Department of Politics

2000 Census: American Fact Finder: detailed census data
2000 Census: County & City Data
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
C-SPAN: current & archival video; much more
E-Podunk: lots of data geographically organized

On the Issues: facts about candidates
Lexis-Nexis Congress Members
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: state-specific data on religion and issues
PoliticalMoneyLine: user friendly Federal Election Commission data
Politics 1: candidate sites
Project Vote Smart: facts about candidates

 

Election Data On Line by State JUNE 24, 2008

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
Delaware	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
Federal Election Commission
National Atlas
USA Counties (Census Bureau)



BLS Home Page: Government Economic Data



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



Campaigns & Elections Magazine: the journal of campaign professionals

Parties

Communist
Constitution
Democratic
Democratic Socialist
Green
Libertarian
Natural Law
Reform (apparently defunct)
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