Here is a site to learn about local candidates.

Look at what the Mabee Library has on voting and suffrage in the United States.

Measuring the Candidates

Here are some websites to look at this election season:

-One highly regarded website is factcheck.org.
Statistics used in speeches are analyzed for accuracy and the facts are posted.

-newsmeat.com allows to you to see who has been giving money to the candidates and the details.

-More resources: more links and politifact.com

The candidate's websites:

McCain's website

Obama’s website


Third party candidate websites:

Constitution Party nominee: Chuck Baldwin

Green Party nominee: Cynthia McKinney

Libertarian Party nominee: Bob Barr

Independant:
-Jackson Kirk Grimes
-Alan Keyes
-Frank Moore
-Ralph Nader
-Kelcey Wilson


There are several other presidential nominees- above are just a few.

Register to vote

A few resources at the Mabee:

Search the catalog for politics.

-Attack politics : negativity in presidential campaigns since 1960 / Emmett H. Buell Jr. and Lee Sigelman
Buell, Emmett H
WU Mabee New Book Shelf - JK524 .B785 2008



See you on November 4th!