Thursday, October 14, 2010

Online Resources for the Election Prediction Assignment

Real Clear Politics gathers courses from a variety of media outlets and is a really good place to go to get quick polling data.

Here is a link to the CNN politics page. CNN is generally considered a "middle of the road" political source. So, keep that in mind when using it.

Here is a link to the Washington Post's campaigns section. They did list all the Democrats first in the competitive races. So, keep that in mind in terms of possible bias, etc.

Here is a link to the Washington Times election section. The Washington Times is considered the more conservative of the Washington, D.C. papers.

Here is a link to Fox News' electoral map. Remember, it is important to use all news sources to try to make an educated prediction.

This is a good place to get started for background on the ballot questions. However, you will need to look at newspapers and news website to get polling information.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Argument day podcasts: Snyder v. Phelps

Click here for a link to the lawyers summaries of their cases that they presented to the court yesterday, October 6, 2010 in the First Amendment case.

Click here if you would like a link to a list of all the coverage of the case.

Frontline Video from Class 10/7/2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Washington, D.C. Trip Information Meeting

We will be having an informational meeting about the trip to Washington, D.C. during February vacation on Wednesday, October 13 at 7:00 in Room 125.

If you would like to read more about the program online the address is http://closeup.org