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General Resources on Politics

CNN/ALL POLITICS -- All politics, all the time! USA-GOV -- Has a wide variety of U.S. government sources and information about agencies and government topics. NATIONAL ARCHIVES -- Images and analysis of the Constitution, and biographies of the Founding Fathers. POLITICAL RESOURCES ONLINE -- Touts itself as the source that candidates and political consultants turn to when they need political products and services. FACTCHECK.ORG -- A well respected and non-partisan site that fact check the most outrageous political claims. C-SPAN -- It doesn't get any more non-partisan than this.

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION -- Amazing resource when you need to know about campaign finance issues. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS -- If you can't trust the League of Women Voters as being a non-partisan resource for all things political, then who can you trust? PROJECT VOTE SMART -- Citizens of all political stripes coming together to defend democracy by providing nonpartisan information on candidates, elections, and issues. POLITICAL NEWS SITES -- A link with a wide variety of news sources that deal with politics.

Blogs (Left, Right, and Center)

Left	Center	Right
HUFFINGTON POST TALKING POINTS MEMO DAILY KOS CROOKS AND LIARS WONKETTE MEDIA MATTERS	POLITICO POLITICS 1 SWAMPLAND POLITICAL WIRE THE FIX ROLL CALL	RED STATE TOWNHALL NEWSBUSTERS MICHELLE MALKIN DRUDGE REPORT ANDREW SULLIVAN

Fun Stuff

POLITICAL CARTOONS -- A funny look at politics today through the eyes of political cartoonists. "HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES..." -- A site poking fun at political correctness. ELECTION DAY GAME -- Who says learning has to be boring? Play the Election Day Game. THE SPOOF -- As the name implies, this is a spoof web site that spoofs news in the headlines, especially political news. U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK -- Every time you click, the number changes. Also has news links. THE ONION -- Looks like a real news source, until you start reading their stories.

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY TEST -- Where do you fit? Take this typology quiz presented by the Pew Research Center. THE CAPITOL STEPS -- A Washington, D.C. group that satires all things political through music. THE COLBERT REPORT and THE DAILY SHOW -- Some of the most biting political satire on cable. THE NOSE ON YOUR FACE and PREVENT TRUTH DECAY -- Both are conservative sites poking fun at liberals from the Right. THE NATIONAL BUDGET SIMULATION -- How would you balance the federal budget? Be a budget hero through this simulation that gives you the tools to try. WORLD'S SMALLEST POLITICAL QUIZ -- Can your political identity really be determined by 10 questions? Of course not. But this quiz is still fun to take.

Branches of Government

	Legislative CONGRESS LINK - Helpful page in learning all there is to know about U.S. Congress. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and U.S. SENATE homepages. HOW DOES A BILL BECOME A LAW? -- A Congressional web page will walk you through the process. A CENTURY OF LAW MAKING -- U.S. Congressional documents and debate from 1774-1873.
	Executive PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES -- Link to a site listing (with links) all 13 presidential libraries. PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES -- Inaugural speeches, writings, and other selected documents on every President from Washington through George W. Bush. LIFE PORTRAITS -- Biographical and historical facts provided by C-SPAN about every U.S. President. See also the Library of Congress' collection BY POPULAR DEMAND. "I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR..." -- Photos, broadsides, and speeches from all the Presidential Inaugurations. PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS -- Johnson, Nixon and Clinton's legacy from The History Place. SOUNDS OF THE PRESIDENTS -- RealAudio speeches of dramatic moments from FDR to the present. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT -- Presentation about its history and functions.
	Judicial U.S. SUPREME COURT HOME PAGE -- Recent decisions, court documents, and general information. SUPREME COURT CASES -- Search a digital database by subject for important Supreme Court cases. U.S. CONSTITUTION NET -- FAQs, topics, debate, and documents. A good on-line resource. SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY -- A good multimedia history of the highest court in the nation.

U.S. Political Parties

These are the official web pages to the most well known U.S. political parties.

	AMERICA FIRST PARTY THE AMERICAN PARTY AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY		GREEN PARTY-USA LABOR PARTY (USA) LIBERTARIAN PARTY
	COMMUNIST PARTY, USA CONSTITUTION PARTY DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE		NATURAL LAW PARTY PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Additional Party Information

	DIRECTORY OF U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES - An excellent description of the major and minor parties in the U.S.
	ON THE ISSUES -- Provides information on the positions that both political parties and political leaders take. You can also take a quiz on political issues and party positions of the day HERE.
	PARTY QUIZ -- Which party do you belong to?

Helpful Research Links

	POLITICAL IDEOLOGY -- Click here for a list of links devoted entirely to ideology.
	ULTIMATE POLITICAL SCIENCE LINKS WEB PAGE -- Links to major associations, areas of studies, and resource links.
	POLITICAL IMAGES (FREE!) -- A wide collection of political history images that can be used free of copyright infringement.
	FEDERALIST PAPERS -- Read the Founding Fathers' views on federalism. This site also has a SEARCH index feature.
	GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS -- Wide variety of government documents at this digital library.
	USA STATISTICS IN BRIEF -- A summary of the findings of the latest Census including population statistics, demographics, employment, inflation and a host of other valuable information.

Polling

AP/IPSOS COOK/RT STRATEGIES DEMOCRACY CORPS DIAGEO/HOTLINE 538 GALLUP HARRIS MARIST

PEW RESEARCH POLLSTER.COM PUBLIC POLICY POLLING RASSMUSSEN SURVEY USA QUINNIPIAC ZOGBY

International Relations - General Resources

THE WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY -- A comprehensive list of topics and links to IR resources. COUNTRYWATCH.COM -- Providing country specific geopolitical intelligence (news, warnings, travel conditions, even maps) on each of the 192 countries of the world. THE IR THEORY KNOWLEDGE BASE -- General overview with brief summaries of the main theories used in IR.

FACTS ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND SECURITY TRENDS -- Hard facts on military spending, armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data. SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION GATEWAY -- Ready made search engine for sites, articles, etc. dealing with IR. COUNTRY INDICATORS FOR FOREIGN POLICY -- A site that evaluates risk assessment by gathering data (military, economic, political, diversity, etc) on individual countries. CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD -- The title says it all. FOREIGN AFFAIRS ONLINE -- A vast collection of links dived by topics of interest to students of international relations.

General Information on California Politics

CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT HOME PAGE -- Demographics, transportation, stat info, and gateway to the state government. ROUGH AND TUMBLE -- A current snapshot of California public policy and politics through news headlines. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL -- The critical source on California politics and policy. THE USUAL SUSPECTS -- San Francisco's political home page on elections, campaigns, and governance. CALIFORNIA BUDGET PROJECT -- Promotes budget policies favoring low and middle-income Californians.

CAPITOL MORNING REPORT -- Info on news conferences, meetings, fundraisers, campaign notes, appointments, lobbyist filings, etc. PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA -- Non-partisan research of the issues facing the state. STATE ASSEMBLY and STATE SENATE OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION -- Legislative Counsel's information on Assembly and Senate bills. LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS OFFICE -- Non-partisan analysis of state legislation, especially the budget.

California Campaigns and Elections

	VOTER INFORMATION -- Includes info on elections, campaign finance, and other tidbits provided by the Secretary of State's office.
	FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION -- Watchdog and enforcer of campaign, lobbying, and conflict of interest laws.
	CAL VOTER FOUNDATION -- Non-partisan org with election and campaign resources.

State Officials

GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ATTORNEY GENERAL SECRETARY OF STATE CONTROLLER

TREASURER STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

Political Science Organizations and Associations

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY NETWORK INTERNATIONAL ASSOC FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS MIDWEST POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

MINORITIES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE PEACE SCIENCE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OTHER POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Local College/University Political Science Programs

CSU MONTEREY CSU SACRAMENTO CSU SAN FRANCISCO

CSU SAN JOSE MILLS COLLEGE ST. MARY'S COLLEGE SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY

UC BERKELEY UC DAVIS UC SANTA CRUZ