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Commission
on Presidential Debates Schedule, moderators, debate format.
Congressional
Quarterly Researcher ChRiv NOTE: This
is a database of research reports on a single topic
of current interest such as 'climate change' or 'immigration'
- NOT newspaper or journal
articles.
Political Parties and Platforms
Democratic National Committee | Republican National Committee
for other parties see Politics1.com - Directory of U.S. Political Parties ;
Yahoo-US-Parties
Democratic Party Platform 2004 | Republican Party Platform 2004
American Presidency Project - Political Party Platforms 1840-present
also Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches • 1960 - 2004
Presidential Candidates Debates • 1960 - 2004 Transcripts
Political
Parties in America. CQ Press, c2001. Mugar JK2261 .P636 2001
Political
parties in American history. Putnam,1974. 3
vol. set: v. 1. 1789-1828.--v. 2. 1828-1890.--v. 3. 1890-present Mugar JK2261 .B47
Historical
Dictionary of United States Political Parties.
Scarecrow Press, 2000.
Mugar JK2261 .B345 2000
National
Party Conventions, 1831-2000. CQ Press, 2001. Mugar Reference X JK 2255 .N373 2001
Bain,
Richard C. and Judith H. Parris. Convention Decisions
and Voting Records. Brookings Institution, 1973.
Mugar Reference XJK 2255 .B3 1973 also Law
Annex
Johnson,
Donald Bruce. National Party Platforms, 1840-1956;
1960-1976; 1980.
Mugar JK 2255 .J64
Biographical
Information
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - present.Biography and Genealogy Master Index BU-px
LexisNexis Congressional BU-px Choose "Members and Committees" from menu.
Congressional
Directory also print Mugar Reference Desk
XJK 1011 E09
Biography.com
Almanac
of American Politics.Barone and Co., 1972 -
.
Mugar Reference Desk X JK271 .B343CQ's
Politics in America. CQ Press.
Mugar Reference Desk X JK 1012 C63
PACs,
Campaign Contributions and Finance Reform
Federal
Election Commission (FEC): Campaign Finance Reports and Data
Financial disclosure reports from 1993 to the present. Data
on 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996 elections.
FEC : Pacronyms. Full PAC name, city and state, FEC I.D. number, and the name of its sponsoring, connected, or affiliated organization.
Brookings Institute - Campaign Finance esp.
The
New Campaign Finance Sourcebook (2005)
Mugar JK1991 .N48 2005
Campaign Finance Information Center
Almanac of Policy Issues - Campaign Finance ReformLexisNexis Congressional BU-px Choose "Members and Committees" from menu.
Opensecrets.org Center for Responsive Politics. see esp. Advocacy Group and Think Tank Resources
Project Vote Smart
Fundrace 2008 Neighborhood search; map.
Campaign Finance Institute
Campaign Finance
Guide Good historical overview from the Campaign Legal Center.
Financial
Disclosure Reports of Members of the U.S. House of
Representatives of the...[House Document].Report
of the Secretary of the Senate. [Senate Document].
Use Google U.S. Govt. Search or the CIS Index to locate the
Senate Document numbers of earlier volumes.
Data
Files/Statistics
American
Presidency Project - Presidential Elections Data 1828+
Federal
Election Commission - Downloadable Data about Candidates
and Committees; also Elections
and Voting
US Presidential Election Maps: 1860-1996 Reformatted data from ICPSR Study # 7757.
Office
of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Election Statistics 1920+
"Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official
vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various
states and territories. " (from the site)
Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
Federal Elections Project - 2000 Election Data By State. Massachusetts spreadsheet download contains precinct federal general election results for all but two towns: Ayer and Stoughton.
The Record of American Democracy, 1984-1990 (ROAD) " Record Of American Democracy (ROAD) data include election returns, socioeconomic summaries, and demographic measures of the American public at unusually low levels of geographic aggregation. The NSF-supported ROAD project covers every state in the country from 1984 through 1990 (including some off-year elections). " (from the site)
American
national election studies, 1948-1997 [electronic resource] /
produced jointly by National Election Studies and Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research. The Consortium,
c1998. Mugar Reserve Room JK1967 .A835 1998 CD-ROM
America
Votes. CQ
Press. Annual. Library has V.1, 1956-present. Mugar Reference XJK1967 .F56
America
at the polls...CQ Press.
Vol 1. Harding to Eisenhower, 1920 - 1956
Vol. 2. Kennedy to Clinton, 1960 - 1992
Mugar Reference XJK524 .F65
1960-2000 John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. CQ
Press, c2001. Mugar Reference XJK524 .M33 2001
Congressional
Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Elections. CQ
Press, 2001.
2 vols. Mugar Reference XJK1967 .C662 2001
Miller,
Warren E. American National Election Studies Data
Sourcebook, 1952 - 1986. Harvard University Press,
1989.
Mugar Reference XJK1967 .M54 1989
Stanley,
Harold W. Vital Statistics on American Politics. CQ
Press, 2001.
Mugar Reference XJK274 .S74 2001
A
Statistical History of the American Electorate. CQ
Press, 2001.
Mugar Reference XJK1967 R87 2001
American
governors and gubernatorial elections, 1775-1978.
Compiled by Roy R. Glashan. Meckler Books, c1979.
Mugar Reference X JK2447 .G53
Candidate
Voting Records/InterestGroup Ranking
LexisNexis Congressional BU-px Choose "Members and Committees"
from menu.
Includes voting records in Congress from 1988- present; Key
Votes in Congress from 1987- present.House Roll Call Votes 1990+ Senate Roll Call Votes1989+ Choose 'Legislation & Records', then 'Votes'. U.S. Congress.
Congressional Record (through gpoaccess.gov)
See also: CQ Weekly, which has listings of recent House and Senate votes, and the CQ ... almanac plus ( Mugar Reference XJK 1 F451) , which has a separate appendix covering roll call votes.
Annual Rating of Congress - American Conservative Union Includes ratings back to 1971.
National Freedom Scorecard - ACLU
National Environmental Scorecard - League of Conservation Voters
Project Vote Smart
Campaign
Advertising
C-Span Election
Pages - Campaign Ads also 2004
Campaign
2008: Ad Archive (Political Communication Lab at Stanford University) also 2006 ; 2004; 2003; 2002; 2000; 1994
Factcheck.org Provides transcripts of ads and analysis of divergence from fact.
PBS - The :30 Second Candidate
ALLPolitics Ad Archive (older ad campaigns)
Air
wars : television advertising in election campaigns, 1952-2004. Darrell
M. West. CQ Press, c2005.
Mugar JF2112.A4
W47 2005 (2 older eds. available as well)
Political
campaign communication : a bibliography and guide to the literature,
1973-1982 / by Lynda Lee Kaid and Anne Wadsworth.
Scarecrow Press, 1985. Mugar Reference X Z7164.R4
K34 1985
Election
Laws and Historic Documents
The FEC and the Federal Campaign Finance Law
Campaign
Finance Guide Good historical overview from the Campaign
Legal Center.
Historic
Documents on Presidential Elections, 1787-1988.
CQ Press, 1991.
Mugar Reference X JK 1965 .H56 1991
NARA Federal Register - U.S. Electoral College
Bibliographies
and Indexes
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive 1995+ ChRiv an electronic library of photographs and other graphic images.
America: History and Life 1964+ BU-px
Congressional Quarterly Researcher ChRiv
LexisNexis Academic BU-px
LexisNexis Congressional BU-px
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) 1972+ BU-px
Social Sciences Full Text 1995+
(abstracts 1983+) BU-px; cross-search with
Readers Guide Full Text 1994+
(abstracts 1983+)
Vanderbilt Television News Archive TVNEWS Database ChRiv-px Not full text, but some free content
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts BU-px
ABI/INFORM 1970+ BU (PARTIAL FULL-TEXT )
esp. articles on ad campaigns; also Business Source Premier 1965+ BU-px
Handbooks,
Atlases, Encyclopedias, Directories and Dictionaries
Combined Federal/State Disclosure and Election Directory 2004
Census 2000 Public Law 94-171 Voting District/State Legislative District Outline Maps . Choose the online link and choose Massachusetts for county/precinct maps. Use these maps with the spreadsheet at Federal Elections Project - 2000 Election Data By State to chart how each precinct voted.My Election Information (Massachusetts) Elected State Officials, Representatives, and polling place provided by entering address.
CQ
... almanac plus. Congressional Quarterly, 1948 -
. Mugar Reference XJK 1 F451
FEC : Pacronyms. Full PAC name, city and state, FEC I.D. number, and the name of its sponsoring, connected, or affiliated organization.
Elections A to Z. Congressional Quarterly, 1999.
Mugar Reference XJK1976 .M57 1999How
to Research Elections. CQ Press, c2000.
Mugar Reference X Z7164.R4 M37 2000CQ's
Guide to the U.S. Elections. CQ Press, 2001.
2 vols.
Mugar Reference X JK1967 .C662 2001
The
Electoral Politics Dictionary. ABC-Clio, 1989.
Mugar Reference XJK 1971 .R46 1989
United
States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Congressional
District Atlas. 103rd Congress of the United States.
2 vols.
Mugar Reference XG1201.F7 U45 1993