Campaigns, Voting, and Elections: Home

This online archive from the University of California at Santa Barbara includes many sources on the American presidency--everything from the Public Papers of the Presidents to an audio/video archive of presidential speeches. The tab on "Elections" includes convention speeches, presidential debates, party platforms, and voting data.

This exhibit from the Museum of the Moving Image contains over 300 commercials from every presidential election since 1952. It's searchable by election year, type of commercial ("backfire," "fear," "children," etc.), and issue (civil rights, corruption, taxes, etc.).

From the Commission on Presidential Debates. This site includes unofficial transcripts of many presidential and vice presidential debates from 1960 and 1976-present. (See the American Presidency Project for more complete coverage.)

Want to see what Barack Obama's website looked like during his presidential campaign in 2008? Use the Wayback Machine from the Internet Archive to view archived versions of websites.

Includes demographics, data, and analysis on voting and elections in America.

An electoral college calculator, signed certificates by Electors, and more from the U.S. National Archives.

This site, from the Center for Responsive Politics, allows users to track the influence of money on U.S. politics. Under "Politicians and Elections," you can get an overview of how presidential candidates compare in terms of raising and spending money and where their funds are coming from. You can also look up information about individual donors.

The Sunlight Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for government openness and transparency that creates a variety of interesting tools. Check the "Projects" section of the site to find resources for legislative tracking, influence tracking, and more.

--Who's buying airtime for political ads? Political Ad Sleuth

--Who's throwing fundraisers? Political Party Time

--How do super PACs raise and spend money? Influence Explorer

"We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."

Confirm your voter registration and polling place.

Information about where candidates stand on the issues, ballot measures broken out by issue, voter registration requirements by state, and much more.

In print at CSSSI
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Each volume includes official, state-certified election returns and key data by county and by district for an election cycle.

In print at CSSSI
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In print at CSSSI
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