2008 United States Presidential Election Resources for Students

Presidential Election Resources for Students, Parents and Teachers from The Trenton Public Schools
LAST UPDATED: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 MORE INFO COMING, CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY|
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PRESIDENT ELECT - BARACK OBAMA

Details of the History Making 2008 Presidential Race

Delegate Scorecard
Democrats		Republicans
Candidate	Delegates	Candidate	Delegates
~~Biden~~	0	~~Giuliani~~	0
~~Clinton~~	1926	~~Huckabee~~	275
~~Dodd~~	0	~~Hunter~~	0
~~Edwards~~	26	McCain*	1517
~~Kucinich~~	0	~~Paul~~	16
Obama*	2158	~~Romney~~	286
~~Richardson~~	0	~~Thompson~~	0
Total: 4036 Needed to win: 2018		Total 2380 Needed to win: 1191

Delegates "won" and "superdelegates" and pledged delegates. More info here. *NOMINEE

Why is the Donkey the Symbol of the Democrats and the Elephant the Symbol of the Republicans?

DEMOCRATIC PARTY WEBSITE

History of the Democratic Party

REPUBLICAN PARTY WEBSITE

History of the Republican Party

2008

November 4th: Presidential Election
How Does the Electoral College Work

2009

January 20th: Presidential Inauguration

RESOURCES

BrainPop Election '08

CNN Election Center 2008
(news, analysis, polls, more)

C-SPAN Classroom
(lesson plans, quizzes, resources)

ElectoralVote.Com
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
(map showing Electoral Vote by States)

FactCheck.Org
http://www.factcheck.org/
("aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics")

Library of Congress - Elections
(resources for both teachers and students)

New Jersey Division of Elections

Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org
("thousands of citizens (conservative and liberal alike) working together, spending endless hours researching the backgrounds and records of thousands of political candidates and elected officials to discover their voting records, campaign contributions, public statements, biographical data (including their work history) and evaluations of them generated by over 100 competing special interest groups")

Rock the Vote
http://www.rockthevote.com/home.php("political power for young people")