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Elections 2004

Foreign Press Center Announcements
--09/29/04  Presidential Candidates Schedules - (Subject to Change)
--09/28/04  First Presidential Debate - Credentials and Filing Center Information
--09/27/04  Updated Information 2004 Presidential Debates
--09/21/04  Recommendations for Journalists Traveling to the United States to Cover the Campaigns and Elections
--08/27/04  The Battleground State Tours - Election 2004
--08/13/04  Commission on Presidential Debates Announces Moderators
--08/06/04  Media Accreditation Application for Presidential Debates
--06/17/04  Commission on Presidential Debates Announces Formats for 2004 Debates

Foreign Press Center Briefings
--10/12/04  What's at Stake in the November 2004 Elections; Mickey Edwards, Former U.S. Congressman and Member of the House Republican Leadership; Lecturer at Princeton U.; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/06/04  The Sleeping Giant: Still Asleep? ...The Role of the Electoral College in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election; Thomas H. Neale, Analyst in American National Government, Congressional Research Service (CRS); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/05/04  The 2004 Congressional Elections: Likely Outcome, Consequences for Governing; Thomas E. Mann, W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/27/04  The Republican National Convention; David A. Norcross, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2004 Republican National Convention; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--08/12/04  The 2004 Election - The Undecided Vote; Charlie Cook, Editor and Publisher of "The Cook Report" and Political Analyst for the "National Journal"; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/20/04  Religion in American Life and Politics; Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy and Public Policy, AEI; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/13/04  Preview of the Democratic National Convention; Governor Bill Richardson, Permanent Convention Chair, Democratic National Convention; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/16/04  The U.S. Economy in the Election Year and Its Impact on Global Markets; Steve Forbes, Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of "Forbes" Magazine; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/23/04  The League of Women Voters and the Youth Vote; Kay Maxwell, National President, League of Women Voters; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/20/04  U.S. Mayors, Issues in an Election Year, Part II; Mayor David Miller, Elkhart, Indiana; Mayor Bill Baarsma, Tacoma, Washington; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/13/04  The Media Credentialling Process for the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Summer 2004; Jerry Gallegos, Superintendent, House Press Gallery; Foreign Press Center ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/23/04  The Mayor's Views: Key Issues in The Election Year; Mayors James McClinton, Topeka; Neil Guiliano, Tempe; Loyd Neal, Corpus Christi; Alan Autry, Fresno; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/07/04  The New Hampshire Primary; Elected Official from New Hampshire; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/10/03  Campaign Finance Reform; Jan W. Baran, Esq., Election Law and Campaign Finance Expert; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/24/03  The District of Columbia Primary; Mark Plotkin, Political Commentator and Analyst for WTOP Radio; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Offiical Transcript
--11/14/03  The Primary and Caucus System in U.S. Elections; Curtis Gans, Director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/12/03  Overview of the 2004 Elections; Charles Cook, Editor and Publisher of the Cook Report and Political Analyst for the National Journal Group; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/12/03  Campaign 2004: How to Cover the Iowa Caucuses: January 19, 2004; Susan Ramsey and Representatives of the Greater Des Moines Partnership ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript

U.S. Election Process
-- Internet Sites
-- Congressional Research Reports
-- Other Reports
Campaign Finance
Caucuses and Primaries
Conventions
Debates
Voting
Electoral College

Political Parties/Candidates
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Third Parties
Contact Information for Candidates

Election Calendar
Calendar of Elections & Major Political Events
Direct Links to Calendars and Schedules of Presidential Candidates
State Primary Dates - Project Vote Smart

Polls
Political Resources - Polling Sources - Project Vote Smart
PollingReport.com
The Gallup Organization
The Polls, the Pundits, and the Elections of 2004 by John Zogby
Zogby International Special Report on the 2004 Presidential Election

Foreign Policy
A Republican Foreign Policy - Foreign Affairs, July/August 2004
Campaign 2004: Foreign Policy in the Presidential Election - Council on Foreign Relations
Campaign 2004: Foreign Policy in the Race for the Presidency, CFR, February 24, 2004
Foreign Economic Policy for the Next President - C. Fred Bergsten, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2004
Foreign Policy Magazine - Special Report: If I Were President....[March/April 2003]
Kerry Faces the World - The Atlantic Monthly, July-August 2004
Platform Positions - Electronic Journal, U.S. Department of State, IIP
Republican, Democratic Platforms Differ Sharply on Iraq, Afghanistan
The Role of Foreign Policy - A Council on Foreign Relations Panel Discussion, January 14, 2004
--  Foreign Policy for a Democratic President by Samuel R. Berger, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2004

Elections Trivia
How Did Republicans Pick the Elephant, and Democrats the Donkey, to Represent Their Parties?
Political Resources - Political Trivia - Project Vote Smart
President Elect - Trivia
Presidents of the United States - Trivia - University of Michigan

Congressional Elections
2004 Congressional Elections - USA Today
2004 Congressional Elections: Likely Outcome, Consequences for Governing - FPC Briefing
Congressional Elections - Thomas Mann, Electronic Journal, U.S. Dept. of State
Congressional Elections by John H. Aldrich
Congressional, State Elections Heat Up: Southern States Key in Senate Races - IIP, Dept. of State

Role of the Media
Media's Role in Elections: Telling the People "What's Going On"
Presidents in the Age of Television - from Dept. of State Electronic Journal "Guide to Election 2000
Recent Presidential Election Dramatizes Role of Media
TV Campaign Spots Important Part of Presidential Campaigns - from Dept. of State Electronic Journal
Television Primary Information Source for Most 2004 Voters
The Campaign Media Guide - July 2004
The Mass Media - Electronic Journal, U.S. Dept. of State, IIP
U.S. Radio and TV Stations Required to Give Candidates Equal Time - U.S. Dept. of State

Role of Minority Groups
African Americans and the 2004 U.S. Elections
Al Masry Could Be First Saudi-American Elected to U.S. Office
American Muslims Support Political Participation, Study Shows
Arab Americans and the 2004 U.S. Elections
Arab-Americans Claim Their Place at Republican Convention
Arab-Americans Honored During Democratic Convention in Boston
Arab-Americans, American Muslims Pump Up Political Influence
Minorities Key Players at Democratic National Convention
Minorities and the 2004 U.S. Elections
Muslim-Americans Launch Voter Registration Drives During Eid Al-Adha
No Single Set of Issues for U.S. Women Voters
The 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Politics and Civic Participation
U.S. Latino Vote Viewed as Crucial in 2004 Presidential Race
Women Voters Key in 2004 Presidential Election

Other Sites
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Dave Leip's site provides national election results & more
C-Span: 2004 Vote - information, links & some streaming video events
CNN - America Votes 2004
Democracy in Action: 2004 Race for the White House
Elections 2004 - University of Michigan Documents Center
Elections...the American Way - Library of Congress - candidates, party system & election process
FindLaw Legal News - Election 2004 coverage
George Washington University - Media: Covering the Campaign
MSN Slate Magazine - Campaign 2004
New York Times - Campaigns - articles on the candidates & events of the 2004 race
NewsBank - Presidential Campaign 2004
Politics1 - Presidency 2004 - one-stop shopping for information on the 2004 race
Project Vote Smart - directory of political candidates, calendar of events and useful links
The Cook Political Report - A Non-Partisan Analysis of Electoral Politics
The Use of Blogs in the 2004 Presidential Election.
U.S. Elections - U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs
WatchBlog - multiple-editor weblog broken up into three major political affiliations
Wayback Machine - collection of Election 2000 web sites from the past

  

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