Political Science and Public Administration

Founded 1903. Major professional society for people who study politics, government and public policies in the U.S. and worldwide.

Since 1939, ASPA is a leading public service organization that advances the art, science, teaching, and practice of public and non-profit administration.

NASPAA is the membership association of graduate programs in public administration, public policy, and public affairs. NASPAA's Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation is the specialized accreditor of these master degree programs. The mission is to ensure excellence in education and training for public service & to promote the ideal of public services.

From Stanford University & the University of Michigan, with funding by the National Science Foundation. Statistical data since 1948. The core content consists of 65 data sets on pre- and post-election surveys of voter attitudes. Builds on the work of the Survey Research Center and the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Data sets may be downloaded as ZIP files.

Established in 1987 to sponsor & produce the debates in order to educate the public. Also, undertakes research about the presidential debates.

Archives of election web resources kept for the U.S. national elections since 2000.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, also referred to as the Annenberg Political FactCheck, monitors the factual accuracy of U.S. political players in the media. Browse by Date or Search by Keywords.

In the 2012 United States presidential election, Nate Silver correctly predicted the winner of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In 2012 and 2013, under Silver's statistical analysis, FiveThirtyEight won Webby Awards as the "Best Political Blog" from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Presidential Campaign Commercials since 1952.

Sponsored by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan and non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. Tracks campaign reforms, campaign finance filings, politicians, elections, influence & lobbying, news & analysis.

Fact checking of speakers on American politics. Run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times, an independent newspaper in Florida. Site won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the 2008 election.

Current and historical information about the electoral college.

Established in 1975 to monitor election activity in the U.S. Discloses campaign finances, enforces election finance laws, and oversees public funding of federal elections. Includes National Voter Turnout in Federal Elections.

From the American National Election Studies

The Gallup Poll is one of the best known U.S. polls. Some free information is available at this main web site, while the Gallup Brain, its comprehensive collection of archived polls since 1935, is unavailable and fee based. USE REFERENCE BOOK -- Gallup Poll in Reference HN 90. P8 to find more.

Kaiser Family Foundation. Surveys on American values, sex, health, care issues, politics, and morals. Most files are in PDF form.

An independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward political and public policy issues.

Sponsored by public service-oriented foundations, Public Agenda Online offers issue guides on Abortion, America's Global Role, Crime, Economy, Education, Environment, Federal Budget, Gay Rights, Health Care, Higher Education, Illegal Drugs, Immigration, Medical Research, Medicare, Poverty & Welfare, Race, Right to Die, and Social Security. Essays, summaries of news, and graphs of poll results accompany the issues.

Provides public opinion polls outside of the United States. The project is managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland.