Library Guides: Political Science Library Guide: Websites

Research Websites

American Presidency Project
A massive digital collection of presidential papers, messages, speeches, and other resources, from George Washington to the present.
Campaign Finance - Universitiy of Colorado at Boulder
A collection of resources relating to campaign finance laws, money in politics, and related research.
The Living Room Candidate
Contains more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952, when television ads were first used in a presidential campaign.
Political Communication Lab
Includes presidential campaign ads from 2000 to 2012, as well as ads from presidential primaries.
Stanford University

Vital Statistics on Congress
A joint project of the Brookings Institute and American Enterprise Institute, Vital Statistics’ purpose is to collect useful data on our first branch of government – in the election and composition of its membership as well as its formal procedure, such as the use of the filibuster, informal norms, party structure and staff. This dataset also documents the increasing polarization of Congress and the demographics of those who serve in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR)
A private, non-profit, independent research organization dedicated to informed public policy making and the effective use of public resources for the improvement of government in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
Policy research is made available for free on the BGR website.
New Orleans Satellite Government
Seeks to offer greater transparency by systematically collecting and presenting information on the sometimes obscure satellite entities of New Orleans government. Spearheaded by Tulane professors Aaron Schneider (Political Science) and David Marcello (Law).

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