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.

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

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

Current Events Articles for 9/26

Economist

We will be discussing ideology, parties, and elections in October. Obviously the TEA Party is going to have an impact on these mid-term elections. This article discusses the impact of the TEA Party on the Delaware primary election to fill Joe Biden's vacant seat in the Senate.

New York Times

This article is a year old, but students find it interesting to see the conflict in a federal system. I bet you never thought of football players as employees protected by state law.......

The Boston Globe

This "article" is very short. I want you to know all of these questions. More importantly, I want you to think about how they might be examples of federalism.

The New Republic

This article if from The New Republic. This is a very liberal magazine. However, it is a good overview of the past two years and addresses the question of polling, which is a topic we are discussing soon.

Summer Current Events Articles

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/06/28/kagan_hearings_will_set_tone_for_midterm_elections/

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/06/28/brown_outpolls_kerry_obama/

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/06/28/senator_robert_c_byrd_92_was_longest_serving_us_senator/

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0623/The-McChrystal-Rolling-Stone-article-the-story-behind-the-story

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/07/05/26_flub_question_on_us_independence/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/us/06guns.html?_r=1&hp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063003801.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/29/AR2010062905209.html?sub=AR

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/12/3_political_seats_open_in_west_roxbury/

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/09/curb_on_gay_marriage_upended/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/12/AR2010071201655.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/us/politics/12whitman.html?ref=todayspaper

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/business/22regulate.html?_r=1&ref=politics

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/with-banking-question-everything/?src=mv&ref=business

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/education/21standards.html?bl

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/07/mass_legislatur.html?p1=News_links

http://www.economist.com/node/16541619?story_id=16541619

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/us/politics/28donate.html?_r=1&ref=politics

http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/08/05/federal_judge_strikes_down_calif_ban_on_gay_marriage/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/politics/06prop.html?ref=politics

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/08/06/kagan_heads_to_high_court/

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/08/14/protests_at_funerals_a_test_of_free_speech/

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/08/13/judge_keeps_gay_marriage_on_hold___for_now/

http://www.scotusblog.com/blog/2010/08/14/prop-8-who-speaks-for-california/

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/08/08/plans_for_new_mosques_drawing_protests_across_the_us/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/us/politics/28beck.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/08/28/running_hard_against_the_scott_brown_effect/?p1=News_links

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/us/politics/11stevens.html

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/09/04/patrick_holding_thin_lead_in_poll/

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/08/31/obama_to_honor_troops_as_iraq_combat_mission_ends/

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/09/04/urban_violence_rarely_a_campaign_focus/

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