Political Science Library Guide

Election analysis and data by Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan think tank.

The ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation. ANES is a collaboration of Stanford University and the University of Michigan, with funding by the National Science Foundation.

Integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a powerful research and reference tool on the American voter.

Try this iPad app to view elections data back to 1976.

View Congressional district maps; find a Senator or Representative by last name, state, ZIP code, or address; search legislation, and more. GovTrack.us began in 2004 as a project to use technology to make the U.S. Congress more open and accessible.

Contains more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952, when television ads were first used in a presidential campaign.

Portal to information on presidential libraries and museums, with links to related digital archives as well.

The United States Elections Web Archive includes campaign sites archived weekly during the election seasons since 2000, documenting sites associated with presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections. It is curated and hosted by the Library of Congress.

A massive digital collection of presidential papers, messages, speeches, videos, statistics, and other resources, from George Washington to the present.