With the Presidential election coming up next month, let's see what we can find out about the candidates, the parties, and the election on the Internet. 

Politics USA is one of the most comprehensive campaign sites available. It provides up to the minute news on the national campaign from various newspaper sources. The Issues '96 section lets the user retrieve the views of specific candidates on specific issues. Timely poll data is offered as well as information on all the major candidates and parties. http://politicsusa.com/PoliticsUSA/issues/issues96.html.cgi

The RealCom National Politics and Personalities page offers links to almost every political party imaginable, including: Communist, Democratic, Green, Republican, Patriot, and Ross Perot's. http://www.rtis.com/nat/pol/

The Washington Weekly offers a Presidential Primaries Page that is organized by candidate within each party. For most candidates, there is biographical information, voting record, list of accomplishments or stands on key issues, and a connection to the candidate's home page. http://dolphin.gulf.net/Primaries.html

PBS Citizens '96 adds how the campaign affects real people in a selection of focus groups.http://www.pbs.org/citizens96/

PoliticsNow Front Page has a poll track, voter booth, and interactive biographies.http://www.politicsnow.com/

National Political Index has hourly political headlines, information on federal and state candidates, and ways of contacting federal, state, and local officials. http://www.politicalindex.com/

Dole campaign: http://www.dole96.org/

Clinton campaign: http://www.clinton96.org/cftop.html

Perot campaign: http://www.perot.org/

The Democratic National Committee: http://www.democrats.org

Hard-Q of the Week: 1996 Presidential Election, is where Americans ask in-depth questions of the 1996 candidates: http://www.wp.com/HARD-Q/

At the Commission on Presidential Debates' 1996 homepage, you will find the widest and most comprehensive range of information on the presidential debates anywhere. http://www.debates96.org/

Transcripts of Past Presidential Debates:http://www.netcapitol.com/history.htm

Register to vote on the Net! This unique program revolutionizes voter registration in the U.S.http://www.young-america.com/cgi-shl/dbml.exe?Template=/netvote/regform.dbm&State=MS

The 1996 Presidential Election page:http://www-scf.usc.edu/~maustin/politics/politics.html

The New York Times on the Web has an Issues '96 section: http://www.nytimes.com/issues

Capitol Newswire is the largest repository in the world of political and governmental news releases. http://www.global-villages.com/capitolnewswire

Election 96: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4409/

The Political Brief is a weekly newsletter summarizing the week that was in politics. To subscribe, send e-mail to: political.brief@cyber-guru.com

With the command: subscribe Email_Address FirstName LastName in the message body.  

You can join the 1996 Presidential Election Discussion List by sending the message "sub PRES161 your name" to listserv@listserv.uic.edu

President '96 Home Page is a campaign simulation (game) where you become an insider in the race for the White House!http://www.pres96.com/index.html

Political Limericks of the 1996 American Presidential Election: http://www.snowcrest.net/lightind/bettyann/limericks1.html

Join me next week when we'll be touring Halloween sites on the Internet. Enjoy the Net!

Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at robinnobles@robinsnest.com.

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