Reporting on the Election

The Parties

Political Parties

• The official Democratic Party web site [http://www.democrats.org]
• Republican National Committee [http://www.rnc.org]
• Green Party [http://www.greens.org/na.html]
• Reform Party of the USA [http://www.reformparty.org]

And then we have...

• Labor Party [http://www.igc.org/lpa/]
  A new party attempting to break trade unions from the Democratic Party. Has won affiliation of several unions and locals. Membership is around 10,000. The LP has a democratic socialist orientation.
• Libertarian Party [http://www.lp.org]
  The official homepage of the national Libertarian Party.
• Natural Law Party: U.S.A. [http://www.natural-law.org]
  "The Natural Law Party was founded in April 1992 to 'bring the light of science into politics' " -- from the site
• Netlizard Campaign 2000 [http://www.netlizard.com/yourlaw/campaign2000.html]
  Contains links to various political parties and groups including the Libertarian Party, Reform party, Christian coalition, Human rights organizations and Environmental groups.
• For even more political parties of all kinds, try Google
  [http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/]

The Candidates

Presidential

• George W. Bush [http://www.georgewbush.com]
  Official presidential campaign site. Includes latest news and endorsements.
• Office of the Texas Governor [http://www.governor.state.tx.us]
  Official site of the Governor of Texas, George W. Bush.
• Al Gore 2000 [http://www.algore2000.com]
  Official website of Gore's campaign for president
• Office of the Vice President of the United States [http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OVP/]
  Official (non-campaign) home page of Al Gore.
• Lieberman, Joseph [http://www.senate.gov/~lieberman/]
  Official hompage of Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
• Pat Buchanan [http://www.buchananreform.com]
  Official site of the Reform Party's candidate.
• Ralph Nader's official site. [http://www.votenader.org]
  The Green Party candidate.

NJ Senate Race

• Bob Franks for US Senate [http://www.bobfranks.com]
  Republican Party candidate for US Senator from New Jersey.
• Jon Corzine for US Senate [http://www.votecorzine.org]
  Democratic Party candidate for US Senator from New Jersey.

Other Resources

Campaign Finances and Lobbying

• Common Cause 2000 [http://commoncause.org/campaign2000/]
  Tracks fundraising by political candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties. Includes general election legal and accounting compliance fund contributions ,and money transferred from Senate campaigns.
• Center for Responsive Politics [http://www.opensecrets.org]
  "The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. " -- from the site
• FECInfo [http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/]
  Non-partisan candidate and campaign finance site from the Federal Elections Commission. Searchable database of donors, recipients, lobbyists, and "soft money" sources.
• Federal Election Commission - Financial Disclosures [http://www.fec.gov/finance/finmenu.htm]
  Read the Financial Disclosures of candidates for federal office.
• New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission [http://www.elec.state.nj.us/camplob.htm]
  Campaign financing and lobbying statistics.
• Hoover Institution [http://www.campaignfinancesite.org]
  "The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace within Stanford University is a public policy research center devoted to advanced study of politics, economics, and political economy—both domestic and foreign—as well as international affairs." -- from the site

Local and Historical Data

• The New Jersey Legislative District Data Book. Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. Annual. [Dana Ref Desk #118]
• C.Q.'s Politics in America 2000: the 106th Congress, Philip D. Duncan and Brian Nutting, eds. Congressional Quarterly, 1999. [Dana Ref JK 1010 .P64]
• America Votes 23: a Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics. Richard M. Scammon, et al. CQ Press, 1999. [Dana Ref JK 1967 .A8]

Political Consulting Firms

• Tarrance Group Online Interesting site provided by a political consulting firm. The Homepage lists services provided to political campaigns.
• State Net: More statistics, more political consulting services.

Even More Great Sites

• Project Vote Smart [http://www.vote-smart.org]
  A supersite praised by American Libraries as "a free antidote to campaign snipe and hype."
• Policy.com [http://policy.com]
  A non-partisan site about public policy.
• League of Women Voters [http://lwv.org]
  Emphasizes the voter registration and background information about candidates.
• DemocracyNet [http://www.dnet.org]
  Sponsored by the League of Women Voters and several corporations.
• U.S. Census Bureau. [http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html]
  Emphasizes trends in registration and voting in different population groups rather than numbers from specific districts.
• Federal Election Commission - FEC [http://www.fec.gov]
  The independent agency in charge of regulating federal campaigns.

Meta Sites from the University Of Michigan

• Statistical Resources on the Web: Political Science [http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stpolisc.html]
• Political Science Resources [http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/polisci.html]
  Campaign finances, elections, lobby groups, public opinion, and so much more.