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Politics is CNN's political site. It's heavy with news,
and also includes about two dozen discussion message boards for
public participation.
- SpeakOut.com
is a place for voters to cast their opinion, learn about issues
and find government-related sites.
- Smart
Voter is run by the League of Women Voters and offers
nonpartisan political information.
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The Political Insider offers everything for the political
junkie -- and more. The "daily briefing" is a roundup
of the best political news and opinion from around the Web (it's
posted here on our home page). The "newswire" scans
more than 1,500 sites around the clock. Or "search"
from a data-intense list that includes everything from "activists"
to "scandals" to "voting systems." Registered
users can also have the daily briefing e-mailed or faxed to them
each morning.
- Project
Vote Smart is a non-profit organization with a mission
to provide voters with accurate, non-partisan information about
all aspects of the political system by using technology and a
battery of interns to keep its site updated. Want to learn about
a ballot measure over wildlife investments in Louisiana? Or see
how your congressional representative voted on the latest defense
bill? Project Vote Smart is the place to go. It has an amazing
array of information that includes every one of the more than
100 people running for President, state office-holders and histories
of recent ballot measures by state.
- Politics
1
is a great site for political junkies as well as people just trying
to track down information about a specific candidate's race. Just
about everything having to do with politics and politicians can
be tracked from this site: it contains a comprehensive link to
presidential candidate Web sites and it offers quick information
on every state in the union, ranging from who's governor to who's
running for election. Politics1 also has an extensive list of
links to news organizations, political parties and issues identified
by their political leanings, making it one of the most popular
political sites on the net. Its Presidency 2000 section offers
a comprehensive list of major candidates' Web sites -- the official
ones as well as the unauthorized URLs -- and links to all minor
candidates via Project
Vote Smart.
- Politics
Online
was one of the first political Web sites on the net. Founder Phil
Noble has become a national spokesperson on Internet campaigning.
PoliticsOnline offers news headlines, but the real perks are the
Weekly Politicker, and NetPulse, a weekly newswire and bi-weekly
journal of politics and politicking on the Internet.
- Vote.com
is the brainchild of political bad boy Dick Morris, who says,
"I trust the voters a whole lot more than the politicians. I guess
I know the politicians too well." Morris, once President Clinton's
chief strategist and advisor, started Vote.com as a way to give
voters a voice in the public debate. Surfers to the site can "vote"
on various topics and those votes are forwarded to significant
decision-makers, such as the individual voter's congressional
representative, Senator and the President. Then, when a congressional
member votes on the issue, Vote.com e-mails those who have voted
their representative's decision on the issue. Before Election
Day, the site also e-mails report cards on elected officials back
to voters who cast "ballots" on the site. The site debates
non-political issues: who should be in the Hall of Fame, etc.
It's free and the claims to be neutral seem well founded (Morris
has handled campaigns for both Republican and Democrats). Vote.com
does a fairly good job of presenting both sides of controversial
issues.
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