www.voter.com

With the US presidential election in full swing at the moment, many classrooms and college projects are going to be looking at the issues involved. Founded in 1999, Voter.com was created, it says, to educate and empower the voter. It also says that political information, debate and news are important to the continued success of democracy. It's right, and it does a good job of presenting it.

www.sierraclub.org

The Sierra Club's mission is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth. To this end, it is concerned at how the presidential candidates shape up on environmental issues. In the site's Voter Guide section, the voting records, positions and ideals of messrs Bush and Gore are scrutinised in both English and Spanish, while those of their respective running mates, Cheney and Lieberman, are in English only.

www.issues2000.org

Issues 2000's mission is to provide non-partisan information for voters in the election, so that votes can be based on issues rather than on personalities and popularity. Unlike most sites, it doesn't just have information on the "big two". It also includes the likes of Pat Buchanan (Reform Party), Ralph Nader (Green) and Harry Browne (Libertarian). A fine site - it's a pity we don't have something similar here.

www.georgewbush.com

Dubya's homepage announces he believes "no child should be robbed of their childhood and focuses on initiatives that will preserve it". Cynics might say that's easy for him to say with his privileged background. But, as his constant verbal gaffes have proven, nothing is easy for him to say. When last checked, a lot of the site was broken links, including the "Setting the record straight" section.

www.gorelieberman.com

With the domain name reserved for them by a forward thinking (and prescient) Chicago student last March, this is a busy and interesting site that does the family-friendly thing of having pictures of the candidate's wives on the homepage. With video, audio and photos, in addition to the multi-section, Republican-trashing, "Reality Checks", the Gore-Lieberman ticket has, at the very least, won the Internet war.