Voting-Campaigns

this chart shows the percentage of young (18-29) voters who voted in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections based on race and ethnicity this chart shows the percentage of young (18-29) voters who voted in the 2002 and 2006 midterm elections based on race and ethnicity

Voting/Campaigns This website shows the top 25 representatives for Democrats and Republicans that have spent the most money on their campaigns. []

A map in the book shows that in every state women voted more for Democrats than for Republicans in the 2004 election. In many states the difference was by more than 4 points

This link shows the voter turn out from 1960-2010 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html media type="custom" key="12551950" This video gives some information about the role Super PACs are playing in the 2012 election.

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Evolution of Campaign Finance Laws

[|Political Parties Finance] This shows how much money each party raised and how they did it. If you click on the name of the party it will give you more details.

This graph from Magleby displays trends in presidential approval ratings during their years in office.

There is a good page showing Obama's general decrease in approval over the course of his term available [|here].

media type="youtube" key="dNcZwbnHaPI" height="315" width="560" This clip from ABC's "America This Morning" displays our bipartisan disapproval.

media type="youtube" key="xf4XL3eIjfg" height="315" width="560" This is a clip from the Political Communications Panel held by the Commonwealth Club of California. It gives some good information on how to cut through media "fluff" and really understand who is running for office.