Avalon
Project
A digital archive that includes historical documents in politics, law, history,
economics, government and diplomacy. Maintained at the Yale Law School. There
are also links to supporting documents referenced in the body of the texts.
Includes the text of the United States Constitution and Declaration of
Independence as well as lesser-known documents. |
Campaign Connection: Election
2000
Links to official web sites, profiles, and other various sites for each
candidate. Also included, general-politics sites, as well as specific Election
2000 sites. |
CNN ALLPOLITICS
Current issues in the world of politics. |
Election Search 2000
Quickest and easiest route to locating the latest information on the presidential
candidates voting records, campaign spending, platforms and more. |
Inaugural Addresses of the
Presidents of the United States |
iPolitics.com
Here, you can find information related to your elected officials, track their
votes, and send them a direct message expressing your views on a particular
issue, vote, or whatever you like. You can also set up a personalized account
to track your elected officials, get the latest news specific to them, and
enter into discussions about a range of topics and issues. |
The Nation
Some content is free and some is available only to subscribers. |
National Election Studies
NES conducts national surveys of the American electorate in presidential
and midterm election years and carries out research and development work
through pilot studies in odd-numbered years. The NES time-series now encompasses
23 biennial election studies spanning five decades. The longevity of the
NES time-series greatly enhances the utility of the data, since measures
can be pooled over time, and both long-term trends and the political impact
of historical events can be identified. |
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. Funded by the nonprofit group Americans
Who Work for a Living. |
Parliaments
Web sites of national parliaments. Arranged alphabetically by country. |
Project Vote Smart
Candidates issues and much more. Research on the backgrounds and records
of over 12,000 candidates for public office.Voting records, campaign finances,
position statements, backgrounds, and the evaluations done on them by over
100 competing special interest groups. |
Smart Voter
Maintained by the League of Women Voters. |
Useful
Links for the Politically Inclined
This metasite includes links to newspapers, political science sites and to
United States, California and local Southern California government resources.
Maintained at USC's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. |
U.S. Congress
Handbook
Guide to every member, aide, addresses, maps, and more. |
Yahoo!
Politics
Yahoo's link to political resources. |
Brookings
Policy Briefs
Timely, short, and informative papers on economics, foreign policy, and social
welfare issue, that bring background and recommendations on current issues
to policymakers, journalists, and the general public. |
Electronic Policy Network
A consortium of top public policy organizations and advocacy groups, the
Electronic Policy Network provides timely information and leading ideas about
the policies and politics that shape our world. |
The Gallup Organization
The Gallup Organization is one of the world's largest management consulting
firms. Gallup's core expertise is in measuring and understanding human attitudes
and behavior. Gallup applies this expertise to help companies improve business
performance by leveraging their employee and customer assets. Gallup also
conducts The Gallup Poll, the world's leading source of public opinion since
1935. |
Kaiser Family Foundation
The Foundation is an independent philanthropy focusing on the major health
care issues facing the nation and is Foundation is an independent voice and
a source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care
community, and the general public. |
Policy.com
The Web's most comprehensive public policy resource and community. Drawing
from its network of policy influentials, Policy.com showcases leading research,
opinions and events shaping public policy on dozens of issues including
education, technology and healthcare. Policy.com is non-partisan and free
to users. |
Polling Report
Offers results from polling organization such as Gallup, Harris, Yankelovitch.
Polling data covers national, political, business, economic, and socio-cultural
topics such as abortion, death penalty, and gun control. |
Rand Institute
Rand, is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making
through research and analysis. It provides analysis in the following areas:
national defense, education and training, health care, criminal and civil
justice, labor and population, science and technology, community development,
international relations, and regional studies. Provides a number of free
full-text reports online. |
Urban Institute
The UI is a nonprofit policy research organization. Its goal is to improve
government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness
about important public choices. |
Welfare Information Network
WIN serves as a clearinghouse for information and policy analysis. Covers
many topics from Adult Education to Youth Development. |
World Directory of Think Tanks
Produced by the National Institute for Research Advancement, this site has
links to public policy institutes worldwide. Standard information about each
includes location, executive officer, history and scope, areas of research,
and research findings and publications. |
