Use the online resources below to locate information to inform your analysis of the presidential campaign as it applies to your assigned swing state.

Here is the New York Times article 5 Crucial Factors to Watch, Just 58 Days From the Election

If you need to print a PDF, you can do so below:


WIKI Info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

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General Election and Polling Websites

NOTE: Make sure you consider the political slant of each poll or site as you compare and contrast your resources.
2012 Election Central http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/
Wall Street Journal Election Website http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-politics-campaign.html
Rasmussen Daily polling information http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Gallup Poll http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
PPP http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/
Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/topics/fox-news-polls.htm
MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/ns/politics/t/nbc-politics-election-news-political-issues-events/#.UGmpJLCvLTo
CNN http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html
Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics
Poltico http://www.politico.com/p/2012-election/polls/president

Official Candidate Sites

http://www.barackobama.com/splash/choice?
http://www.mittromney.com/forms/welcome-0

Electoral Map

Interactive Electoral Map http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map
Up to date swing state polls http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/swing-state-polls
Information and Map about Electoral Map and Process http://www.270towin.com/

Debates

Brief Description http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9480462/US-Election-2012-guide-the-debates.html
Schedule of the 2012 presidential debates http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule/
Transcripts and other information of past and future presidential debates http://www.debates.org/
Los Angeles Times on the first presidential debate: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-nielsen-67-million-people-watch-first-obama-romney-debate-20121004,0,7322457.story

Ads and Messages

Barack's You Tube Page http://www.youtube.com/user/BarackObamadotcom
Romney's You Tube Page http://www.youtube.com/user/mittromney
Presidential Campaign Commercials from 1952 - 2012 http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/

Ballots

Information about Electoral College and Voting Process http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html
General State Ballot Information http://www.ballotpedia.org/
New state voting laws http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2011/09/new-state-voting-laws-barriers-to-the-ballot
Non-partisan report on how the new voting laws make it more difficult to vote http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/nosearch/voting_rights_laws_report.pdf

Money

Tracking TV campaign ads http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/track-presidential-campaign-ads-2012/
A tally of the money raised and spent by July 2012 http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/campaign-finance
Campaign contributions to the candidates http://www.fec.gov/disclosurep/pnational.do
Article on the state by state breakdown of presidential campaign spending http://www.ibtimes.com/state-state-breakdown-presidential-campaign-spending-reveals-surprises-782497

Critics

Liberal/Left/Democrat

Maureen Dowd
Frank Rich
Paul Krugman
Seymour M. Hersh
Nicholas Kristof
E.J. Dionne
Michael Arceneaux
Geoffrey Dunn
Jonathan Alter

See more at:
http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Columnists.htm

Conservative/Right/Republican

Jonah Goldberg
Peggy Noonan
Charles Krauthammer
George Will
Pat Buchanan
Steven Chapman
Ann Coulter
David Brooks

See more at:
http://townhall.com/columnists/

Pulitzer Prize winning columnists
Kathleen Parker
Eugene Robinson
Steven Pearlstein
David Leonhardt
Colbert I. King
Thomas Friedman
Maureen Dowd
William Raspberry

Learn about other Pulitzer Prize winners here:
http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat

The Socialist Viewpoint

http://socialistworker.org/2012/10/03/more-of-the-same-debate
http://socialistworker.org/2012/10/04/night-of-the-living-debate
http://socialistworker.org/2012/10/01/image-and-reality-in-election-2012

Comedy

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/419819/october-04-2012/obama-s-debate-apathy---pbs
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/419821/october-04-2012/mitt-s-socialist-rhetoric---body-language
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/419820/october-04-2012/chris-matthews--impotent-rage

Digital Media / Adobe Youth Voices Tie-In

Go HERE for additional resources relating to Ms. Conway's Digital Media Poster Project.

Teacher Resources

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/election-unit-part-3-the-campaign-strategy/
This is more of a resource for you guys, this is an Election lesson plan with ideas and additional resources/websites that you can look through.

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/follow-the-money-understanding-super-pac-spending/
Super pac financing…who’s behind it…looks like a very thorough lesson plan about super pacs