American Elections: Home

Provides full text coverage for 25 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 24 years, encompassing over 10,000 articles. It covers such subjects as General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies. University of Denver Community
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This is a searchable and browsable collection of over 550 journals in the social sciences including anthropology, area studies, communication, conflict and security studies, criminology, cultural studies, gender studies, health care, politics and international relations, religion, sociology, and tourism. Date coverage varies by journal, with some coverage back to 2002, other coverage back to 1996. University of Denver Community
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JK1965 .H56 1991
Provides a compilation of documents from 1787-1988 that include important political party platforms, landmark speeches, candidate debates, news articles and campaign broadsides.

Hampden Stacks JK9 .B56 1999
Much of this book consists of easy-to-understand explanations of both common and complex political terms. Also provided are brief biographies of major political figures, descriptions of significant political parties and movements, and explanations of important cases about elections and campaign finance law decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.

The American Presidency Project was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This site provides maps of election results for every presidential election from 1828-2004. Also included in this site are party platforms, debates, inaugural addresses, convention speeches, any many more documents relating to the presidency.

JK1967 .R87 2001
This volume provides a wide range of election statistics from 1788-1999. Data presented in this source includes suffrage elections laws, voting participation rates, votes for President, House, Senate, or governor, and party competition rates for the votes of the American electorate.

JK271 .B343
Published every two years, this almanac provides profiles of every member of Congress and governor as well as in-depth and up-to-date narrative profiles of all 50 states and 435 House districts. Also included are detailed Congressional voting records and hard-to-find census data.

JK1967 .C662 2001
This guide gives the reader an overview of American elections and political parties as well as detailed information on the presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections.

Hampden Stacks JK1967 .A8
This source provides election statistics for each state. Information includes election returns for the President, House, Senate, and Governor elections, as well as general elections, primary, elections, and special elections.

Developed by the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, this site provides the official vote counts for federal elections from 1920-2016.

Developed by the U.S National Archives and Records Administration, this site explains what the electoral college is, who the electors are, and how they vote. The site also gives historical election information and provides interactive features for understanding how the election process works.

Provides information on campaign finance laws, enforcement matters, donations made to individual candidates, and much more.

Developed by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, this site provides articles on a wide range of campaign finance issues including, history of campaign finance, current structure, Supreme Court cases, reform proposals, and reform legislation.

This site is run by the Center for Responsive Politics, which is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. Basic campaign finance law is provided along with detailed statistical information, industry profiles,and databases.

The Campaign Finance Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit institute, affiliated with The George Washington University, that conducts objective research and education, empanels task forces and makes recommendations for policy change in the field of campaign finance.

JK1341 .C65 2003
This source provides statistical information about each state and congressional district in the United States.

This site provides information regarding election dates and results as well as information on candidates, campaigns, policy issues and election laws.

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