Selected Resources for:
Elections

Academic Search Premier   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph

1965- (varies).

Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed.

Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1788-2004  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b3129779

Location: Ref G1201.F9 H5 2006

American Presidential Campaigns & Elections  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2670822

Chronological Presidential election facts in encyclopedia form. Historical pictorials are included.

Location: Ref JK1965 .A57 2003

Census Bureau - Voting & Registration  

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html

Find information on voting and registration demographics, such as race, age, sex, Hispanic origin, and educational attainment for the U.S., states, and regions.

America Votes  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=1240412

Location: JK1967 .A8

Federal Election Commission  

http://www.fec.gov/

This regulatory agency governs the financing of federal elections and has information on limits of individual and corporate donations to matching fund guidelines of The Presidential Public Funding Program. Search here for Campaign Finance Reports and Data.

House of Representatives, Clerk of the House, Election Statistics  

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html

Comprehensive statistics of state by state election results are kept by the House of Representatives Clerk of the House. The numbers of Senators and Representatives from each congress are listed in charts.

Google Blogs  

http://blogsearch.google.com/

Blogs have become one of the most important vehicles for up-to-date information on candidates and their elections. Search using keywords on issues or candidate names.

Open Secrets  

http://www.opensecrets.org/

An invaluable site that tracks overall financial information related to elections: members of congress, committees, congressional races, and political parties. Find out which organizations gave money to individual politicians; search by name or state to track donation history.