Political Science Subject Guide

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Public Opinion Polls - Research Guide
Public Opinion: Harvard Kennedy School
Pew Global Attitudes Project
The Pew Research polls offer a rich resource for looking into public opinion on a wide range of topics. They offer both handy overviews of their surveys and downloadable datasets.

C-Span Video Library
Critical Past
The Living Room Candidate
Presidential campaign commercials 1952-2016.
Public Resource .org
"FedFlix"—Public Domain Stock Footage Library & Government Theater
Government Sponsored Comics
From the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, a fascinating and often hilarious digital collection of government sponsored comic books.

American National Election Studies
Election Statistics
Compiled by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 1920 - 2008.
Federal Election Commission
U.S. Presidential Elections
From the Roper Center Public Opinions Archive, 1976 - 2016.

FactCheck.org
Initially funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this site keeps an eye on the factual accuracy of political rhetoric from campaigns, advertisements, speeches, etc.
Governance Matters
Worldwide government indicators such as political stability, accountability, and rule of law. A project of the World Bank.
GovTrack.us
"...promoting and innovating government transparency" through the tracking of federal legislation, voting records, district maps, congressional committees and more.
Open Congress
Campaign contributions + Capitol Hill Voting = Worth paying attention to...
OpenSecrets.org
A project of the Center for Responsive Politics, this site tracks money and its winding path through U.S. politics.
Project Censored
Dedicated to media accountability and the awareness of censored news.
Transparency International
A "global coalition against corruption."
Sunlight Foundation: Transparency in Government

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govinfo replaced FDsys in December 2018. Full-text information from the three branches of the US Federal Government. Includes the federal budget, the Congressional Record, Congressional bills, History of Bills, the Federal Register, and the US Code. Dates of coverage vary by collection.