Political Science Resources
A comprehensive site linking to information on all levels of government both domestically and internationally. Topics covered include foreign political parties and elections, political theory, international relations, state and local governments, elections, think tanks, and statistics.Political Information.com
Political Information.com has up-to-the-minute headline news affecting U.S. political issues. Also links to websites on campaigns, political parties, and grassroots organizations.State and Local Government on the Net
State and Local Government on the Net is a directory of state, county, and city government sponsored and controlled resources on the Internet. Also provides links to national organizations dealing with government issues.
Project Vote Smart
Vote Smart provides short biographical sketches for elected state and federal officials and includes information on their voting records, on campaign finances, on their positions on the controversial issues, and on their performance evaluations according to special interest groups. Use your 9-digit zip code to find out who represents you at the state and federal levels and link to their websites.Directory of Government Officials
Compiled by the Greensboro Library Government Documents Librarian, this site includes contact, salary, and form of address information for government officials in Greensboro, Guilford County, and North Carolina, as well as major officials in the federal government.
Elections and Voting Information
This is the UNCG Government Information website covering elections on national and state levels, general voting information, and statistics.Elections Around the World
Elections around the world, parties on the web, parliaments around the world, electoral calendar.Project Vote Smart
Current candidates: backgrounds, issue positions, and campaign finances.United States
Election statistics from the 2000 campaign provided by the Federal Elections Commission.North Carolina
This website from the North Carolina State Board of Elections provides results by county for state and federal elections. Also includes campaign finance reports and data as well as voter registration data.
Democratic National Committee
Official homepage of the Democratic Party with information on issues of importance to the party. Includes links to the individual state Democratic Party sites.Republican National Committee
Official homepage of the Republican Party with information on issues of importance to the party. Includes links to the individual state Republican party sites and to other national political organizations.
Opensecrets.org
Opensecrets.org is the website of the Center for Responsive Politics which is a non-partisan organization that tracks money in politics, and its effect on federal elections and public policy.
GallupPolls (The Gallup Organization)
Public opinion poll results on political, economic, and social issues as well as news highlights.PollingReport.com
An independent nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion from the publisher of the latest surveys results by respected polling organizations like Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, and Princeton Survey Research Associates. Topics include health care, taxation, welfare, education, environmental policy, and other major issues of the day.Speakout.com
Speakout.com provides general information on controversial political topics as well as quotations reflecting the opinions of major government officials. This site allows individuals to participate in online polls, send messages to elected officials, and sign petitions. Includes links to hundreds of advocacy groups, think tanks, government organizations, and businesses.
Michael Ingram
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/qil/politics.asp
