Politics

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The Government

• The White House
• The House of Representatives
  • GOP.gov, from the House Republican Conference
  • The Speaker's News Page from the House Speaker's office
  • House Democrats
  • House Clerk's Office follows House proceedings
  • House Rules Committee has House rules, schedules and information on how Congress works
• The Senate
  • Senate Republican Policy Committee
  • Senate Democratic Leadership
• The Judiciary
  • Supreme Court
  • Federal District and Appeals Courts

• Congressional Pictoral Directory Photos of members of Congress in PDF format
• Congress.org lets you find and send e-mail to federal, state and local officials.
• FedWorld Information Services: Comprehensive guide to government databases - revised
  
• USA.gov provides access to government services for individuals, businesses and governments.
• Federal Government Agencies,a clean, easy-to-use listing
• Federal Web Navigatorhelps find government Web sites
• National Governors Association
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• New York State Government Information Locator

Parties & Persuasions

• Democratic National Committee
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
• New Democrats Onlinefrom the Democratic Leadership Council
• Republican National Committee
• National Republican Congressional Committee
• National Republican Senatorial Committee
• State Republican parties and candidates
• Libertarian Party
• International Society for Individual LibertyExtensive collection of Libertarian links
• Libertarian.orgMore about the persuasion than the party
• Reform Partyof Ross Perot fame
• The Green Parties worldwide and Green Party of the United States
• Democratic Socialists of America
• Communist Party U.S.A.
• Socialist Party U.S.A.
• New Party
• Natural Law Party
• Constitution Partyformerly United States Taxpayers Party

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• Turn Leftwas the home of liberalism on the Web, but is no longer updated
• The Federalist SocietyConservative and libertarian thought
• The Christian Coalition
• National Right to Life Committee
• National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
• Moving Ideasfrom a collection of liberal publications, think tanks and organizations (formerly Electronic Policy Network)
• People for the American Way"Progressive" lobbying and activism (interesting information on the Religious Right in politics)
• National Committee for an Effective CongressPolitical information, voting and finance data from "progressive" viewpoint
• Campaign for America's Futureadvocates what it calls "progressive reform"
• New Democrat Networksupports "pro-growth, pro-family" Democrats
• Democrats.comonline community site for "progressive" Democrats
• The Interfaith Allianceseeks to counter what it calls religious extremist influence in politics
• American Israel Public Affairs CommitteePro-Israel lobby
• The Feminist Majority
• Emily's ListPolitical network for pro-choice Democratic women
• National Organization for Women
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Rifle Association
• American Civil Liberties Union
• The John Birch Society
• The Concord Coalitionaims to eliminate the budget deficit
• NetActionhighlights the Internet's potential as a tool for organizing and advocacy
• AFL-CIOThe labor perspective
• MoveOnsays its goal is to bring ordinary people back into politics

Political Information

• The American Presidencya history of the office from Grolier Online
• Ballot Access Newsfollows efforts to get candidates on the ballot
• Cato Institutelibertarian think tank
• Center for Public Integritystudies the impact of money on public policy
• The Center for Voting and Democracyadvocates proportional representation
• Campaigns and ElectionsElection news and a political blog directory
• CQ.comfrom Congressional Quarterly
• Congressional roll callsfrom Congressional Observer Publications
• Council on Foreign Relationstracks the candidates on foreign policy issues
• DemocracyNetInformation about and discussion of local elections and issues from the League of Women Voters
• The Empire Pagelinks to major news headlines on politics each day, emphasizing New York
• Federal Election Commissiondata on campaign contributions
• Follow the Moneygives contribution information for state races
• The Gallup Poll
• Gotham GazetteNew York City news and policy from Citizens Union
• GovSpotUseful government information of all types
• Heritage Foundation,the conservative think tank
• National Political Indexlinks to varied political and government sites and services
• OpenSecrets.org from The Center for Responsive Politics provides extensive campaign contribution information
• Political Informationsearches 5,000 politics and policy web sites
• PoliticalMoneyLineFederal Election Commission data in a more useful format
• Political Science Resourcesan excellent international collection of links
• Politics1Information on parties, candidates and issues
• PoliticsNYlooks at New York politics and links to New York candidates' and officials' sites
• Pollingreport.comtracks trends in public opinion from various sources
• Project Vote Smarttracks candidates, officials and issues
• Public Agendaprovides research on major issues in a nonpartisan manner
• self-gov.orgoffers a quick test of your political leanings
• TownHall.comConservative news and information
• Voter and registration demographicsfrom the Census Bureau
• Vote.comfrom Dick Morris and friends lets people "vote" on public issues

Political Media & Commentary

• The Atlantic Policy & Societyfrom the Atlantic Online
• C-SpanProgram schedules and TV/radio feeds
• Commentary
• eVote,with news and features, says it "keeps score in the Great Game of Politics."
• Fast Politicslinks to political news from many sources
• Foreign PolicyThe venerable magazine of international politics
• The HillCapitol Hill news
• The Nation
• National Journal
• National Review Online
• The New Republic Online
• Politico
• Roll Call OnlineCapitol Hill news
• Salon politics
• Slate, politics and culture

Public Opinion

• RealClear Politicssummarizes the latest political polls

News Organizations

• ABC News
• CBS News
• The Los Angeles Times
• Minnesota Pollfrom the Minneapolis Star Tribune
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal(subscription required)
• The Washington Post

Private Organizations

• Gallup Poll
• IpsosMarket research, advertising research and public opinion
• Kaiser Family Foundation
• MORIMarket research organization in Britain
• Pew Research Center
• PollingReport.com
• Public AgendaNonprofit public opinion and policy analysis organization founded by Daniel Yankelovich and Cyrus Vance
• The Tarrance Group's Battleground Polls
• Zogby International

State Polls

• ArkansasArkansas Poll, University of Arkansas
• CaliforniaField Poll
• ConnecticutQuinnipiac University Poll
• Minnesota PollMinneapolis Star Tribune
• New JerseyQuinnipiac University Poll
• New YorkMarist Institute for Public Opnion
• New YorkQuinnipiac University Poll
• PennsylvaniaQuinnipiac University Poll

Academic Organizations

• Council of European Social Science Data Archives
  • Member Archives

• The Eagleton Pollat Rutgers
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• National Annenberg Election Surveyfrom the University of Pennsylvania
• Odum Instituteat the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Program on International Policy Attitudes
• Racial Attitudes in Americafrom the University of Illinois at Chicago
• Roper Centerat the University of Connecticut

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