Political Science Subject Guide

The Pew Research Center offers 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.

Presidential campaign commercials 1952-2024.

"FedFlix"—Public Domain Stock Footage Library & Government Theater

From the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, a fascinating and often hilarious digital collection of government sponsored comic books.

Compiled by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 1920 - 2024.

From the Roper Center Public Opinions Archive, 1976 - 2020.

Initially funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this site keeps an eye on the factual accuracy of political rhetoric from campaigns, advertisements, speeches, etc.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) report on six broad dimensions of governance for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996-2023.

"...promoting and innovating government transparency" through the tracking of federal legislation, voting records, district maps, congressional committees and more.

Browse roll call votes in the House of Representatives and in the Senate to pass bills, resolutions, nominations, and treaties and votes on cloture and other motions.

A project of the Center for Responsive Politics, this site tracks money and its winding path through U.S. politics.

Dedicated to media accountability and the awareness of censored news.

A "global coalition against corruption."

Though no longer active as of 2020, the Sunlight Foundation was a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that used civic technologies, open data, policy analysis and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all. Their website is archived statically.

CRS is the public policy research arm of Congress. This legislative branch agency works exclusively for Members of Congress, their committees and their staffs. Select the More Options link under the search bar to find the CRS Products search form. The form allows you to search by keyword or phrase, CRS Product Number, referenced Legislation and Law Numbers, Publication Date, CRS Product Type, CRS Product Topic, CRS Product Author and CRS Product Status.