NYTimes Politics Navigator
The Government
- The White House
- The House of Representatives
- GOP.gov, from the House Republican Conference
- The Speaker’s News Page from the House Speaker’s office
- House Democrats
- House Clerk’s Office follows House proceedings
- House Rules Committee has House rules, schedules and information on how Congress works
- The Senate
- The Judiciary
- Congressional Pictoral Directory Pictures of members of Congress in PDF format
- Congress.org lets you find and send e-mail to federal, state and local officials.
- FedWorld Information Services: Comprehensive guide to government databases
- USA.gov provides access to government services for individuals, businesses and governments.
- Federal Government Agencies, a clean, easy-to-use listing
- Federal Web Navigator helps find government Web sites
- National Governors Association
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- New York State Government Information Locator
Parties & Persuasions
- Democratic National Committee
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- New Democrats Online from the Democratic Leadership Council
- Republican National Committee
- National Republican Congressional Committee
- National Republican Senatorial Committee
- State Republican parties and candidates
- Libertarian Party
- International Society for Individual Liberty Extensive collection of Libertarian links
- Libertarian.org More about the persuasion than the party
- Reform Party of Ross Perot fame
- The Green Parties worldwide and Green Party of the United States
- Democratic Socialists of America
- Communist Party U.S.A.
- Socialist Party U.S.A.
- New Party
- Natural Law Party
- Constitution Party formerly United States Taxpayers Party
- Turn Left was the home of liberalism on the Web, but is no longer updated
- The Federalist Society Conservative and libertarian thought
- The Christian Coalition
- National Right to Life Committee
- National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
- Moving Ideas from a collection of liberal publications, think tanks and organizations (formerly Electronic Policy Network)
- People for the American Way “Progressive” lobbying and activism (interesting information on the Religious Right in politics)
- National Committee for an Effective Congress Political information, voting and finance data from “progressive” viewpoint
- Campaign for America’s Future advocates what it calls “progressive reform”
- New Democrat Network supports “pro-growth, pro-family” Democrats
- Democrats.com online community site for “progressive” Democrats
- The Interfaith Alliance seeks to counter what it calls religious extremist influence in politics
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee Pro-Israel lobby
- The Feminist Majority
- Emily’s List Political network for pro-choice Democratic women
- National Organization for Women
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Rifle Association
- American Civil Liberties Union
- The John Birch Society
- The Concord Coalition aims to eliminate the budget deficit
- NetAction highlights the Internet’s potential as a tool for organizing and advocacy
- AFL-CIO The labor perspective
- MoveOn says its goal is to bring ordinary people back into politics
Political Information
- The American Presidency a history of the office from Grolier Online
- Ballot Access News follows efforts to get candidates on the ballot
- Cato Institute libertarian think tank
- Center for Public Integrity studies the impact of money on public policy
- The Center for Voting and Democracy advocates proportional representation
- Campaigns and Elections Election news and a political blog directory
- CQ.com from Congressional Quarterly
- Congressional roll calls from Congressional Observer Publications
- Council on Foreign Relations tracks the candidates on foreign policy issues
- DemocracyNet Information about and discussion of local elections and issues from the League of Women Voters
- The Empire Page links to major news headlines on politics each day, emphasizing New York
- Federal Election Commission data on campaign contributions
- Follow the Money gives contribution information for state races
- The Gallup Poll
- Gotham Gazette New York City news and policy from Citizens Union
- GovSpot Useful government information of all types
- Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank
- National Political Index links to varied political and government sites and services
- OpenSecrets.org from The Center for Responsive Politics provides extensive campaign contribution information
- Political Information searches 5,000 politics and policy web sites
- PoliticalMoneyLine Federal Election Commission data in a more useful format
- Political Science Resources an excellent international collection of links
- Politics1 Information on parties, candidates and issues
- PoliticsNY looks at New York politics and links to New York candidates’ and officials’ sites
- Pollingreport.com tracks trends in public opinion from various sources
- Project Vote Smart tracks candidates, officials and issues
- Public Agenda provides research on major issues in a nonpartisan manner
- self-gov.org offers a quick test of your political leanings
- TownHall.com Conservative news and information
- Voter and registration demographics from the Census Bureau
- Vote.com from Dick Morris and friends lets people “vote” on public issues
Political Media & Commentary
- The Atlantic Policy & Society from the Atlantic Online
- C-Span Program schedules and TV/radio feeds
- Commentary
- eVote, with news and features, says it “keeps score in the Great Game of Politics.”
- Fast Politics links to political news from many sources
- Foreign Policy The venerable magazine of international politics
- The Hill Capitol Hill news
- The Nation
- National Journal
- National Review Online
- The New Republic Online
- Politico
- Roll Call Online Capitol Hill news
- Salon politics
- Slate, politics and culture
Public Opinion
- RealClear Politics summarizes the latest political polls
News Organizations
- ABC News
- CBS News
- The Los Angeles Times
- Minnesota Poll from the Minneapolis Star Tribune
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
- The Washington Post
Private Organizations
- Gallup Poll
- Ipsos Market research, advertising research and public opinion
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- MORI Market research organization in Britain
- Pew Research Center
- PollingReport.com
- Public Agenda Nonprofit public opinion and policy analysis organization founded by Daniel Yankelovich and Cyrus Vance
- The Tarrance Group’s Battleground Polls
- Zogby International
State Polls
- Arkansas Arkansas Poll, University of Arkansas
- California Field Poll
- Connecticut Quinnipiac University Poll
- Minnesota Poll Minneapolis Star Tribune
- New Jersey Quinnipiac University Poll
- New York Marist Institute for Public Opnion
- New York Quinnipiac University Poll
- Pennsylvania Quinnipiac University Poll
Academic Organizations
- The Eagleton Poll at Rutgers
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
- National Annenberg Election Survey from the University of Pennsylvania
- Odum Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Program on International Policy Attitudes
- Racial Attitudes in America from the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Roper Center at the University of Connecticut
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