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United States Elections

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Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

Electronic Reference Sources

  Academic Search Premier
ABOUT     CQ Electronic Library.
Includes Congress and The Nation, Politics in America, CQ Weekly Report, CQ Researcher, and other titles.
  PAIS International
ABOUT    
  LexisNexis Academic
ABOUT     National Journal Group's Policy Central.
Includes National Journal, Almanac of American Politics, CongressDaily, Poll Track, and other titles.
  LexisNexis Congressional ABOUT    

Multi-Database Search : Politics

Specialized Guides

Public Opinion

Political Parties and Campaigns

Campaign Finance

Voting and Election Statistics

Maine Elections

Web Resources

Project VoteSmart
Great place to begin. Look up biographies, issue positions, voting records. Search the Presidential candidates' public statements.

Politics 1
Links to official web sites of candidates, political parties, special interest groups, and political news events.

FactCheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center)

Opensecrets.org (Center for Responsive Politics)
Non-partisan, non-profit tracks money and U.S. elections.

OnTheIssues.org
Non-partisan, non-profit lists candidates on issues, and topics in the news.

Federal Election Commission
Administers and enforces federal election laws. Statistical and other materials concerning the financing of federal elections.

CQ MoneyLine
Allows you to track political contributions from individuals, PACs, candidates, elected officials and party committees. You can use it to learn what industries raise and distribute the most money, and where those dollars are going. CQ MoneyLine also gives you the tools to follow the flow of soft money through 527 organizations and offers information on thousands of lobbyists.

Political Science Resources (Univ. of Mich. Documents Center)

U.S. Electoral College (National Archives and Records Administration)

Reference Works

Elections A to Z
Reference JK1976 .M57 2005

Electorial Politics Dictionary
Reference JK 1971 R46 1989

Guide to U.S. Elections
Reference JK 1967 C662 2005 V.1-2

United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997
Reference JK 1967 D77 1998

Subject Headings

Presidents United States Election

United States Elections

United States Election Forecasting

Electioneering

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Sandra Groleau
Documents Librarian
207-786-6268
e-mail: sgroleau AT bates.edu

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Page author: Sandra L. Groleau
Date: 9/04/07


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