Political Parties, Organizations, and Elections
Political Parties | Elections | Organizations
Political Parties
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
- U.S. House of Representatives
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- U.S. Senate
House Democratic Caucus
House Democratic Leadership
Republican Party
Republican National Committee (RNC)
National Republican Congressional Committee
House Republican Policy Committee
Senate Republican Conference
Speaker of the House (D. Hastert)
Other Political Parties
Directory of U.S.
Political Parties - Ron Gunzburger's gateway list
Communist Party USA
Green Parties of North America
- organized by state
Libertarian Party
Reform Party - Ross Perot was a
founding member of this party
Elections
Atlas of U. S. Presidential Elections
Dave Leip's collection of presidential election data from 1789 to 2004.
Campaign Finance Institute
Non-partisan institute, affiliated with The George Washington University,
that conducts research in the field of campaign finance.
Campaign Finance Reform
Brookings Institution site of news and research reports
FAIR VOTE: Center for Voting and Democracy
Non-partisan organization that conducts research on electoral systems
and practices.
Federal Election Commission
The U. S. govenment agency that enforces federal laws on campaign finances.
Factcheck.org: Annenberg Political Fact Check
A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
to monitor the accuracy of United States politicians and political players.
Opensecrets.org
Web site of the Center for Responsive Politics. Tracks the political money
to make a direct link from campaign donations to votes and public policy decisions
of elected officials.
Project Vote-Smart
Non partisan organization that provides information on state and federal candidates
for office. Includes issue postions, and information on state elections, initiatives,
and referenda.
RollCallOnline
Newspaper of Capitol Hill
U. S.
Electoral College
Historical and current information from the U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA)
U. S. Politics
U. S. specific resources from the Documents Center (University of Michigan)
Voting and Elections
- FirstGov
Organizations - Partisan and Non-partisan
Almanac of Federal PACS
Main Ref JK1991 .A744
Biennial that profiles each PAC with history, membership, contact information, and financial data with their campaign contributions for past 5 years. Latest edition in Bartle reference; earlier editions back to 1988 are in the stacks.
Political Advocacy
Groups
Directory of U. S. Lobbyists and political action committees (PACS)
PoliticalMoneyLine
Free money and politics tracking site. Other services provide data collection
and linking of financial and political information to numerous U.S. government
departments and agencies.
Think Tanks - Documents Center (University of Michigan)
Annotated list.of organizations that conduct public policy research.
