Model United Nations & Political Science: Elections & Voting Resources

The American National Election Studies (ANES) produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists who want to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes.

Congress.org is a non-partisan website dedicated to building a knowledge base for professionals wishing to better engage their communities.

E-Democracy.Org is a project of Minnesota E-Democracy, a non-partisan citizen-based organization whose mission is to improve participation in democracy in Minnesota through the use of information networks. It's Election pages are a non-profit, non-partisan starting place for elections information, announcements, news and discussions.

The statistics available at the FEC's site fall into two general categories: 1) those dealing with voting and voter registration, and 2) those dealing with the financing of elections. Voter turnout and registration statistics are available back to 1960, although the earliest data is not very detailed. Campaign finance reports and data based on legally required disclosures and filings are available for federal elections to the 1996 campaigns.

The data contained in the ELEC database includes information as reported by candidates and committees. Currently contains voter contribution information for Primary and General elections (1985-2003). Can be searched by contributor name, candidate or committee name.

Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by the Center for National Independence in Politics (Corvallis, OR), Project Vote Smart's web site contains comprehensive and current information about election issues, campaigns, and candidates in both federal and state elections. Most candidate profiles include voting records, positions on selected issues, biographical details, campaign finance data, and performance ratings coompiled by major political interest groups.

WatchBlog is a multiple-editor weblog broken up into three major political affiliations, each with its own blog: the Democrats, the Republicans and the Third Party (covering everything outside the two major parties). The postings are archived and organized into topic categories.