LibGuides: RHCS 343: Election 2020 Processes of Political Communication: Resources on the Candidates and Their Campaigns

Meet the Candidates

Ballotopedia
Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections. the site has information about national and state elections with links to candidate websites, social media accounts, and for incumbents, voting records. I suggest beginning with 2020 Elections>Overview in the menu bar on the left.
C-Span Congressional Chronicle
This part of the website links to information about each senator, including their votes and any videos of them from the C-Span video library.

HuffPost Pollster
Features trends and analysis regarding public opinion on American government and politicians.
American Research Group
Has public opinion of the Republican and Democratic candidates by state, includes the questions asked, and the research methodology used to design the poll.

Journalism.org - Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism
Analysis of the US news media including how much press coverage is dedicated to each 2016 presidential candidate and election issues overall.
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Studies on how media influences the public in elections and the public's opinion of the media.
Vote Smart
Free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting.

Britannica Pro/Con.org
Information and research on all sides of the controversial issues of the day
Democracy Fund Electionline
Information about election administration and reform.
United States Elections Project
The stated mission of the project is to provide timely and accurate election statistics, electoral laws, research reports, and other useful information regarding the United States electoral system. Links to a twitter account with news updates, and comments.

National Institute on Money in State Politics
Organization tracks political donations in all 50 states, providing reports and graphics showing trends within, and across, states.
New York Times Election 2020 Page
Covering the politics surrounding the presidential and congressional campaigns in 2020.
NPR Elections Page
Politics1
I include this site mostly because at the very bottom of each candidates page is a list of local news sources, including radio and TV, many of which you can search for interviews and profiles in local media.
Real Clear Politics
Publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day
Roll Call
News about politics and policy.
Slate.com - News & Politics Section
News articles and opinion pieces on aspects of the 2012 election and campaigns.
Washington Post Politics Page

Access World News (Historical and Current) This link opens in a new window
Current and archived full-text articles from thousands of U.S. and global news sources and news video clips.

Search a single newspaper, a select group of titles, or the entire collection. Use the map-based interface to search publications within a region.; Full-text and video; Varies by title; new content added daily
National Journal Group's Policy Central This link opens in a new window
Provides in-depth analysis of US politics, government policy, the economy &campaigns. This service includes The Hotline, NJDaily, the Almanac of American Politics and polls of the public and political insiders.

Full-text, audio, video, polls, charts; 1977 - present

AllSides Media Bias Chart
TV News Archive
A decade worth of television news programs from local, national, and international sources.

C-Span Congressional Chronicle
This part of the website links to information about each senator, including their votes and any videos of them from the C-Span video library.
ACRONYM: Digital Race for the U.S. Senate
"ACRONYM is tracking how candidates and outside groups are running (or ignoring) their digital strategies in the battleground Senate races across the country."

Sabato's Crystal Ball
Larry Sabato is a professor at UVa and this website focuses on the predicting outcomes of the general elections for congressional, presidential and gubernatorial races.
The Cook Political Report
Provides analysis and predictions of the likely outcome of elections.
Nate SilverFiveThirtyEight
Silver correctly predicted the results in 49 of the 50 states in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.

Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States, 1878-present.

More information on how to use this resource is available.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
An easy-to-use resource for current and historical United States Census data and demographic information.

Create reports and maps of the U.S. population for a variety of geographic levels, on topics such as race, sex, age, education, and many more. Social Explorer provides access to data from all Censuses from 1790-present and the American Community Survey, plus additional data on religious congregations. To save your maps and to use all of the database's tools and features, you will need to create a free account.; Web-based maps & downloadable statistics; Varies, 1790 - present

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