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Political Science
Research and
Data Collections
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2000
Presidential Election Resources -- exact counts and lots
more...
- Elections
2004 -- count totals, post-election nominees, documents of all
sorts to give a total picture.
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Elections 2006
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Elections 2008
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American President
-- peer-reviewed and non-partisan, it covers the history and
function of the U.S. presidency. It also access up-to-date
information on White House and presidential personnel. An excellent
site.
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American Presidency Project
-- "is
the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized
into a single searchable database:
The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft
(1789-1913) The Public Papers of the Presidents:Hoover to
Bush (1929-1993) The Weekly Compilation of Presidential
Documents:Clinton - G.W. Bush (1993-2007)
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AskSam --
Searchable database of full-text books, speeches, transcripts and
more. From Presidential debates and Patriot Act to the
confirmation hearings of John Roberts, who is now the Chief Justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress: 1774 - present
- BEARS--Brown
Electronic Article Review Service, a bibliography and review of
journal articles in moral and political philosophy
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Centre for Applied Social
Surveys Question Bank--an immense file of social science
survey questions.
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Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform -- US Congress
- Constitution
Finder--links to over 100 online constitutions worldwide.
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Data
Archive: Poll Item Database--see how other people have phrased survey
questions on the subjects for which you are designing surveys, and
lots more.
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Elections: Historical Election Archive --"the most complete
on-line historical database of Upper Midwestern statewide
and district-level election returns."
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Following the Dollars -- political contributions (Dem & Rep) by
zip code, provides a map and markers you can click on with names of
contributors. Wow!
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GovTrack.us: Tracking the U.S.
Congress -- a non-governmental resource that monitors
legislation, voting records, etc...
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InterUniversity Consortium
for Political and Social Research
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Living Room Candidate:
Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008 -- Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004 from
the Museum of the Moving Image.
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National
Budget Simulation-- a student lesson
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Public Opinion Data:--Gallup
Organization Newsletter Archive
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Roper
Center for Public Opinion Research -- includes an archive of
survey data and more.
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Running
for Office: Political Cartoons 1898-1948 -- from the National
Archives, it covers the SAME sort of issues seen in today's campaigns,
only the names have changed! Curated by an Ambrose Graduate.
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Social
Science Data Collections
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Social
Statistics Briefing Room-- government demographic, health,
education, and crime statistics in brief, arranged for ease of use by
non-statisticians
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Voting
and Registration Data--Historical Time Series Tables [.pdf]
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