2008 US elections – Web resources

Some articles …

  • Can Obama Close The Deal With This White Guys ?

Working for the working-class votes, by Matt Bai, New York Times MagazineOctober 15, 2008

  • Can Barack Obama seduce the white laborious class ?

by Sylvie Laurent, SpiritOctober 2008

  • Too Fit to be President ? Facing an Overweight Electorate, Barack Obama Might Find Low Body Fat A Drawback, by Amy Chozick, Wall Street JournalAugust 1, 2008.
  • The conciliator. Where is barack Obama Coming from ?

By Larissa MacFarquhar, The New YorkerMay 7, 2007.

Blogs and other sites:

  • Voice Without Votes : This platform is trying to bring together mood analyzes and posts posted by English-speaking blogs and media from around the world.

http://voiceswithoutvote.org/

  • West Wing 2008 : This Maria Pia blog, liberation correspondent in New York, is an excellent source of information on American elections and more generally on American policy.

http://mariapia.blogs.com/presidentiels2008/

  • Blog on the American presidential election: the American presidential election seen from Canada by researchers from the Center for International Studies and Research at the University of Montreal.

http://www.cerium.ca/-blogue-usa-

  • Big picture – America sketch : Corine Lesnes blog, correspondent of the world in the United States, which notably offers through its articles an interesting web review.

http://clesnes.blog.lemonde.fr/

  • Techpresident : This blog shows how candidates use the web and how the content generated by voters affect the campaign.

http://www.techpresident.com/

  • Ilovepolitics.info : Marjorie Paillon’s blog, journalist at Bmfand Julien Landfried, who presents, video extracts in support, the confrontation of candidates and proposes the analysis of their communication strategies.

http://www.ilovepolitics.info/

  • Michael C. Behrent’s bloghistorian professor at Appalachian State University (North Carolina).
    http://alternatives-economics.fr/blogs/behrent
  • Politicsocial.net : Very complete file on the United States with all the data on the social situation and many links.

http: //www.politiquessocial.net/…

  • Montreal International Institute of International Studies : Site of the 2008 American presidential elections of the Canadian Observatory on the United States which offers an interesting international press review.

http: //www.er.uqam.ca/…

  • America campaigns : Blog hosted by Guillemette Faure, journalist at Rue89

http://www.rue89.com/campagnes-damerique

Media:

  • Campaign 2008 – New York Times

The New York Times has many interactive resources.

http: //www.nytimes.com/…

  • The Campaign Trail – The New Yorker

A Weekly Podcast about the Presidential Race.

http: //www.newyorker.com/…

  • US 2008 elections – The Guardian

The British daily The Guardian has an excellent coverage of American political life.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/uselections2008

  • Election Center 2008 – Cnn

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

  • Special file of International mail

Candidates sites:

  • Barack Obama:

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

  • John Mc Cain:

Home

Their programs:

  • Barack Obama:

http: //www.barackobama.com/pdf/… (pdf)

  • John Mc Cain:

http: //www.johnmccain.com/…

  • US Election Foreign Policy Explainer, Cnn Politics.com

http: //edition.cnn.com/…

  • Quiz to help you choose …, Glassbooth.org

http://glassbooth.org/

Selection made by Emilie Boutin.