American
Presidential Campaigns & Elections Ref JK1965 .A57 2003
Chronological Presidential election facts in encyclopedia form. Historical
pictorials are included.
Concise
Encyclopedia of Ethics in Politics and the Media PN4756
.C66 2001
Federal
Election Commission Campaign Guide: Corporations and Labor Organizations
Gov Docs Stx Y3.EL 2/3:13 C 81/2007
Guide
to U.S. Elections from Congressional Quarterly - Ref
JK1967 .C662 2001
Historical
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1788-2004
Ref G1201.F9 H5 2006
How
to Research Elections Z7164.R4 M37 2000
This book contains an extensive bibliography with brief summaries of each
book from Why Reagan Won: A Narrative History of the Conservative Movement,
1964-1981 to Televised Presidential Debates: Advocacy in Contemporary
America to Making Campaigns Count: Leadership and Coalition-Building in 1980.
LexisNexis
Congressional (off-campus
access)
Provides access to the full-text of bills, laws and regulation regarding
campaigns and elections. It also provides biographical information about
current members of Congress.
C-SPAN <http://www.c-span.org/>
Enter search terms such as “campaign ads” or “campaigning”
CNN <http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/>
The
New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/>
The New York Times “Politics” section
tracks politics and politicians; the 'Politics
Navigator' lists political parties and lobby groups
from People for the American Way to Emily’s
List.
The
Washington Post >http://www.washingtonpost.com/>
The Post's 'Politics' section follows political news through regular
columns, features, and blogs.
| III. Political Party Official Pages |
Project
Vote Smart <http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_political_resources.php?category=1>
A comprehensive list of political parties, with contact information
and links to web sites for each party listed. Project Vote Smart is a non-partisan
and non-profit organization that gathers and publishes data on
political parties and candidates in the United States.
| IV. Public Interest Groups and Related Organizations |
American
National Election Studies <http://www.electionstudies.org/>
A University of Michigan survey research center which produces results similar
to the Gallup Poll’s from studies on the American electorate in presidential
and midterm election years and pilot studies in odd-numbered years.
Campaign
Finance Institute <http://www.cfinst.org/>
The Campaign Finance Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit institute,
affiliated with The George Washington University, that conducts objective
research and education, empanels task forces and makes recommendations
for policy change in the field of campaign finance. (from
the site)
Campaign
Legal Center <http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/>
The Campaign Legal Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization
which works in the areas of campaign finance and elections, political
communication and government ethics. The Legal Center offers nonpartisan
analyses of issues and represents the public interest in administrative,
legislative and legal proceedings. (from the site)
Center
for Voting & Democracy <http://www.fairvote.org/index.php>
A nonprofit organization which educates the public about the impact of
voting systems and political representation, proportional representation,
voter turnout, and the influence of money in elections.
Commission
on Presidential Debates <http://www.debates.org/>
A nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation which sponsored the 1988, 1992, 1996,
2000, and 2004 Presidential debates.
Election
Data Services <http://www.electiondataservices.com/home.htm>
EDS is a Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm specializing
in redistricting, election administration, and the analysis and presentation
of census and political data. EDS tracks voting equipment use to reapportionment
and
produces studies on the election subjects.
The
Gallup Organization <http://www.gallup.com/>
The Gallup Organization is known for “The Gallup Poll”-conducting
polling, or survey research. Search the site for the most recent results
of polls on a wide range of national and international issues.
League
of Conservation Voters <http://www.lcv.org/>
National Environmental Scorecard <http://www.lcv.org/scorecard/>
Superfund voting to oil refineries to Yellowstone snowmobiles-LCV scores congressional
representatives voting on and for the environment. Also consider other coalitions
that perform voter registration, i.e., APIA Vote www.apiavote.org
League
of Women Voters <http://www.lwv.org/>
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization
founded in 1920 to impact national, state, and local issues and legislation
through grassroots organization.
OpenSecrets.org <http://www.opensecrets.org/>
An invaluable site that tracks overall financial information related to elections:
members of congress, committees, congressional races, and political parties.
Find out which organizations gave money to individual politicians; search
by name or state to track donation history.
Politics1 <http://www.politics1.com>
A comprehensive website with links to both national and statewide candidates’ campaign
websites and websites criticizing the candidates.
Project
VoteSmart <http://www.vote-smart.org/>
Nonpartisan nonprofit organization which provides information about candidates,
their speeches and campaign finances. The Voter’s Self-Defense Manual
and The Reporter’s Source Book are free to download from the PVS
website.
Public
Campaign
<http://www.publicampaign.org/>
Public Campaign is a non-profit, non-partisan group working to reform
campaign finance.
Roper
Center for Public Opinion Research <http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/>
University of Connecticut supported website with public opinion polls and Presidential
election poll results.
U.S. PIRG–The Federation of State PIRGs <http://www.pirg.org/>
U.S. PIRG is a federation of state Public Interest Research Groups
(PIRGs) that work on impacting legislation on a wide range of public
issues. A special section on Voting
and Democracy <http://www.uspirg.org/voting-democracy>
focuses on campaigns and elections.
| V.
U.S. Government Resources |
Electoral
College <http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html>
What exactly is the Electoral College? Who are the Electors and how did they
vote in the last election? Find out at this site from the National Archives.
Federal
Election Commission <http://www.fec.gov/>
This regulatory agency governs the financing of federal elections and has
information on limits of individual and corporate donations to matching fund
guidelines of The Presidential Public Funding Program. Search here for Campaign
Finance Reports and Data.
House
of Representatives, Clerk of the House, Election Statistics
<http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html>
Comprehensive statistics of state by state election results are kept by the
House of Representatives Clerk of the House. The numbers of Senators and
Representatives from each congress are listed in charts.
Internal
Revenue Service Tax Information for Political Organizations <http://www.irs.gov/charities/political/index.html>
Lists tax filing information for political organizations. Political organization
disclosures, i.e., Restaurant Association of Maryland Political Action Committee
and Bank of America Virginia Political Action Committee, can be searched. Use
Advanced Search to search by Custodian Mailing Address and Date of Material
Change.
U.S.
Department of State - USINFO.STATE.GOV <http://usinfo.state.gov/politics/elections/>
This site provides summaries about the history
of U.S. political parties and elections procedures and includes information
about voting, issues, and candidates.
U.S.
Census Bureau - Voting & Registration
<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html>
Find information on voting and registration demographics, such as race, age, sex, Hispanic origin, and educational attainment for the U.S., states, and regions.
A. Books can provide useful information on Presidential,
state and local campaigns and elections. Use GEORGE,
the online catalog of Lauinger Library, to find books by subject, title,
or author, or keyword.
To search by SUBJECT:
GEORGE uses Library of Congress Subject
Headings. These are the topics assigned the book by the Library of Congress,
i.e., Campaign Speeches -- United States or Communication
in Politics.
Two ways of finding the Library
of Congress Subject Headings for a topic are:
· Consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings, the large red volumes
shelved in the dictionary stand, near the Reference Desk.
· Perform a KEYWORD search in GEORGE for one or more of the terms which
best describe your search. For example the search "campaign and election",
will create a set of records containing both words. If the set is too
large,
select
LIMIT,
then select one of the ways of limiting.
From this set, view the items which seem most relevant.
The Library of Congress Subject Headings assigned to the book will
appear in the part of the "Full Record" tab labeled "Subject" or
the tab in GEORGE that says "Find Similar Items".
If a subject heading looks promising, click on it or use it for further
searches. By trying a variety of subject headings for your topic,
you will find the best books for your research.
America
Votes Stacks & Reference JK1967 .A8
Campaign
Speeches of American Presidential Candidates
1928-1972
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1948-1984 E743 .C236 1985
Election Resources on the
Internet <http://electionresources.org/>
Free online resource with links to websites containing publicly available
election data and other electoral information for over 120 countries,
including the United States.
ICPSR
Data Collections
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/>
Provides access to computerized social science data collected by the Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research, a membership-bases, not-for-profit
organization serving member colleges in the United States and abroad. To
retrieve data contact Clyde Wilcox in the Government Department. For SAS
and SPSS classes with Ru-san Chen, register at http://uis.georgetown.edu/training/
A Statistical History of the American Electorate LAU
Ref Stx JK 1967.R87 2001
A comprehensive list of statistics, mainly raw numbers on Presidential, House,
Senate and Gubernatorial elections.
The
National Commission on Federal Election Reform’s
“To
Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process: Report of the National
Commission
on Federal Election Reform”
LAU Stx JK1965 .N38 2002
University
of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public
Affairs
<http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/>
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