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We the People Book Cover
We the People: A Concise Introduction to American Politics, 4/e
Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard University

Voting and Participation

Internet Exercises

Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/
Project Vote Smart is a non-profit organization devoted to increasing voter awareness. Enter in your zip code to find your local representatives. Research voting records and review how your representatives stand on various issues. Each listing includes contact information.

Project Vote Smart: Candidates & Elected Officials
http://www.vote-smart.org/ce/
Information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials, including President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislators.

Project Vote Smart: Congress Track
http://www.vote-smart.org/congresstrack/
A complete analysis of the current Congress. "Find out how candidates stood on issues before they were elected. Track the status of legislation as it works its way through Congress. Read the text or digest of a bill. Find out if a bill has had committee action; if it's scheduled for a hearing or a vote; and if your Congressperson is a cosponsor. Find out how your Congressperson voted on a bill, and more on the institution and workings of Congress."

Project Vote Smart: Government & Politics
http://www.vote-smart.org/other/
Data such as the text of state ballot measures, voter registration information, federal and state government information, and educational resources as well as links to thousands of political internet sites.

Project Vote Smart: State by State Guide to Politics
http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/states.phtml?style=
Information rich source or state politics.

Votes for Women (textual exhibit)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. The collection includes works from the libraries of other members and officers of the organization including: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Alice Stone Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Smith Miller, Mary A. Livermore.

Yahoo Guide to Political Organizations


Suggested Library of Congress Headings

Voting

Voting--United States

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Political Participation--United States

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