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Political Science
Research and
Data Collections
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2000
Presidential Election Resources -- exact counts and lots
more...
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2004
Presidential Election Resources -- count totals, documents on
issues and more
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2006 Elections
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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
- Centre for Applied Social
Surveys Question Bank--an immense file of social science
survey questions.
- Constitution
Finder--links to over 100 online constitutions worldwide.
- 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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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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InterUniversity Consortium
for Political and Social Research
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Living Room
Candidate -- Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004 from
the Museum of the Moving Image.
- National
Budget Simulator-- with federal budget info, congressional
budget proposals
- Politics
and Science -- "The
American people depend upon federal agencies to develop science-based
policies that protect the nation’s health and welfare. Recently,
however, leading scientific journals have begun to question whether
scientific integrity at federal agencies has been sacrificed to
further a political and ideological agenda. At
the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the Democratic staff of the
Government Reform Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives
assessed the treatment of science and scientists by the Bush
Administration."
- Public Opinion Data:--Gallup
Organization Newsletter Archive
- 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
- 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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