Mega sites

• Center for Responsive Politics
  Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections.
• CQ's Campaigns and Elections Magazine
  Site dedicated to giving you inside information on all campaigns and elections.
• League of Women Voters DemocracyNet
  The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy.
• Yahoo Search Directory
  Yahoo's search directory regarding U.S. Elections.
• Google Directory: U.S. Elections
  Google directory for U.S. Elections.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: Politics
  Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving California, Washington state, the nation, and the world.
• National Political Index
  The National Political Index is a web site which provides an index of substantive political information for voters, political activists, political consultants, lobbyists, politicians, academicians, and media editors with a wide range of products, information, services, simulations, games, and polling in an interactive communications environment.
• Politics 1
  Founded in 1997, Politics1 is published as a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate.
• Project Vote Smart
  Extensive nonpartisan information on elected officials' voting records and candidates' positions.
• Election Archive
  The National Election Data Archive is a scientific research project whose mission is to objectively investigate the accuracy of elections in America through the creation and analysis of a database containing detailed precinct-level election data for the entire United States.

Campaign Finances

• Campaign Finance Information Center
  Primarily dedicated to helping journalists investigate money in politics.
• Center for Public Integrity
  Geared towards "public-service journalism," this site presents articles devoted to the connection between corporations, money, and politics in the U.S.
• Center for Responsive Politics
  A guide to money in U.S. elections. Covers special interest groups and addresses the money issues involved in current political issues.
• Common Cause
  Investigative studies on money in politics.
• Federal Election Commission
  Official source for campaign finances of Presidential and Congressional candidates.
• Project Vote Smart: Campaign Finances
  Provides information for State and Federal officials.

Election Returns and Statistics

• National Election Studies
  A site designed for social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers, and other researchers to provide "high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation."
• American National Election Studies(ANES)
  Data sets for U.S. elections and public opinion from 1948 to the present.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  Compendium of downloadable data in the social sciences. Access to some data restricted to on-campus users. First-time GW users must register on the Web site before downloading data. For election data, see in particular the "Special Topic Archive."
• United States Electoral College (NARA)
  An overview of electoral laws and procedures, as well as historical votes, put together by the National Archives and Records Administration.
• David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  Maps and tables with Presidential votes since 1860. 2004 Primaries information available.
• Record of American Democracy, 1984-1990
  Historical data for voting and registration information. Data results in a number of formats.
• Voting and Registration Data
  U.S. Census data, including sociodemographic characteristics going back to 1964.
• Indiana's Secretary of State Elections Division
• American National Studies(ANES)
  Ongoing studies of the American electorate. Provides data and statistics on voting, public opinion, and political participation in the U.S. from 1948 to the present.
• CQ 2006 Election Forecast Map
  Up-to-date information on upcoming Congressional and gubernatorial elections by state and Congressional district.
• Voting and Registration Statistics
  Information on voting and registration with various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

Recent Elections

• Federal Election Commission (FEC)
  Provides recent elections results, voter registration and turnout statistics.
• Mayoral Election Results Database
  Sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Search for election data by city, state, party, year (1999-present) or candidate name.
• National Conference of State Legislatures
  Compilations of data on statewide elections.
• National Association of State Election Directors
  Provides links to each state election office where results of elections should be available. Coverage will vary by state.
• Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives: Election Information
  Provides links to election data (current and historic), congressional vacancies, apportionment figures and other election information.

On-Line Opinion Polls

• PollingReport.com
  Documents trends in public opinion in politics, business, and society.
• Polling the Nations
  An interface for searching a large number of public opinion polls.
• The Gallup Organization
  Although much of the information is only available to subscribers, there are a number of free polls that are worth examining.
• Public Agenda
  Offers polls and articles about current issues. Not specifically geared towards elections, but provides an excellent source for public opinion on hot topics such as welfare reform, immigration, or gay rights.

Miscellaneous Sites

• E-Democracy
  Links to voter registration information.
• The Center for Voting and Democracy
  "Researches and disseminates information on how voting systems affect voter participation, accountable governance and fair representation."
• Federal Voting Assistance Program
• Rock the Vote
  Provides information to young people about the political world and how to get involved as an activist in their communities.
• The White House Project
  Information about women in political positions past and present.
• Fair Vote: The Center for Voting and Democracy

Historical Elections

• America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library Photographs of campaign buttons, posters and brochures since 1796
  Extent of coverage varies with the election
• Ease History (MSU)
  Clips of television Presidential campaign ads, 1952-2004
  Uses flash player
  Searchable by year, winners/losers, positive/negiative, issues, and themes
  Stunning piece of research
• Livingroom Candidate (American Museum of the Moving Image)
  At least one campaign video apiece for each of the major Presidential candidates, 1952-2000
  Available in a variety of viewing formats, including RealPlay and Windows Media
• Historic Times Series Election Results
  Provides voting and registration data combined with select variables. Scroll down to section IV: Historical Times Series Tables.
• Historical Voting Tables- Congressional Elections
  Demographics of Congressional voting
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives: Election Statistics
  Provides official vote counts from the states and territories for all federal elections from 1920-present. PDF file available for each election year.
• Atlas of U.S. Elections
  Provides access to national election data. Design maps and charts based on data selected through pull-down menus.

Historic Election Results

• 270 to Win
  Map of electoral college votes since 1789
  Interactive map of electoral college for 2004
  Begin by viewing the map as neutral, with 2000 results, or imagined in 2004 (with red, blue and swing states)
  Toggle to change the colors and determine a strategy
• Clerk of the House
  Historical data includes national electoral college results since the 1st Congress, Presidential and Senatorial election results by state and House by district since 1920
  Data on the political divisions in Congress since the 34th Congress
• CNN
  Consistent for retaining old election results on the internet Includes exit polls which provide presidential votes by voter demographics
• The Vote '96
  Election 1998
  Election 2000
  Election 2002
  Election 2004
  
• David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  Maps and tables with Presidential votes since 1860
  Maps outline state electoral votes
  Tables show major and independent presidential and vice presidential candidates, popular and electoral votes, and percentages for both
  County election data for 1912, 1968, and 1980-2000
  County map of Presidential vote for 2000
• National Election Studies
  Documentation on voting, public opinion, and political participation studies
  Studies 1994+ available for ftp for use with SAS or SPSS
  Documentation in Word Perfect format
• 2000 Pre- and Post-Election Questionnaires
• National Election Studies: 2004 is being organized as of January 2004
• Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior Provides summary data on social, economic, partisanship, and public opinion, 1952 to present

• Road to American Democracy, 1984-1990 (Harvard/MIT Data Center)
  Variables include 100% population items from the 1990 Census (race, households, families) plus biennial voting and registration data, 1984-1990, for cities and townships
  Registration and voting data by voting precinct, 1984-1990
  Data may be downloaded in zipped format or searched on line and cross-tabulated
  Reviewing the codebook (pdf or zipped format) is necessary to use the data
  Data results in SPSS, SAS, STATA, and sometimes ASCII formats
• United States Electoral College (NARA)
  Electoral college laws and procedures
  State-by-state electoral college votes, 1789-2000
  Create your own electoral vote scenario
• Voter Registration, 1952- (National Election Study)
  National level voter registration data at two-year intervals since 1952
  Data by political party, income, black/white, education, occupation, and union membership