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Elections |
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Elections - Plano and Collin County |
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Politics - National |
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Center for Responsive Politics |
Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections |
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CNN.com |
All Politics |
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Grassroots.com |
The Business of Politics and the Politics of Business |
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PoliticsOnline |
The premier global company providing news, tools and strategies for using the Internet in politics and public affairs. |
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Project Vote Smart |
The gap between the ideal of democracy as intended by our country's founders and the reality of how today's political process works has never been wider. The typically irresponsible use of modern mass communication by candidates and political campaign practitioners has resulted in an unprecedented degree of misinformation, disinformation, distortion, confusion and emotional but empty imagery at all levels. The absence of any kind of consistently trustworthy system of accountability or unbiased institution to provide just the facts makes responsible voter decisions difficult, frustrating and time-consuming. |
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National Political Parties |
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Democratic National Committee
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The Democratic National Committee plans the Party's quadrennial presidential nominating convention; promotes the election of Party candidates with both technical and financial support; and works with national, state, and local party organizations, elected officials, candidates, and constituencies to respond to the needs and views of the Democratic electorate and the nation.
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Green Party of the United States
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The Green Party of the United States is a federation of state Green Parties. Committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing, Greens are renewing democracy without the support of corporate donors. Greens provide real solutions for real problems.
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Reform Party |
Minor Parties and Independents Unite! Platform is:
Set the highest ethical standards for the White House and Congress:
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No more gifts.
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No more trips or junkets paid for by special interests.
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No more free meals.
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Pass laws with significant penalties - not rules.
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Give Congress and the White House the same retirement plans and health care as the average citizen.
Other portions of platform include:
-- Balance the budget:
-- Campaign Reform:
-- Term Limits:
-- Create a new tax system
-- Carefully putting together plans to deal with Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security:
-- Promoting jobs in the USA:
-- Lobbying Reform:
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Republican National Committee
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The Republican Party was born in the early 1850's by anti-slavery activists and individuals who believed that government should grant western lands to settlers free of charge. A favorite of headline writers, GOP dates back to the 1870s and '80s. The abbreviation was cited in a New York Herald story on October 15, 1884; "' The G.O.P. Doomed,' shouted the Boston Post.... The Grand Old Party is in condition to inquire...." |
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Link to The PIE
