Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image: 2012 Obama vs. Romney
View presidential campaign advertisement from the 2012 election. Features video clips, information about the candidates, and election results.
Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image: Type of Commercial Backfire
Sometimes commercials backfire. The words, or image, of a candidate can be used against him or her to show that the candidate cannot be believed, has broken a promise, or has "flip-flopped" on an important issue. Here, you can view some...
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: Literary Themes in the Campaign
Take a look at popular literary themes that are reflected in the political cartoons of 1896, the year in which William Jennings Bryant challenged William McKinley for the presidency.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Does Your Vote Count? The Electoral College Explained
A brief video that describes the Electoral College and its role in presidential elections. [5:22] Followed by a quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Duke University
Duke University Libraries: Election of 1928
Comprehensive information on the election of 1928 in which the "spoils system" and the Democratic Party were introduced. Content includes the candidates, the issues, the vote, and what happened as a result of the election.
Duke University
Duke University Libraries: Election of 1948
Comprehensive information on the election of 1948 in which there was a four-party race. Content includes the candidates, the issues, the vote, and what happened as a result of the election.
Duke University
Duke University Libraries: Election of 1968
Comprehensive information on the election of 1968 which was a three party race with no incumbent. Content includes the candidates, the issues, the vote, and what happened as a result of the election.
Duke University
Duke University Libraries: Election of 1872
Comprehensive information on the election of 1872 in which the Republican Party split in two. Content includes the candidates, the issues, the vote, and what happened as a result of the election.
Other
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance: Voter Turnout
View comprehensive up to date voter turnout statistics for national presidential and parliamentary elections globally since 1945. Search electoral data by country or use the subject links on the right.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Election of the President
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a description of the election of the President of the United States.
US Department of State
America.gov: American Life: Bridge to the 21st Century
Features a comprehensive summary of American history from the 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century. Focuses on presidential elections, domestic policy, economics, foreign relations, and terrorism.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: James Madison: Campaigns and Elections
Scroll through this article to find an account of the election of 1812 in which James Madison was running as the first war president.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Herbert Clark Hoover: Campaigns and Elections
Discussion and details of Herbert Hoover's campaigns and the elections of 1928 and 1932.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Following the u.s. Presidential Election
Lesson designed to be completed over a course of multiple weeks. Students will read news sources to become familiar with national and international policy issues. They will track news coverage of the presidential campaigns and form their...
Harp Week
Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: 1904 Roosevelt v. Parker
Examines Theodore Roosevelt's role as chief executive after President McKinley's assassination in 1901, his policies during that time, his campaign to win the Republican nomination for the presidential election, the Democratic...
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Election Process
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a series of pages explaining the Presidential, senate and Representative election process. Links to related sites are available.
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Voting America: Elections 1840 2008
Resource juxtaposes subtle pictures of the ways US voters have cast their ballots in presidential elections during the past two centuries. These animations, depicting more than forty presidential election cycles, reveal much about the...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: President Harry S. Truman and the 1948 Election
Pictorial story of Truman's campaign and victory in the 1948 presidential election.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1996
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1996 won by Democratic candidate, William J. Clinton.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1832
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1832 won by Democratic nominee, Andrew Jackson.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1840
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1840 won by Whig party nominee, William Henry Harrison.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1876
Online resource that provides electoral data for the presidential election of 1876 won by Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1888
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1888 won by Republican candidate, Benjamin Harrison.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1848
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1848 won by Whig party candidate, Zachary Taylor.