Elections and Voting: A guide to selected sources  |
2008 Election / Campaign Finance / Iowa Voters Election Day Voter Registration information "The most important office in a democracy is the office of citizen." |
C-SPAN - Click on 'American Politics/Road to the White House' in left window.
CNN.com - Election Center 2008 provides information on the candidate's views, finances, and more.
CNN/Politics - Political news, opinions and analysis.
CQ Politics.com -2008 election news, blogs, event schedules and more.
Factcheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check for the accuracy in political speech and clarification of issues.
Project Vote Smart - provides a complete list of candidates and elected officials including biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.
OpenSecrets.org - From the Center for Responsive Politics, an online source for money in politics and the 2008 presidential election.
U.S. Federal Election Commission - is charged to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections.
Des Moines Register - seven day index of news articles including presidential candidate and campaign issues. For more indepth newspaper coverage, use Access World News 
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Iowa Secretary of State - Look for "Voting Links" on right margin, including 2008 Caucus information.
Johnson County, Iowa Auditor's Office - Register to vote, find your polling place, the election calendar, plus lots more. Includes links to School elections, Iowa City elections and Caucus information.
Center for Public Integrity - produces investigative studies on topics related to government accountability and ethics.
FairVote - Studies how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance.
Common Cause - Nonpartisan citizens lobbying group focusing on government accountability and reform issues.
USA.gov/ Voting and Elections - an online guide to the election process.
Vote411.org - voter information from the League of Women Voters.
complete list of parties from Project Vote Smart |
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America Votes: election returns by state. Provides district maps, voter turn for primary and general elections from post-WWII through last presidential election. Washington : Elections Research Center, Congressional Quarterly, 1956 - 2006. (Main Reference JK1967 .A8 v.1-26).
CQ Voting and Elections 
- searchable database providing analyses, explanations, and historical resources about voting and U.S. elections.
Election Statistics - The Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives provides official vote counts of federal elections from 1920 to 2006.
Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues, and Platforms, by Robert North Roberts, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004. (Main Reference E176.1 .R6 2004).
Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America. Immanuel Ness, ed., Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, 2000. (Main Reference JK2261 .E474 2000).
Encyclopedia of the Republican Party; Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party. Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, 1997. 4 volumes (Main Reference JK2352 .E6 1997).
Federal Campaign Finance Laws - provides access to laws and other documents relevant to federal campaign finance legislation, including ballot access.
LexisNexis Congressional -
provides historical and current indexing to congressional publications including hearings and reports on a wide range of topics including elections, ballot access, electoral colleges, etc. A comprehensive digital collection of CRS Reports from 1916 to the present searchable by title, author, keyword, date/congress. For best search results, choose "advanced search" and limit a search to CRS Reports.
National Journal Group's Policy Central 
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"Comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community."
Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates, 1788 through 1996. Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., c1998. (Main Reference 176.1 .S695 1998).
Statistical History of the American Electorate, by Jerrold G. Rusk. Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2001. (Main Reference JK 1967 .R87 2001).
Voting and Registration , "Information on reported voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics is collected for the nation in November of congressional and presidential election years in the Current Population Survey (CPS)".
Election Results Archive - “This online database provides researchers, policy-makers, scholars, and others interested in elections with information on over 900 elections from around the world.”
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Elections Assistance Projects
Parties and Elections in Europe
Political Handbook of the World - Part of the CQ Electronic Library, PHW provides up to date information on government structures, politics, and key background information on countries and international organizations.
United Nations Electoral Assistance Division
World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties. 4th ed. New York : Facts On File, 2006. (Main Reference JF2011 .W67 2006).
Revised, M. Mason
August 2008
