com/index.shtml

Other Useful Sites:  

• Follow the money, from the Federal Elections Committee - http://www.fec.gov/
• Who contributed? - http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/
• Intrade ^tm the Prediction Market - http://www.intrade.com/jsp/intrade/trading/t_index.jsp?selConID=409933
• Iowa (Political Futures) Electronic Market - http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/markets/
• Where are the candidates? - http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/#campaign_trail

Websites for Red State fans:

• RealClearPolitics - http://realclearpolitics.com/
• Townhall.com - http://townhall.com/
• National Review Online - http://nationalreview.com/ 

Websites for Blue State fans:

• Glenn Greenwald @ Salon - http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
• Talking Points Memo - http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
• Wonkette - http://wonkette.com/