Political Science Generally: Elections

"Ballotpedia is an online encyclopedia coveringAmerican politics and elections. Our goal is to connect people to politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at the local, state, and federal level."

Also from CQ Press, this encyclopedic reference provides background on all levels of U.S. elections, including political parties, the electoral college, candidates, financing and more. Includes the historic 2008 election.

Since 1920, the Office of the Clerk from the House of Representatives has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories.

Presidential campaign commercials since 1952 - a video resource from the Museum of the Moving Image

"...informed analysis of US national elections by members of the Princeton academic community."

Voting America presents animated and interactive visualizations of American voting patterns over the last 168 years. This is a great example of digital scholarship.

From the Center for Responsive Politics, OpenSecrets intends to inform voters about issues related to money in politics.

The American Civil Liberties Union research on campaign financing.

Research from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.

Election results back to 1998

Great source of information on Minnesota issues, voting and the legislature.

NCSL is the best source of information on state public policy issues and activity in the legislatures.

Best source of information on all areas of state government in the fifty states.