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Useful sites for Political & Government PR

    This page is always being revised and may contain some outdated information. Most recent links are the list immediately following:
Rock The Vote
Public Opinion Polls
AlterNet
Voter.Com
CNN-AllPolitics
Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall
Vote for Me
Project Vote Smart - A Voter's Self Defense System
Public Agenda Online
Voting and Registration Data (U.S. Census Bureau)
Voter Information Services (VIS)
FECInfo Home Page
Kennedy School CaseWeb
National Budget Simulation Game
Poynter.org - Media News


Yahoo's directory is always a good place to find current sites of interest on a range of subjects. From this link you can branch out to other choices: Elections, Foreign Policy, Humor, Interest Groups, News & Media Organizations, Issues, Political Opinion, Web Directories, etc.

The Political Science Virtual Library at UConn introduces some of the political science resources that are available on the internet. Here, you will find information about departments of political science and research institutions. You will also find a way to access libraries, and other places to find information of interest to political scientists.

Project Vote Smart is self-described as a one-stop shop for political information on the World Wide Web. In addition to extensive information on political candidates and officials, they also collect data such as the text of state ballot measures, voter registration information, federal and state government information, and educational resources.

"Do-It-Yourself" politics. This is a good set of links from CapWeb, "The Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress," which you can use to jump from this site -- or you can start at the CapWeb site.

"Watchdog" links -- Organizations and media outlets that take a skeptical, often critical look at politics. You can jump from this link, or you can go to this site directly by clicking here.

The English Server is based in the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University, and offers over twenty thousand works, covering a wide range of interests.

Illinois Media links -- Broadcast and print media outlets across the state. Here are some unsorted current links:

You can launch an internet search for the topic of your choice from this page, by using the About.com search form below. Enter the search term in the box (or leave the box blank, to go to a Web page of general information on politics), and click the "Go" button. After your search, use your browser's "back" button to return to www.altonmiller.com


 



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