vs.COM 280T: Special Topics - Political Communication
Political Websites & Other Useful Links

Politics in General

http://www.politics1.com/tn.htm - Politics 1 Tennessee
http://www.politics1.com/ - Politics 1 main site
http://www.fecinfo.com/ - Political money Line
http://www.opensecrets.org/ - "Your guide to money in elections."
http://politicalgraveyard.com/ - Political Graveyard (biographical information)
http://www.tennpolitics.com/ - Tennessee Politics (subscription required, but some free stuff)
http://www.politics.com/ - Politics.com (comprehensive political news and information source)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/campaign.html - Columbia Univeristy Campaigns and Elections research site
http://www.localvictory.com/index.html - How to win local elections -tips, articles, resources, reviews
http://politics1.com/news.htm - Comprehensive listing of political web links
http://www.campaignline.com - Campaigns and Elections magazine website.
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm - All the tools necessary to learn about politics and government.

Political Party/Sites

http://www.tngop.org - Tennessee Republican Party
http://www.tndp.org/ - Tennessee Democratic Party
http://www.democrats.org - Democratic National Committee
http://www.gop.org - Republican National Committee
http://www.gp.org/ - Green Party of the United States
http://www.lp.org/ - Libertarian Party of the United States
http://www.newparty.org/ - The New Party
http://www.progressivemajority.org/about/contact.asp - The Progressive Majority
http://www.yda.org/ - Young Democrats of America
http://www.youngrepublicans.com/ - Young Republicans of America
http://www.sumnerdems.org/ - Sumner County Democratic Party and Young Democrats
http://www.sumnergop.org/ - Sumner County Republican Party

Government

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election.htm - Tennessee Secretary of State
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/ - Tennessee State Library and Archives
http://www.tennessee.gov/ - Tennessee Government Website (aka: http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/)
http://www.state.tn.us/governor/ - Tennessee's Governor (Phil Bredesen)
http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/laws/laws.html - Tennessee state law, rules and constitution
http://198.187.128.12/tennessee/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0 - Tennessee Code Annotated
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/ - Tennessee General Assembly (with links to House, Senate)
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/billLookup.asp - Current TN Legislation Search Engine
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/Senate/Map/Sstate.htm - Map of State Senate Districts (Gallatin is in the 18th)
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/House/Map/Hstate.htm - Map of State House Districts (Gallatin is in the 44th & 45th)
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/bbonline.htm - Tennessee Blue Book - The "Manual" for TN Government
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/qualify/qu-ushs.pdf - Qualifications & steps for running for US Rep. in Tennessee
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/data/index.htm - Voter registration and turnout statistics in Tennessee

http://gordon.house.gov/ - US Rep Bart Gordon D-Murfreesboro (TN 6th District)
http://www.house.gov/ - United States House of Representatives
http://clerk.house.gov/ - Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives (lots of info on Conress)
http://www.firstgov.gov/ - The United States Government -this site has so much information, its amazing.
http://www.fec.gov/ - Federal Election Commission. Stats, rules and laws of federal campaigns..
http://www.fec.gov/pdf/candgui.pdf - Campaign Guide for Congressional Committees and Candidates

http://www.nga.org/ - National Governor's Association
http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/47000.html - Fedstats.gov - statistics by congressional district. For voter profiling.

Media/Media Research

http://www.tennessean.com - Tennessean   (required reading -Sunday "Issues" section political articles)
http://www.nashvillescene.com - Nashville Scene (required reading - political notes and articles)

http://www.cnn.com - Cable News Network
    http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/ - CNN's political section
    http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/ - CNN's election 2004 guide
http://www.gallatinnewsexaminer.com/ - Gallatin News Examiner
http://www.hendersonvillestarnews.com/ - Hendersonville Star-News
http://www.rctimes.com/ - Robertson County Times
http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/ - Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro)
http://www.herald-citizen.com/ - Herald-Citizen (Cookeville)
http://www.overtoncountynews.com/ - Overton County News (Livingston)
http://www.livingstonenterprise.net/ - Livingston Enterprise (Livingston)
http://smithvillereview.midsouthnews.com/ - The Smithville Review
http://reviewappeal.midsouthnews.com/ - The Review Appeal (Franklin)
http://www.refdesk.com/tn.html - Weblinks for all Tennessee newspapers
http://www.newschannel5.com/content/ - Channel 5 TV
http://www.campaignline.com/ - Campaigns and Elections Magazine
http://www.hillnews.com/ - Web site of The Hill -DC newspaper with focus on congress
http://www.rollcall.com/ - Roll Call another Capitol Hill newspaper

http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/ - Television News Archive at Vanderbilt University. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989. These special reports and periodic news broadcasts cover presidential press conferences and political campaign coverage.
http://www.ou.edu/pccenter/archive.htm- Political Communication Center at Oklahoma University holds a database of TV and radio political ads since 1985.
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/ - The 30 Second Candidate PBS examines how political ads are made.

Campaign Services

http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/47000.html - Fedstats.gov. US Govt statistics by state, district or county or city.
http://bbs.vcsnet.com/State.php4?TN - Voter Contact Serivices information by state (TN)
http://www.campaignline.com/politicalpages/index.cfm - The Political pages directory of campaign services -one stop shopping!
http://state.tn.us/sos/election/results/2002-11/us-house.pdf - November, 2002 election results for 6th district. (50% +1)
http://www.e-campaignsolutions.com/ICSMain/campaigns/default.htm - Internet Campaign Services -web site development

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