Political Science Library Guide

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.

This section of the American Presidency Project digital archive includes maps of presidential election winners by state for every voting year since 1789, plus data on presidential relations with Congress, popularity, selection, disability, first ladies, and more.

Data compiled from published elections data and presented online by David Leip.

Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories. This and other election data is available in PDF format on the Clerk of the House website.

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

Published reports filed by Senate, House of Representatives and Presidential campaigns that list how much each campaign has raised and spent. Includes lists of all donors over $200, along with each donor's home address, employer and job title.

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

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.

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.