The presidential election is nearly two years away. That may seem an eternity to you, but the politically obsessed are champing at the bit. And like everything else, Web sites will see them through every aspect of the race.
– Presidency 2004 (www.politics1.com/ p2004.htm):The crowded field of potential Democratic candidates is pictured here, but we see that on the Republican side, Dubya has nothing much to worry about at this point.
– Polling (www.pollingreport.com): Go crazy on the early polling results for every little detail of 2004. So you know: If the election took place now, George W. Bush would be re-elected, and he’d have run against Al Gore, but Democrats’ second choice would have been Hillary Clinton. Also see recent polling results on spanking children (65 percent approval) and America’s favorite sport (football).
– Veeps (www.vicepresidents.com): Dick Cheney health updates and biographies of the nation’s 46 vice presidents are included in this site dedicated to all those what’s-his-names.
– Voting machines: (inventors.about.com/library/weekly/
aa111300b.htm): Revisit the tattered tale of punch cards, butterfly ballots, and hanging chads in this history of voting machines.
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