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Department of Politics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2006

Ranked for Usefulness in Campaign Research Assignment



2000 Census: American Fact Finder: detailed census data
2000 Census: County & City Data Book

Association of Religion Data Archives: Interactive maps and reports down to county and metro level
Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org): show me the money
Congress.org: member power rankings
E-Podunk: lots of data geographically organized
On the Issues: facts about candidates
PoliticalMoneyLine: user friendly Federal Election Commission data
Lexis-Nexis Congress Members
Politics 1: candidate sites
Project Vote Smart: facts about candidates
 
Election Data On Line by State
Alabama Hawaii Massachusetts New Mexico South Dakota
Alaska Idaho Michigan New York Tennessee
Arizona Illinois Minnesota North Carolina Texas
Arkansas Indiana Mississippi North Dakota Utah
California Iowa Missouri Ohio Vermont
Colorado Kansas Montana Oklahoma Virginia
Connecticut Kentucky Nebraska Oregon Washington
Deleware Louisiana Nevada Pennsylvania West Virginia
Florida Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Wisconsin
Georgia Maryland New Jersey South Carolina Wyoming


Cornell College Department of Politics: Research Links

Elect-USA.com
Federal Election Commission
National Atlas
Secretary of State Web Sites
USA Counties



BLS Home Page: Government Economic Data
C-SPAN: current & archival video coverage of poltics
E-the-People: petitions & news

CNN/Time Inside Politics: news
League of Conservation Voters: How members of Congress vote on the environment.
National Election Studies: University of Michigan
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Political Resources On-Line: Where Campaigns Go to Shop
Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library
Vanishing Voter: Harvard's Kennedy School

Campaigns & Elections Magazine: the journal of campaign professionals

Parties

Communist
Constitution
Democrat
Democratic Socialist
Green
Libertarian
Natural Law
Reform
Republican
Socialist
Socialist Labor

Fun Stuff

Iowa Political Marketplace: legal betting on election outcomes
Skeleton Closet: the dirt on all the candidates
Political Graveyard
: dead politicians

 

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