Directory of Guides and Directories Resources

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Subcategories

• Fact Checking

Resources in This Category

• Ballotpedia

  http://ballotpedia.org/
  Wiki about politics and elections, from the Lucy Burns Institute in Madison, Wisconsin.

• Better World Links - U.S. Presidential Election

  http://www.betterworldlinks.org/index.php?cat=3925
  Extensive directory includes sections on candidates, non-partisan groups, news, issues and voter registration.

• Center for Public Integrity - Consider the Source

  http://www.publicintegrity.org/politics/consider-source
  Provide the narrative behind the flow of money and how professional politicking is influencing a flood of new spending. Individual financial profiles on PACs, nonprofit groups, donors and expenditures.

• e-democracy - Election 2016

  http://pages.e-democracy.org/United_States
  Directory of news and candidate featuring President and the Presidential Launch Pad. Includes email newsletter and discussion groups.

• Federal Election Commission (FEC)

  http://www.fec.gov/
  Daily reports of FEC actions, citizens/media guides to agency programs, campaign finance reports, reporting forms and related official information. FEC is the independent agency in charge of regulating the financing of federal political campaigns.

• FollowTheMoney.org

  http://www.followthemoney.org/
  State-level campaign finance information now intended for academics, advocacy groups and journalists rather than the general public. Sells custom research services.

• Google+ - Politics & Elections

  https://plus.google.com/+GooglePolitics
  Provides data and digital trends surrounding the political process.

• Influence Explorer

  http://realtime.influenceexplorer.com/
  Provides information on money and influence in politics by tracking the big donors, how companies and whole industries spend their political money, and recipients of money from politically connected individuals. A project of the Sunlight Foundation.

• On The Issues

  http://www.ontheissues.org/
  Provides non-partisan information about the positions and voting records of candidates on various issues. Features quizzes, FAQ and a forum.

• OpenSecrets.org

  http://www.opensecrets.org/
  Guide to money in U.S. politics, including campaign money amounts and sources, searchable by party, candidate, lobbyist and election cycle. From the Center for Responsive Politics.

• OpenSecrets.org - Political Action Committees

  https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/
  Lists campaign contributions by Politicial Action Committees (PACs) and donations to PACs, broken down by sector, industry and unique PAC.

• Pew Research Center - 2016 Election

  http://www.pewresearch.org/topics/2016-election/
  Research about the 2016 election related to polls, surveys, demographics and issues.

• Political MoneyLine

  http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/
  News and information about campaign finance including lobbyists, firms and clients; donors, PACs, parties and 527s; and candidates. From CQ Roll Call.

• Politics1.com - The 50 State Pages

  http://www.politics1.com/states.htm
  Directory of state and congressional candidates and campaigns, state parties and local news sources.

• Project Vote Smart

  http://votesmart.org/
  Non-partisan information on U.S. federal and state candidates, ballot measures, issues and legislation. Includes directory of national and state political resources.

• The American National Election Studies

  http://www.electionstudies.org/
  A collaboration of Stanford University and the University of Michigan, producing data on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

• The Cook Political Report

  http://www.cookpolitical.com/
  Independent, non-partisan analysis of U.S. elections.

• The Green Papers

  http://www.thegreenpapers.com/
  Factual, non-partisan information about the general elections, primaries, caucuses, candidates, state and national political conventions, and delegate selections.

• The Rothenberg Political Report

  http://www.rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/
  U.S. political blog including campaign analysis and race ratings.

• University of Pennsylvania Library - Research Guide: U.S. Elections: Historical and Contemporary

  http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/polisci/elections.html
  Guide designed to assist in locating information on major U.S. political parties and the election process at the federal level.

• Vote-USA.org

  http://vote-usa.org/
  Provides customized sample ballots, using voter's address, to provide side-by-side comparisons of candidates with pictures, bios, social media links and issue positions. Sections for voters, researchers, candidates and volunteers.

• Voter Information Services

  http://www.vis.org/
  Provides the group's Congressional Report Cards and Congressional Toolkit to analyze the voting records of members of Congress.

• Wesleyan Media Project

  http://election-ad.research.wesleyan.edu/
  Tracks and analyzes all broadcast advertisements aired by or on behalf of federal and state election candidates in every media market in the country, providing real-time information on the extent of corporate and union spending in federal election campaigns across the country, who specifically is doing that spending, and which candidates are benefiting.

• Wikipedia - United States Elections, 2016

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2016
  Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about the federal, state and major local elections.

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