US Elections

Resources in this category:

C-SPAN's Campaign Network
http://www.campaignnetwork.org/Default.aspx

"C-SPAN serves up a level-headed companion site to its public affairs cable programming. Resources here are dedicated to U.S. electoral politics -- it's an aggregation point for TV schedules; archived speeches and interviews in various formats; and a search engine that lets you keyword search a video archive of presidential campaign coverage beginning in 1997. Additional features include analysis, educational activities, and links for all the candidates."

Election
http://www.ipl.org/div/election

A selection of highly useful resources on voting and upcoming elections.

Election 2008
http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Follows the changes in the 2008 presidential, house, and senate races. View graphs of state polls and animated maps that demonstrate voter trends.

Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/e...

The Office of the Federal Register coordinates the functions of the United States Electoral College. This website includes a variety of information and statistics on presidential elections, past and present, including historical results, relevant laws and procedures, and current electoral votes by state.

FactCheck.org: Annenberg Political FactCheck
http://factcheck.org/

"A nonpartisan, nonprofit, 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics." Site monitors the "factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases."

The Gallup Organization
http://www.gallup.com/

This site contains links to various polls, reports, trends and audits of public opinion conducted by The Gallup Organization. The main page and the "Poll" link contain the majority of useful free information. The site contains a search function.

The Green Papers: 2000 Presidential Election
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/

"This site is dedicated to the dissemination of facts, figures, tidbits and commentary on the campaigns leading ultimately to the 54th Election for President and Vice-President of the United States." Extensive coverage of primaries & caucuses, national conventions, and the general election, with information on the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, and Reform parties. Also has information on Senate, House, and Governor's seats.

Join California: Election History for the State of California
http://www.joincalifornia.com/

"JoinCalifornia started in 2005 and provides more than sixty years worth of polictical history for California candidates, districts, and parties." This site provides current election information as well as historical information about California politics, parties and laws.

Open Secrets Interactive
http://www.opensecrets.org/

"You can look up a detailed financial profile of your own Senators and representatives in Congress, showing exactly which industries and interest groups contributed to their 1996 campaigns, and even which states and metro areas were their richest sources of campaign cash." Browsable by state.

OpenSecrets.Org: Center for Responsive Politics
http://www.opensecrets.org/

"The Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more responsive government." Here you can find out where each candidate for President or for Congress gets his or her money as well as the names of individual contributors to a candidate, member of Congress, party committee, etc.

Project Vote Smart
http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm

Project Vote Smart is "a national library of factual information on candidates for public office from President of the United States down to state legislature. We cover them in five basic areas: backgrounds, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, performance evaluations made by over 100 to liberal to conservative special interest groups... Our web site provides instant access to our database on candidates and issues along with presidential candidate speeches (searchable by keyword and phrase), our publications (full text), youth inclusion program (where you can match your issue responses with those of the candidates) and links to all the best sites on the Internet with government and political information." Now featuring over 40,000 politicians.

Project Vote Smart's U.S. Government Basics
http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_01.php

Project Vote Smart's U.S. Government primer is a concise U.S. civics lesson with emphasis on the political process. Here, you can learn about the election process, campaign finance, how a bill becomes a law, and much, much more. Project Vote Smart also follows what your elected officials are voting for in office on its Congress Tracking pages. In addition, you can explore their archives of historical documents and other political resources.

Statistics: Polls: What Do the Numbers Tell Us?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/statistics/

"In an election season, it's common to hear news reports regarding poll results. What do these figures mean and where do we get them? Follow a year in a fictitious election campaign for an inside look at the mathematics behind the polls and the news you hear everyday." This exhibit features hands-on activities, including a "What's Your Opinion On Polling?" poll on the first page, with results presented later on.

US and Virginia Election Data
http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/elections/

Contains election data from Virginia's elections from 1984-1996, for President, Senator, Representative, Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and General Assembly (Senate and House). Also includes a link to a restricted access database of U.S. Election data from 1788-1990.

USA.gov
http://www.usa.gov/index.shtml

The U.S. Government's official web portal providing links to key information for citizens, businesses and nonprofits, government employees and visitors to the U.S. Includes a government agency index and topical list of available resources.