New York Times selective guide to political sites on the Internet

Political Institutions

• The White House
• The House of Representatives
• The Senate
  • Senate Republican Policy Committee
  • Hill Source,
  • House Whip's page includes House proceedings and an updated image of the floor
  • Senate Democratic Policy Committee
  • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

The Presidential Campaign

• General Information
  • WhiteHouse '96, from Avi Bass, a professor at Northern Illinois University
  • NetVote lists and reviews campaign links
  • Federal Election Commission data on campaign contributions
  • Federal Election Commission data in a more useful format, compiled by two former F.E.C. employees
  • Campaign finance information from American University
  • Commission on Presidential Debates
  • The Iowa Electronic Markets trade futures contracts based on the state of the race
  • The US Presidents Square-Deal list of the US Presidents
  
  
• Presidential Candidates
  Democrats
  • Clinton-Gore '96
  • Clinton '96
  • Whitehouse.gov,the official White House home page
  Republicans
  • Dole/Kemp '96 Online Campaign
  Other Parties
  • Harry Browne Libertarian Party
  • Ralph Nader Green Party (sort of); also see the unofficial site
  • Ross Perot Reform Party
  • John Hagelin Natural Law Party
  
  

  Parties & Persuasions

  • Democratic National Committee
  • Digital Democrats
  • Democrats Online
  • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
  • Republican National Committee
  • State Republican parties and candidates
  • Libertarian Party and Libertarian Web
  • Reform Party and United We Stand America of Ross Perot fame
  • The Green Parties of North America
  • Third Parties '96 a collaborative effort of alternative parties
  • Third Party Time? Harvard's Kennedy School of Government has analysis and links to other sources
  • Conservative Election Central from the Right Side of the Web
  • Information Headquarters for the Republican Primary
  • Turn Left: The home of liberalism on the web
  • The Right Side of the Web
  • Right on the Web Conservative views and links
  • The Christian Coalition
  • National Right to Life Coalition
  • National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
  • People for the American Way Progressive lobbying and activism (interesting information on the Religious Right in politics)
  • The Interfaith Alliance seeks to counter what it calls religious extremist influence in politics
  • American Israel Public Affairs Committee Pro-Israel lobby
  • The Feminist Majority
  • National Organization for Women
  • National Rifle Association
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • The John Birch Society
  • The Concord Coalition aims to eliminate the budget deficit
  • Web Active links to a variety of progressive activist causes
  
  

  General Guides

  • Project Vote Smart, a guide to candidates and issues, and its guide to the Presidential races
  • The Jefferson Project has a comprehensive set of political links
  • Countdown '96, a nonpartisan collection of pointers
  • Congressional votes by representative and subject from Congressional Quarterly
  • Congressional Quarterly's American Voter '96
  • campaign.96.com links to many state and local political offices and races
  • CapWeb's Guide to the U.S. Congress
  • Capitol Watch Online
  • Politics by the Numbers keeps records of and analyzes key Congressional votes
  • ElectNet offers information on Gubernatorial, Congressional, and Senate Races by state
  • Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank
  • The Marketplace of Political Ideas from the University of Houston
  • National Political Index links to varied political and government sites and services
  • The Gallup Poll
  • Rock the Vote seeks to get younger people involved in the political process
  • Choose or Loose from MTV
  • Forefront Connect, political information for women on the Web
  • Go Vote! from Lifetime Online and Women's Wire
  • Ballot Access News tracks efforts to get candidates on the ballot
  • Policy.com offers looks at major national issues from various perspectives
  • Political Site of the Day from Internet Publishing of Texas
  
  

  Political Media & Commentary

  • All Politics from Time and CNN
  • CBS Campaign '96
  • CNN's latest political news
  • C-Span Program schedules and announcement speeches
  • Decision '96 from NBC and the Microsoft Network
  • Citizens '96 Survival Guide from PBS
  • Election Connection from The Atlantic Monthly
  • eVote, with news and features, calls itself the "political network of record for the Internet
  • George is following the campaign online
  • Mother Jones's Mojo Wire is following the campaign, and has a database of top campaign contributors
  • The Netizen, Hotwired's take on the political scene
  • PoliticsNow, the merged result of PoliticsUSA and Election Line
  • Power the Vote from Ladies' Home Journal and the League of Women Voters
  • Publius aims to cover the election by covering the voters, not the candidates
  • Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper
  • The Skeleton Closet, a bipartisan listing of character allegations against the candidates

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