Week of April 27
April 27: Impeachment
- Benjamin Highton, “Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the 1998 House Elections,” The Public Opinion Quarterly
- Susan Low Bloch, “A Report Card on the Impeachment: Judging the Institutions That Judged President Clinton,” Law and Contemporary Problems
Documents from the impeachment proceedings:
- Monica Lewinsky and the independent counsel’s office
- the Starr Report
- legal analysis of charges against Clinton
April 29: The 2000 Election
- “Television’s Performance on Election Night 2000.”
The “butterfly ballot” used in Palm Beach County, Florida:
2000 presidential election map. Note that if Al Gore had carried his home state (TN) or Dem-leaning NH, the results in FL would have been irrelevant:
2000 Senate races; bright red Republican pickup, bright blue Dem pickup. Democrats gained 4 seats to end election at 50-50: