Jim Tomlinson
Communication Studies 
Bloomsburg University

Political Communication/
Community
Leadership

                            

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Resources on this page were created as part of student 
projects in the Community Leadership class - 1998, and 
Political Communication class - 2000.

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A must see site, and an important organization:

 

 

 new.gif (2364 bytes)       Links to Presidential Candidate Websites   (Part of the BU Web Archive Project)

               [Dialogue of Democracy]

               Aids for running for office     (US House Majority Leader's office)

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                        this is a great site to look at info about how to run/manage a campaign

                All Politics   (just what it says - CNN and Time magazine)

                Better Campaigns    (non-profit organization) 

                pa.gif (10268 bytes)Campaign Contribution Information - Department of State - Pennsylvania 

                Campaign Contributions     (Federal Election Commission)

                Campaigns and Elections       (a political journal)

                Campaign Web Review   (internet journal of political campaigns -George Washington University's
                                                               Graduate School of Political Management)

                Capitol Hill News    (Washington "insider" newspaper)

                Cato Institute     

               Center for Civic Networking  (ways in which local governments are using the net)

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                crp_tiny.gif (3363 bytes)Center for Responsive Politics  

                Community On-Line  (Boulder, Colorado Internet Project - really interesting)

                Congressional Guide    (Internet guide to the US Congress)

                Council for Excellence in Government  

                CNN 

                CSPAN 

                 
                Has video and audio archives of candidates for the 2000 Presidential campaign

               dnkyNDlittle.gif (870 bytes)  Democratic Party of Pennsylvania     

                dnc_head_big.bmp (33854 bytes)Democratic National Committee  

               
                Pew Charitable Trust and the Graduate School of Political Management at GW University

                Democracy Network    (not a partisan group - but a voter info organization)

                Democracy Network for Pennsylvania   

                Electoral College Calculator      

                Electronic-Democracy Project   (voter information services)

                Freedom Channel 
                    new online video from political campaigns-Ads/links/news

                Gallup Organization Poll Data and Information 

                The Graduate School of Political Management 

              Hardball Logo        
		(5014 bytes)  at CNBC, hosted by Chris Matthews
                                                                    a must for Political Junkies

                JFKHarSchofGovt.bmp (83934 bytes)
           (this is a great site, just what would you expect from Harvard's JFK School of Govt)

                Intellectualcapital.com  This is an excellent resource site

                Kessler Freedman   home of "Penncen.com"

                LeaderAid     (resources for leaders)

                League of Women Voters  

                LibertyNet     (Philadelphia Community Network)

                LA Times 

               Lobbying Government Organizations  (this is an example of a "government relations firm" - it is one
                                   of the most well known in Harrisburg, and considered the fastest growing firm of
                                   its kind in Pennsylvania - W.A. Hawkins Corporation)

new.gif (2364 bytes)       MassPolitics.com  (Massachusetts Politics - Site created by politcal consultant Scott Blair -
                                                who was an undergraduate Poly Sci major at Bloomsburg Univ.)

                Mediation.com

                also visit the American Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Website

                Miocrosoft News      (yeah, they do the news too !)

                My GovAOL.bmp (153962 bytes)  
                (AOL political project website)

 

               

                  Lots of info

                Netline to Congress   (contacting congress by internet)

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                                (register, it is free - check out Cybertimes, Technology, and Political Points)

                PBS  (Newshour - great site for news) 

                Pew Research Group   (studies on the press and citizenship)

                Pennsylvania Cable Network   (our own version of CSPAN for Pennsylvania)

                Welcome to Politics1!  Great site for links and info

                  Check this out !!!!

                  Yeah, the GOP store Online !!!!!

                Political Points from the NY Times   (great links)

                Political Site of the Day 

                new site, lots of info/links

                Lots of info

                  Lots of info

                Are you a fan of "Politically Incorrect"???

                Polling Data in Pennsylvania - Millersville University Center for Politics

                Lots and lots of data

                Presidential Debates
    

                National Data going back to Truman !!1

               

               rplogo.bmp (55534 bytes)Reform Party

                rnc_logo.bmp (30054 bytes) Republican National Committee 

                eleNDlittle.gif (861 bytes) GOP 2000 (ads for campaign jobs, banner ads for your favorite candidate !!!)

                eleNDlittle.gif (861 bytes) Republican Party of Pennsylvania

                 eleNDlittle.gif (861 bytes)   Bloomsburg University College Republicans             

                Rollcall  (political journal)

                Roper polls-even international data

                Search Engine for Politics  

                 Speechwriting services on the web  

                The Vanishing Voter Harvard project to measure voter interest

                Votenet -site has excellent links, resources home of 
                                            "governet" software.

                Vote-Smart   (excellent site to learn about candidates and current elections)

                OnPolitics  At this Washington Post site, scroll
                            down to the bottom of the page to find the Campaign 2000 Video
                            search engine - select a candidate, and then view the video clip.

                WebWhiteBlue   (the Markle Foundation political campaign project for the internet)

                Whitehouse    (the official page and access for the office of the President)

                Whitehouse Library  (index of materials available from the Executive Office of the President)

                Women Vote  (site devoted the the influence of women in the electoral process )

                Zogby Public Opinion Research   (like the Gallup org, a great place to get information.

 

                                                                                                   
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