Elections 2006
See also Guidelines for Researching Congressional Elections, created for Politics 105. [Word Document]
See Elections 2004
Big Picture Sites
- United States Senate Election, 2006 (Wikipedia article)
- The Green Papers
- Politics1: The 50 State Pages
- National Journal Campaigns
Voter Education
- League of Women Voters
- League of Women Voters Oberlin Area
- FactCheck.org: Annenberg Political Fact Check
- League of Conservation Voters
- OnTheIssues.org: Candidates on the Issues
- Project Vote Smart- Learn about candidates and ballot issues
Voting and Registration
Information from the U.S. Census BureauState Sites
- Politics1: The 50 State Pages
- Texas
- California - primary results
Polling Sites
- National Journal’s Polltrack
- Polling Report.com –“ An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.”
- Pollster.com - Beta site that aggregates latest polls from across the country
Partisan Sites
Democratic Party
- The Democratic Party
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Republicans
- Republican National Committee
- National Republical Senatorial Committee
- National Republican Congressional Committee
Selected Others
News & Media Sites
- Washington Post Coverage of Key Races
- AdSpotlight from NationalJournal.com
- US Politics Today: a nonpartisan news service for political professionals
- New York Times Election Coverage
Campaign Finance Information
- Opensecrets.org: Money in Politics Data by the Center for Responsive Politics
- Federal Elections Commission
Getting Involved
Political Analysis
Blogs
- Politics1: Political Blog Roll - select any state & scroll down on the right side
- Rothenberg Political Report
Here’s a sampling from Ohio [note: many blogs are highly opinionated, totally partisan, issue-focused, etc.- that’s why they’re blogs!]