Elections and Campaigning Information
Voting Information:
League of Women Voters have guides and registration materials. They even have local election materials at Smart Voter. You can review the candidate debates, etc.
SourceWatch or Election Protection by Center for Media and Democracy are wiki that watch the people, organizations, and issues shaping the public agenda.
Elections, Who Decides by Godort is a wiki on who is eligible to vote, who does vote demographics and some sources for more information on the voting process.
CQ Politics -- Campaigns is a news and political watchdog service by Congressional Quarterly Press. This follows elections at all levels.
Campaign Finance part of the U.S. Elections Process by Department of State provides many links to agencies or organizations that monitor or follow campaign financing.
Campaign Finance Laws by FEC (Federal Elections Commission) contains information on the financing of federal elections and links to campaign finance reports, data, and law resources.
Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues, and Platforms is a book by Robert N. Roberts. It covers the presidential campaigns from 1789 to 2000.
Follow the Money by the Institute on Money in State Politics provides indept monetary statistics. You can search by state, connect to California.
FundRace 2008 by Huffington Post is a map and graphical version way to see who has made financial contributions to candidates. Data is by companies, people or occupation.
Open Secrets by the Center for Responsive Politics provides election financing, lobby spending, and election news.
Political Campaigns by Political Communication Lab at Stanfrod. This site provides campaign ads, nationally and for California elections.
PollingReport by itself provides trends in American public opinion. As does the Roper Opinion Polls.
Research on Elections and Practical Politics by University of Washington. Provides web sites that deal with electoriate process, voter turn out, political parties, campaign finance, and political news.
U. S. Election Information by CSU Chico a guide like this to general information on the U.S. elections including historical information on the 2006, 2004 and 2000 elections.
U.S. Election Process by Department of State. A fairly comprehensive linking to federal documents, sources of campaign financing, electoral process, caucuses, primaries, conventions, voting and the electoral college.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids by United States includes resources and guides for teaching K-12 about the U.S. government.
Democracy at Work by Scholastic provides resources for teachers from grades k-12. Each level has a section on the election process.
Election Central by Constitutional Rights Foundation. This provides "An online resource that helps teachers and students explore the electoral process past and present in the United States and around the world."
U.S. Electoral College by United States National Archives provides teaching resources on the how the electorial college works. There are historical election results and FAQs like "does my vote count?".
Electoral College by Department of State links to federal documents that explain the process.
FactCheck.org by Annenberg Political Fact Check monitors "the factual accuracy of what is said by major political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases, [aiming] to increase public knowledge and understanding".
Public Opinion on the Candidates and the Issues by Roper Opinion Polls.
On the Issues Provides political leaders' position on different issues.
BallotWatch Initiative and Referendum Institute by University of Southern California watches state level elections and recalls.
Political Communication Lab from the Department of Communications at Stanford views the election via the media.
Project Vote Smart by Project Vote Smart offers unbiased and relevant information" on the candidates and elected officials (categories covered include the candidates' biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings).
American National Elections Studies by Center for Political Studies provides data on voting, public opinion, and political participation of national election outcomes. There are reports and bibliography of articles and books dealing with elections.
CQ Voting and Elections Collection by Congressional Quarterly. A database that allows statistical anaylsis of election materials.
StateLine provides news information on each state's election process. The emphasis is on governor elections
Check out Unique Statistical sources this page contains many datasets on voting.
Check the various News Services issues pages for each candidate.
The sites below provide lists of the various political parties:
Politics1.com's Directory of U.S. Political Parties
Project Vote Smart Political Parties
The major political parties sites are:
GOP.com Republican National Committee
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections by David Leip. A site that provides elections information graphically. There are also predictions and results.
Project Vote Smart's Candidate List covers current candidates in the presidential, congressional, and state officials races.
Books that are listed below are mostly encyclopedia or statistical in nature -- providing data for elections and campaigns.
Friedenberg, D. M. (2002). Sold to the highest bidder: the presidency from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books. Covers U.S. politics and government.
Guide to U.S. Elections (2005). Washington, DC: CQ. Historical review of elections, political parties, Presidential and Congressional elections, and Gubernatorial elections.
Hertzberg, Hendrik. (2004). Politics : observations and arguments, 1966-2004. New York: Penguin Press. Provides speeches and presentations by political candidates.
Kessel, J. H. (2001). Presidents, the presidency, and the political environment. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press. Provides information on the U.S. presidency; includes bibliographical references and index.
Skinner, R.M. (2007). More than money: interest group action in congressional elections. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield. Chapters talk about pressure and lobby groups and their relation to political parties.
For Articles use topics like Political Science or Law/Legislation.
Historical Election Information:
CQ Voting and Elections Collection by Congressional Quarterly provides data on all aspects of previous elections.
Historycentral.com Provides comprehensive background information on the history of the Presidential elections in the U.S.
Political Campaigns by Political Communications Lab at Stanford. This site covers political campaigns from 1994 to present as viewed in the media.
Nature News - US 2006 Election Nature Magazine reviewed candidates science policies and examines their stances on five science issues. US 2004 Elections too.
U.S. Election Process Key Topics by United States Department of State includes information from 2006, and 2004 elections.
Race for the White House 2004 by Democracy in Action. Has a historical view of media, candidates, interest groups, and votes. Also Primary 2000 has background.
Elections 2004 by University of Michigan Documents Center. This is one of the most comprehensive list of links about the 2004 Elections. Note as time goes on the links may no longer be active.
National Public Radio -NPR Elections 2004 provides news and reports about the 2004 election.
California Political History and Archive by Rose Institute at Claremont provides history of California elections back to 1849. Information on redistricting, biographies of candidates and demographic information on elections.
A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 by Philip Lampi, The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. This set of data is from the early years of American democracy. Find information by candidate, office, year, and state.
Living Room Candidate from the American Museum of the Moving Image has a large collection of presidential commercials from 1952 to 2008.
Political Advertising from University of Iowa Communication Studies links to current articles on political advertising, and releant web sites.
Public Opinion on the Candidates and the Issues 2008 by Roper Opinion Polls. These include exit polls and popular voting information. PollingReport by itself provides trends in American public opinion. Historical Presidential polling Roper data back to 1976.
American National Elections Studies by Center for Political Studies provides data on public opinion.
Major U.S. Media Polls and Public Opinion in the U.S. by Northerwestern Librarian has lots of free sites.
USA Election Polls follows various election based polling tools. The President Polls has a specific site.
Pollster has lots of charts, tables and maps showing the ever-changing preferences of the voters.
Political Communications Lab studies public opinion and political behavior through the use of both online and traditional methods.
U.S. Politics Today by EIN News service provides comprehensive links to news services covering the elections.
CNN Election News by CNN. Elections 101 provides a good history of the 2008 campaign to date.
Newspapers listed in Google News provides elections headlines.
The following major News services have set up 2008 Election issues pages:
Congressional Quarterly has a site specific to the 2008 primaries, called Race for the Presidency.
Elections 2008 by University of Washington provides information on the candidates, issues and news.
NPR: Elections 2008 by National Public Radio provides audio feed of speeches etc. of all levels of the elections.
Presidency 2008 by Politics1.com provides a comprehensive list with biographies of all party candidates, as well as news on the election.
Public Opinion on the Candidates and the Issues 2008 by Roper Opinion Polls. PollingReport by itself provides trends in American public opinion.
Presidential Election of 2008 by Historycentral.
Election Preview 2007 by Initiative and Referendum Institute University of Southern California.
Election Resources on the Internet by Manual Alvarez-Rivera provides links to publicly available election materials from over 120 countries, including United States. The materials are available in English and Spanish language.
ElectionsGuide by IFES provides timely source of verified election information and results of over 120 countries.
Elections Canada is current party platforms.
California Elections and Ballot Propositions:
May 2009 Ballot Measures Poll by Public Politic Institute of California.
California Elections Materials listed by the State of California.
2008 California Ballot Measures as offically listed by the Secretary of State.
Historical Propositions and Ballot Measures is a listing of places to find materials.
Ballot Measures Database by National Council of State Legislatures does all 50 states summary of ballot measures since 1902.
Ballotwatch from USC also follows ballot measures in the 50 states.
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