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Poster: "Judith K. Graves" <jgrav@LOC.GOV>
Subject: Re: Project VoteSmart
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Hi Everyone,
This is a cross post from a history/multimedia list I'm on. I checked out
the website mentioned below. They are non-profit and bi-partisan. The
press release below describes their site. They have lesson plans.
Judy Graves
At 09:24 PM 10/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Cross-posted from H-NET APSA List
>
>Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:37:01 -0500
>From:"PSRT-L Editor, Gary Klass" <polpsrt@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>Reply-To:"H-Net/APSA List on Political Science, Research and Teaching"
><PSRT-L@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
>{editor's note: The project VoteSmart web pages were the winner of the
>first
>Computers and Multimedia Section's Best Web Page this year -- Gary
>Klass}
> -Hello!-
>
> I ran across the "Voters Self-Defense Manual", published by Project
>Vote
> Smart/Center for National Independence in Politics..This wonderful gem
>gives
> detailed data on the voting records of each Congressman & Senator..the
> campaign finances of each Congressman & Senator..it also provides
>"interest
> group" ratings from political left to political right,
>environmentalists to
> industrial interests, civil libertarians to "religious right".
>
> You can visit it on the World Wide Web at http://www.vote-smart.org
>
> You can call 1-888-Vote-Smart
>
> Founders of Vote Smart organization include..
> Barry Goldwater, Bill Bradley, Mark Hatfield, George McGovern,
> Former Rep. Bill Frenzel (R-Minn), Geraldine Ferraro, Rep. Jim
> Leach (R-Iowa, Chair of Banking Committee), Ronald Dellums,
> Michael Dukakis, Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Ct), Newt Gingrich,
> Edward Brooke (former Republican Senator from Mass)
>
> A quote from their brochure..."citizens, statesmen, conservatives, &
> liberals joining together to ensure that tolerance will no longer be
>the
> only weapon available to those of us tormented by the issueless
> mudslinging that now dominates political elections & decisions.
>
> Project Vote Smart has a "Congressional National Political Awareness
> Test" questionaire that it sends to ALL major party Congressional
> candidates..A majority of the candidates have answered the
>questionaire..
> It is available for downloading at the Vote Smart website.
>
> One last email address: comments@vote-smart.org
>
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Judith K. Graves
Education Resources Specialist
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Library of Congress
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