• National Journal (Hotline) (Emory Only)
  What do Jim Lehrer, Cokie Roberts, and the Democratic and Republican National Committees have in common? They all read the Hotline! If you haven’t discovered it, you should know that most political insiders consider it the indispensable source of political news. The web site has the latest (8:30am, 11:40am, and 4pm) about presidential and congressional campaigns and politics (with a little local politics thrown in for good measure), polling data, commentary, and even a regular rundown of political jokes and humor from Leno, Letterman, Stewart and others. As Judy Woodruff of CNN says: “If Caesar had had the hotline, he would have seen Brutus Coming.”
• Congress.org

This site includes various links to Congressional and state legislative races by state

• Decision 2006: Battleground America (MSNBC)

Includes a map and analysis of the key gubernatorial and Congressional races as well as current political news.

• Elections (Vanderbilt)

Links to election web sites for 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008.

• Washington Post Election 2006
  Site dedicated just to the 2006 midterm elections. The Washington Post site is updated on a regular basis with detailed coverage. Also allows one to research the “financials” of the principal presidential candidates. Site requires a free one-time registration (similar to the New York Times).
• CNN.com: America Votes 2006
  Information on the candidates, primary campaign buzz, money, polls, and other news.
• New York Times: Campaign 2006
  Features in depth coverage of the 2006 midterm elections. Includes interactive polls and guide to candidates. Registration required.

Following the Campaign

• Factcheck
  The Annenberg Political Factcheck analyzes whether or not what candidates say is really true.
• Campaign Desk
  Hosted by the Columbia Journalism Review. Provides various critiques and analyses of the 2004 campaign process.
• Vote Smart
  Use the top menu, Current Candidates, to access information about Congressional, Gubernatorial, and State Legislative Candidates
• Campaigns and Elections

Dedicated to election news and campaign information.  The full text of this periodical available.  Check eJournals!

• National Journal Ad Spotlight

Campaign ads using Real Player since 1998.

• Political Ads (Washington Post)

Video of 2006 Congressional and gubernatorial ads, which is searchable by candidate, party, narrator, type of music, etc

• Almanac of American Politics

Biennial biographical directory of Members of Congress.  Lengthy information about the politics of the Congressional District and about the representative/senator.  A paper copy in Reference Collection Center JK 1012 .A44.

• CQ Congress Collection
  CQ Congress Collection is a dynamic, data-rich research and reference tool allowing a sweeping historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy.

Financing of Elections

• Center for Responsive Politics

The CRP is a Non-partisan research group monitoring campaign reform.  You can access congressional campaign finance filings

• Federal Election Commission

Summary receipts and disbursements of Presidential and all Congressional candidates

• Open Secrets
  Reports and analyzes campaign financing for most political candidates. Holds many tables and graphs. One can search by donor, organization, and administration official to determine contributions.
• Follow the Money

Candidates for state office and their campaign contributors and lists contributors by industry or special interest

• CQ Public Affairs Collection
  The CQ Public Affairs Collection, a storehouse of public policy content organized by 22 key topics, pulls together CQ's wealth of historic documents and primary source materials, statistical overviews, directory contact information, and the very best in-depth reporting on current affairs to create a one-stop source for public policy content.
• Almanac of Policy Issues

Extensive web site on nine policy areas: criminal justice, culture and society, economics, education, environment, government operations, health, social welfare, and world affairs

• America Votes 2006 (CNN)
• America's Debate

Running debate on policy issues: constitution, social welfare, economics, political campaign.

• Congress.org

(Click on "Issues" Section) Lists major Presidential candidates and their positions on Civilian Reserve, DC representation, economy, education, environment, job creation, health care, national security, and tax policies.

• National Conference of State Legislatures

Pull-down menu of 24 issues facing state government, including budgets, health care, energy, environment, taxes Includes news and articles on innovative projects

• Lexis-Nexis Congressional
  An online, full text legislative and regulatory service, published by Congressional Information Service, Inc. (CIS), a leading international publisher of reference, research, and current awareness information products based on information produced by the U.S. government and related information.

• Roper Center
  The Roper Center is one of the premier polling-data institutions in the country. As you may remember from the January 2004 newsletter, Emory now holds a membership subscription to the Center. There is currently a large focus at Roper on the 2004 election, with numerous links to public opinion on various contemporary issues, such as the rebuilding of Iraq and the same-sex marriage. There are also links to presidential approval ratings, going back to FDR as well as electoral data from past elections.  NOTE:  To find polls about the 2006 elections, choose IPOLL from the lefthand navigation, Click on the login button and give your email address.  Choose topic "elections" and date 2006 to 2006.
• National Journal Poll Track
  Charts recent political polls on various issues and elections.
• Pew Research Center
  The Pew Research Center is a major center for the study of public opinion and regularly conducts polls (both at home and abroad) about various social and political topics and contemporary issues. They make many of their studies available for download at http://people-press.org/dataarchive. Many of the more recent datafiles are in SPSS format. Users are required to register before downloading a dataset, but registration is free.
• CQ Weekly
  CQ Weekly is an in-depth source for expert coverage of the Congress—bills, maneuvering, votes, hearings and the like. The CQ Weekly purports to cover “virtually every act of Congress” and provides non-partisan coverage and analysis. According to its website, it is the choice of 95% of the members of Congress and the Executive Branch. It also boasts praise from other media outlets and leading businesses. There are in-depth reports here on various Congressional issues, bills, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll call votes (which are searchable by Congress or by bill number). Available to subscribers as well is an archive back to 1983.
• CQ Congress Collection
  CQ Congress Collection is a dynamic, data-rich research and reference tool allowing a sweeping historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy.
• CQ Voting and Elections Collection

Article Databases

Most of the major databases in political science and the social sciences, more broadly,  cover electoral issues & analysis.

I recommend trying the following first:

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1967-present)
  Supplies up-to-date bibliographic information and research within the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
• PAIS International (1915-present)
  Includes bibliographic records from the literature of public policy, social policy and the social sciences from 1915-present. Be sure to choose both the archive and the current index. NOTE: You may also search WORLDWIDE POLITICAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS via the same database. Be sure to click on "other databases" and then click on the box for WPSA. Types of publications indexed include books, periodicals and selected local, state, national and international government documents.
• Social Sciences Abstracts (1983-present)
  Indexes core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.
• Academic Search Premier (1984-present for indexing and abstracts, 1990-present for full text, some publications 1960s and 1970s are included.)
  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,800, as well as full text for over 3,200 scholarly journals and general magazines.

Other Resources

Lexis-Nexis Congressional
An online, full text legislative and regulatory service, published by Congressional Information Service, Inc. (CIS), a leading international publisher of reference, research, and current awareness information products based on information produced by the U.S. government and related information

• CQ Weekly
  CQ Weekly is an in-depth source for expert coverage of the Congress—bills, maneuvering, votes, hearings and the like. The CQ Weekly purports to cover “virtually every act of Congress” and provides non-partisan coverage and analysis. According to its website, it is the choice of 95% of the members of Congress and the Executive Branch. It also boasts praise from other media outlets and leading businesses. There are in-depth reports here on various Congressional issues, bills, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll call votes (which are searchable by Congress or by bill number). Archive back to 1983.
• CQ Congress Collection
  CQ Congress Collection is a dynamic, data-rich research and reference tool allowing a sweeping historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy.

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