Elections 

US and World Elections Portals

IFES's Election Guide
Elections and electoral systems around the world. Reports available for comparison or analysis on the following issues: voter turnout, party and presidential candidate performance, and government structure.

GODORT's Elections page
Provides extensive information on many aspects of the subject of elections in the US and all over the world. From ALA's Government Documents Round Table. See Popular Starting Points.


US Elections Only

Election maps and data covering 1789-2004 from The American Presidency Project at the University of California at Santa Barbara. See also Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections from MIT graduate David Liep. 

Campaigns and Elections
Information on voting records, political parties, election results, campaign finance and election reform, and more. From Columbia University.

Factcheck.org
Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Federal Election Commission
Campaign finance reports and data, with maps and searchable databases. See also Open Secrets for more money in politics data.

Project Vote Smart
Biographical information, campaign finances, issue positions, interest group ratings, voting records, public statements. See also David Leips' Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections and Map the Candidates.

Voter Information Center
From the US Election Assistance Commission. Find voter registration sites, state election offices, state and congressional primary dates.

Virginia State Board of Elections. See also Elections and Voting information from the states, with links to state election offices and state primary information.

Green Papers
2008 Primary, Runoff and General Election information, by state.

Political Party Platforms 1840-2004
and Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches 1880-2004 from Univerity of California at Santa Barbara.

FactCheck.org, sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

PolitiFact, a product of the St. Petersburg (FL) Times and CQ.

The Washington Post