The Electoral College and Vote Counts by State - Which states are important and why.

CNN's AllPolitics

C-Span's Election 2000 Coverage

PrimaryDiner.com - On-line primary election coverage

IowaPulse - A primer on the Iowa caucuses.

Gallup Polls and Press Releases - Polling information from one of the best known polling organizations.

Poll Vault - Summaries of poll reports from ABC News. (Their pun, not ours!)

Los Angeles Times Polling Reports - Results of L.A. Times political polls.

White House Polls - A composite look at polls about presidential contenders.

Congressional Election Polls - A composite look at polls on various congressional campaigns.

Cast Your Vote! - Grades 6-12 - This is an introduction to statistics from the Annenberg Center's collection of web lessons. Its basis is a look at political polls and their actual meanings. Written at an introductory level, it provides basic discussions of sampling, probability, and reporting error. A good background for any study of statistics or election polling.

Federal Election Commission Reports:

Financial Activity of Presidential Campaigns

PACronymns - The Federal Election Commission's guide to political action committees.

Institute on Money in State Politics - A web site that tracks political spending on state issues and races. Currently covers 1998 races; we assume others will be added.

Destination Democracy - A site from the Benton Foundation that explores the relationships between campaign funding and candidates stands on various issues. Extensive resources to help users make their own decisions.

Presidential Biographies - from the Internet Public Library

Biographies of current and past Presidents and members of Congress

Presidential Biographies and Portraits - from the White House web site.

Presidential Elections - 1896-1996 - The New York Times provides succinctly written summaries of a century of elections, offering some of the most interesting contests first. Each election includes a summary, photos, and a self-scoring quiz on the key facts.

Twentieth Century Sound Clips - Hear what they were talking about 75 years ago! These are very short sound clips from each of the presidents who served in the 20th century. Many of the clips are from campaign speeches. They show how political oratory has changed over the century. From Michigan State University.

Balloteers - This is an ongoing project from Onlineclass to track activities during the upcoming elections. Registration is required to participate.

Election 2000 Lesson Plans - from the PBS series The American President

Election Co-nection - An election simulation in which participants "design" their own candidates and let them participate in an election. This on-line activity includes lots of components to involve students.

The Freedom Channel - An independent project supported by The Freedom Forum, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and several commercial sponsors. Heavy emphasis on video clips.

Issues 2000 - Candidates on the Issues - Here's a site that maintains sound-bite-sized position statements of the various candidates on numerous issues. Many of these go back months or years, and their brevity often results in a lack of context. Useful nonetheless.

The League of Women Voters of the U.S.

Presidents on the Presidency - A lesson from the American President series that asks students to reflect on various presidents' comments and observations about the role of the presidency.

Project Vote Smart Youth Survey - A survey developed by Project Vote Smart, a non-partisan voter education project.