VOTE411.org
Extensive resources for voters from the non-partisan League of Women Voters.
C-SPAN.org Politics
Includes archive of C-SPAN coverage of presidential election events.
e-democracy.org
Presidential election links from a nonprofit group aimed at improving democracy via technology.
OnTheIssues.org
Provides quotations from candidates on specified topics (from a non-profit providing non-partisan information for voters).
Project Vote Smart
Information on elected officials and candidates including biographical information, voting records, issue positions, interest group ratings, public statements and campaign finances.
Elections page, University of Wisconsin Data & Information Services Center (DISC)
Extensive list of data sources for historical voter-turnout information, including links to limited precinct-level data.
Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP)
Provides U.S. citizens worldwide with non-partisan information and assistance to facilitate their participation in the democratic process.
United States Election Assistance Commission
Federal government voter information portal
Voting America, University of Richmond
U.S. politics from 1840 to the present; tool with impressive interactive maps feature; focuses on Presidential elections
Political Resources - Political
Parties, Project Vote Smart
Includes links to numerous political party web sites.
Campaign Finance
Campaign Finance Reform, Brookings
The special focus of this site is campaign finance law and administration.
It provides critical background information on current law and regulations,
tracks important legal developments in court cases and administrative decisions,
and reports on proposed new legislation and other reform proposals. The
site is searchable back to 1995.
The Center for Responsive Politics, OpenSecrets.org
A non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance
issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large.
Campaign Finance, CQ MoneyLine (UW Restricted)
A comprehensive, up-to-date resource on federal campaign finance and lobbying.
Provides extensive campaign finance data in a very user friendly
way. Includes presidential and congressional data, contributor
information, contributions by zip code, soft money data, and more.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC)
The independent regulatory
agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign
finance law. The FEC has jurisdiction over the financing of campaigns for
the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, the Presidency and the Vice
Presidency."
Follow the Money, National Institute on Money in State Politics
This resource includes breakdowns of contributions to winners and losers running in
state elections, down to the individual donation level. Data goes back several
election cycles, and the website also includes extensive analyses of the role
of money in state elections.
Political News Resources
Again, see: CNN's Politics.com
Includes politically oriented articles from CNN, Time Magazine, and
Congressional Quarterly.
CQ Researcher (UW Restricted)
Articles from Congressional Quarterly Press. For election resources, follow the links from Browse Reports by Topic, U.S. Congress.
LexisNexis Academic (UW Restricted)
Searchable database of political news (full-text articles) and transcripts of
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and NPR news broadcasts going back to the late 1980s. Includes Easy Search and Power Search possibilities.
The Hill
Reports and analysis of the actions of Congress as it struggles to
reconcile the needs of those it represents with the needs of
the administration, lobbyists and the news media.
Roll Call
News features, commentary, election previews and
special issues throughout the year, giving an insider's view on Congress.
News, UW Libraries
Political news articles can also be found via this library guide.
... more resources
American National Election Studies (ANES)
High quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation that serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, and policy makers concerned with understanding the theoretical and empirical foundations of mass politics in a democratic society.
The Electoral College, Federal Election Commission (PDF)
A 20-page essay on Electoral College history.
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