Voting and Registration Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau statistical tables and reports on voting (levels of voting and registration, the characteristics of citizens who reported either registering or voting in the election, voting age population, etc.) in biennial November elections in the United States.
Coverage: Reports and data from 1964 to present.
U.S. Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission offers information about federal elections: elections administration; voter registration and turnout; elections results; and presidential and congressional campaign financing.
The
Campaign Finance Reports and Data section of the FEC website has financial disclosure reports from House, Senate, and Presidential campaigns from 1993 to present and summaries of campaign receipts and disbursements.
The
Elections and Voting section has information on voter registration and turnout, 2000 presidential election results, 1996/1998/2000 Congressional election results, and administration of U.S. elections.
The
Campaign Finance Law Resources section has:
---campaign finance guides for Congressional candidates, campaign committees, political party committees, corporations, labor organizations, and nonconnected committees
---legal documents (FEC regulations, legislative recommendations, advisory opinions)
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The Record (the FEC newsletter), FEC annual reports, brochures)
---a summary of state campaign finance laws
In addition, the FEC website has:
---registration and reporting forms and filing information
---information about the FEC and FEC services
---FEC news releases
Electoral College
From the National Archives and Records Administration, information on the Electoral College. Included are:
---2000, 2004, and 2008 presidential election popular vote totals and electoral votes by state. Electors names are listed.
---Box scores for electoral college votes from 1789 to 2004
---List of states, numbers of votes assigned in Electoral College, electoral college votes cast by state : 1788 to 2008
---Provisions of the United States Constitution and the United States Code relating to presidential elections
---FAQs on Electoral College, links to educational materials
Election Statistics, U.S. Congress
The Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives posts, for elections from 1920 to most recent available, the official vote counts for presidential electors, U.S. senators, and U.S. representatives.
Politics1
News and info about United States national, state and local politics.
Includes;
---Current political news, opinion poll reports, links to political blogs
---Presidency 2012 (thumbnail sketches of likely candidates plus links to likely candidates' home pages, campaign pages, etc.)
---Political parties (connections to web pages of major and minor national parties)
---State/Federal candidates (for each state there are links to: home pages and campaign pages of incumbents and candidates of statewide elective offices and of Congress; state political parties; state election offices; state and local news sources)
Federal Elections Commission : Elections Results
The Elections and Voting section of the FEC website has statistical data and information on federal (presidential and Congressional) elections and on voter turnout. Included are:
---2002 and 2000 Election election cycle information
(primary dates, primary election results, general election results)
---1996, 1998, 2000 Congressional and Presidential primary and general elections information
(total votes cast; votes cast by party; official results)
---Voter registration and turnout statistics
(U.S. and state totals for 1960 to 2000; U.S. by age, race, ethnicity, and gender for 1972 to 1998)
---Federal election system constitutional and statutory provisions
---Reports on the impact of the National Voter Registration Act on federal elections
---Brief information about the Electoral College
---Information on state administration of federal elections
(Administrative structure of state election offices; voting systems)
---Voter registration and voting procedure FAQs
(National voter registration forms, state voter registraton requirements and deadlines)
FECInfo
FECInfo is a non-partisan web page which provides access to up-to-date FEC data about contributions to federal election campaigns. Data include:
---Summary of campaign finances for congressional and presidential campaigns
---Listings of contributions to specific campaigns as reported to the FEC. Listings are names of individuals and PACs along with amounts contributed. You may also get lists of contributors by zip code.
---Lists of contributions made by individual Political Action Committees
---Lists of PACs by total contributions
---Lists of contributions by individual contributors
---Lists of contributions by zip code
Data for congressional campaigns go back to 1980 election. Data for presidential campaigns go back to 1992 election.
Center for Responsive Politics : OpenSecrets.org : The Online Source for Money in Politics Data
The Center for Responsive Politics offers reports and databases on campaign funds and campaign contributions for federal elections.
Searchable databases list campaign contributions by political action committees, by lobbyists, and by individual donors (for donations over $200). Data on campaign funds and expenditures for individual Congressmen and Senators are also presented.
Reports and information on soft dollar donations, campaign finance reform, and effect of money on Congressional elections and on politics, contributions and more are offered along with Center press releases and the issues of
Capital Eye, the Center newsletter.
The news section presents information about campaign contributions related to special issues (guns and gun control, managed care, tobacco, banking deregulation, etc.).
Soft Money Laundromat, Common Cause
Common Cause's "Soft Money Laundromat is a searchable database of special interest soft money contributions to the Democratic and Republican national party committees." Search the soft money database by donor name, by location of donor, and by industry.
The Soft Money Laundromat web site also offers reports on soft money: top donors, "who gives it, who gets it and what it all means for our democracy."
Federal Election Commission : Campaign Finance Reports and Data
The Campaign Finance Reports and Data section of the FEC website has:
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financial disclosure reports filed by House, Senate and Presidential campaigns, political parties and PACs from 1993 to the present
---tables and graphs showing
summaries of receipts and disbursements of most recent presidential and congressional campaigns (not all campaigns are listed), fund-raising by political parties, and PAC contributions to campaigns
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contributions to campaigns for recent Congressional campaigns
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searchable Campaign Finance Disclosure Database for 1999 to present
Search for contributions made by individuals or by committees. Search for contributions received by specific campaigns. Find summary information by candidate or committee.
---PACRONYMS, an alphabetical list of acronyms, abbreviations, initials, and common names of federal political action committees
---a graph showing number of PACs each year from 1977 to present
