LibGuides: Political Science & International Relations (General): U.S. Elections & Campaigns

Demographics & Local Economics

Almanac of American Politics
Demographic profiles of U.S. legislative districts, including past voting patterns, and profiles of elected officials. Note: The National Journal version is conveniently integrated with other National Journal publications. Use the ProQuest version for state by state comprehensive listings 2012-current. And see the Tisch print holdings for coverage back to 1998.
My Congressional District
Demographics, industries, and economics by congressional district. From the U.S. Census.
Census Reporter
A Knight News Challenge-funded project to make it easier for journalists to write stories using information from the Census. Start by searching "Congressional District..."

Social Explorer
Interactive tool that combines modern and historical US census and demographic data with an intuitive map interface. 1790-present.
Policy Map
Create custom maps of the U.S. Use included demographic, home sale, health, school performance, unemployment, and crime data, plus yours.

U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee’s State Economic Snapshots
Major economic indicators across the states.

Registration by Party

Search individual Secretary of State websites, state-by-state, for registration by party information.

The Massachusetts Secretary of State site makes registration data back to 2004 easily available. It also offers a new portal of historical election results back to 1970: PD43+.

What is offered and how it is organized varies with each state.

Registration & Turnout by Demographics

Census Voting and Registration Supplement to the Current Population Survey
Survey data that includes state level registration and turnout by various demographics.

Voting Trends

David Leip's U.S Election Atlas
Election results data in Excel files, at the state, county, town, and some congressional district level. Note the unexpected use of colors: Red for Democrats and Blue for Republicans!
Daily Kos: Election Results by Congressional District
Daily Kos has been building data sets by both current and previous congressional district boundaries.

Race Tracking

National Journal
American politics and election coverage. Also includes Race Tracker, keeping tabs on polling, campaign fundraising, and spending.
FiveThirtyEight
Political statistical analysis from Nate Silver and co.
RealClearPolitics Polls
Election polling, including state level, and presidential job approval polling.
Cook Political Report
Some of the content is behind a paywall, but it does offer open week-by-week House and Senate race ratings.

Finance & Influence

Federal Election Commission
Campaign finance data.
Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)
Non-profit research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy.
Money in State Politics
Contributions to candidates by state, candidate, contributor, or special interest group.