The Political Freakshow

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
• Senate Republican Policy Committee
• Senate Democratic Leadership
• The Judiciary
• Supreme Court
• Federal District and Appeals Courts

• 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

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• Turn Left was the home of liberalism on the Web, but is no longer updated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

• Council of European Social Science Data Archives
• Member Archives

• 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