Subject Guide to Political Science
Elections/Voting Behavior
- Atlas of Presidential Elections
- Elections: from the Washington Post
- Center for Responsive Politics
- Democracy Network
- Election Statistics from the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- Election 2005
- Elections 2008 Campaign to Capitol
- Elections Around the World
- Electoral College
- Federal Election Commission
- Knox County Elections
- American National Election Studies (NES)
- NetElection
- Politics1: State and Congressional Candidates
- PollingReport.Com:Tracking poll trends
- State of Tennessee Elections
- Vote Smart
- Voter Information Services
Produced by David Leip. Contains interesting graphs of presidential elections.
Contains both federal and state election analysis as well as poll data. Has an archive that includes past elections back to 2000.
This site provides a wealth of information on campaign finance and related topics. Focus is on the federal level, but there is some state level links. Noteworthy section is the registered lobbyist database. Also known as Open Secrets.Org.
Site sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Center for Government Studies. Users may use zip codes to find candidates. Includes links to public interest groups and political parties.
Collection of election statistics dating from 1920 - present.
From the University of Michigan. A well-researched web site summarizing the political environment of many of the 2005 races.
A collection of election links.
Takes you to parliamentary and presidential elections around the world. Has a listing of political parties,election databases, and an international election calendar.
The official Electoral College web site. Good for historical statistics.
A good site for campaign finance information.
Includes a schedule of elections, list of candidates,district maps, polling locations, and much more.
A good site for getting data on voting, public opinion, and political participation. Can search for topics and keywords in survey questions.
This site features information about the role of the Internet in American Political Campaigns.
Has a directory of candidates, voting results of recent races,plus the results of statewide and county referendum issues.
Includes redistricting maps,election dates, past election results,election fianance, and much more.
Tracks the performance of over 13,000 political leaders. Can search by zip code. Also a good site to learn how candidates stand on important issues.
Provides ratings of Congress from a wide range of advocacy groups representing both liberal and conservative viewpoints. Examples of some of the groups are the AFL-CIO, ACLU, AASA, ACU, NAACP,etc.
