PSCI 1101-200: Helpful Links

Class Power Point Presentations

August 30, 2007: Introduction to American Government and Politics September 4, 2007: Principles of American Government September 6, 2007: Princeiples of American Government, continued September 11, 2007: Constitutional Foundation September 13, 2007: Federalism September 18, 2007: The Constitution and Federalism September 20, 2007: Civil Liberties September 25, 2007: Civil Liberties, First Amendment Rights September 27, 2007: Civil LIberties, Personal and Procedural Rights October 4, 2007: Civil Rights October 9, 2007: Civil Rights and Congress October 11, 2007: Congress October 16, 2007: Congress, the Presidency and Executive Leadership October 18, 2007: The Presidency and Executive Leadership, continued October 23, 2007: The Presidency, continued October 25, 2007: The Presidency and the Bureaucracy November 1, 2007: The Bureaucracy and the Judiciary November 6, 2007: The Judiciary, continued November 13, 2007: Public Opinion and the Media November 15, 2007: The Media and American Politics November 27, 2007: Interest Groups in American Politics November 29, 2007: Interest Groups, Voting, and Elections December 4, 2007: Voting and Elections December 6, 2007: Presidential Elections and the Electoral College

Writing Resources
  - CU Writing Center http://www.colorado.edu/pwr/writingcenter.html

News Sources
  - BBC News  http://news.bbc.co.uk/
  - CNN  http://www.cnn.com/
  - Daily Camera  http://www.dailycamera.com/
  - Denver Post  http://www.denverpost.com/
  - International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/pages/index.php
  - National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/
  - Newslink   http://newslink.org/rpuradi.html
  - New York Times  http://www.nytimes.com/
  - Rocky Mountain News  http://www.rockymountainnews.com/
  - Washington Post  http://www.washingtonpost.com/

US Government Information
  - US Government documents, historic and contemporary, US Government Printing Office (GPO)
    http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
  - US Government information  http://www.usa.gov/

Congress
  - US House of Representatives  http://www.house.gov/
  - US Senate  http://www.senate.gov/
  - Biographical Directory of the US Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
  - C-SPAN  http://www.c-span.org/
  - Thomas, legislative information, Library of Congress http://thomas.loc.gov/
  - Maps of all congressional districts http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

Presidency
  - White House  http://www.whitehouse.gov/
  - American presidents, biographical information (C-SPAN) http://www.americanpresidents.org/
  - Presidential libraries http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/

US Supreme Court
  - US Supreme Court  http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
  - Federal judiciary  http://www.uscourts.gov/
  - Oral Arguments & Opinion Announcements http://www.oyez.org/

US Administration
  - US Cabinet Departments http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html
  - Directory of US government departments and agencies http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml

Voting and Elections
  - Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org) http://www.opensecrets.org/
  - Electoral College  http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html
  - Federal Election Commission  http://www.fec.gov/
  - Project Vote Smart  http://www.vote-smart.org/

Media Trends
  - Center for Media & Public Affairs  http://www.cmpa.com/
  - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press http://people-press.org/

Public Opinion
  - American National Election Studies  http://www.electionstudies.org/
  - Doonesbury Strawpoll  http://cgi.doonesbury.com/cgi-bin/view_poll.cgi
  - The Gallup Organization  http://www.gallup.com/
  - Polling Report  http://www.pollingreport.com/
  - Public Agenda  http://www.publicagenda.org/
  - The Roper Center http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/

Political Parties
  - Democratic National Committee  http://www.dnc.org/
  - Republican National Committee  http://www.rnc.org/
  - Minor Parties:
      American Party
      American Heritage Party
      American Independent Party
      American Nazi Party
      American Reform Party
      Christian Falangist Party
      Communist Party USA
      Constitution Party
      Constitution Action Party
      Democratic Socialists of America
      Family Values Party
      Freedom Socialist Party
      Green Party
      Independent American Party
      Labor Party
      Light Party
      Natural Law Party
      New Party
      New Union Party
      Peace and Freedom Party
      Prohibition Party
      Reform Party
      Socialist Party USA
      Socialist Action Party
      Socialist Equality Party
      Socialist Labor Party of America
      Southern Indepedence Party
      US Pacifist Party
      Veterans Party of America
      We the People Party
      Workers World Party