LibGuides: Political Science: Elections

2016 Presidential Election News

Political Parties

Democratic Party This link opens in a new window
Democratic Socialists of America This link opens in a new window

Green Party

Libertarian Party This link opens in a new window
Natural Law Party This link opens in a new window

Reform Party

Republican Party This link opens in a new window

Maps

2012 Interactive Electoral Map
Presidential Elections 1789-2008
printable maps

Research tips

See the "U.S. Presidents" page on the "Social Studies LibGuide" for more information

Election History & Resources

America Votes This link opens in a new window
Presidential Campaign Memorabilia
from the Duke University Special Collections Library

Electoral College
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state and federal levels.
Federal Election Commission
In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections. The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.
Federal Election Results (FEC)
Every two years, the Commission publishes Federal Elections, a compilation of the official, certified federal election results obtained from each state’s election office and other official sources. The above links provide the primary, runoff and general election results for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and, when applicable, U.S. President.
Infographic: History of Presidential Debates
Objects from the Presidency (Smithsonian)
primary sources

Open Secrets This link opens in a new window
The Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more transparent and responsive government.

Preserving US presidential campaigns on the web
Several US groups have begun collecting and digitising each sign, picture and video linked to past and present US presidential campaigns in the hopes of preserving them future generations.

In New York City, the Museum of the Moving Image has digitised and archived each television campaign advertisement dating back to 1956.

Two political curators of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History have travelled to each major Republican and Democratic rally and convention since the late 1980s, picking up materials linked to the presidential campaigns.
Presidential Election Laws
Public Funding of Presidential Elections
Rock the Vote
Founded twenty years ago at the intersection of popular culture and politics, Rock the Vote is growing its team and its campaigns in 2011, to support the tidal wave of young people who want to get involved in elections and seize the power of the youth vote to create political and social change.
The American Presidency Project
audio/video, maps, data, documents
The Living Room Candidate
The Living Room Candidate contains more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952, when Madison Avenue advertising executive Rosser Reeves convinced Dwight Eisenhower that short ads played during such popular TV programs as I Love Lucy would reach more voters than any other form of advertising. This innovation had a permanent effect on the way presidential campaigns are run.
The Proceedings of the Electoral Commission of 1877

United States Elections Web Archive This link opens in a new window
"The United States Elections Web Archive includes sites archived weekly during the election seasons since 2000, documenting sites associated with the Presidential, Congressional, and gubernatorial elections. The campaign sites archived for the U.S. Elections typically include social media channels as well, in order to provide a fuller representation of how candidates presented themselves via the Internet to the electorate.

In previous United States Election web archive collections the Library of Congress included web sites of political parties, government, advocacy groups, bloggers, and other individuals and groups expressing relevant views – these types of web sites are now collected and presented separately in the ongoing Public Policy Topics Web Archive."

US Vote Foundation
Register to vote and request your ballot using the form your state prefers.

Produce your state form with the local office address
using our simple online voter registration system.

The best way to get on the voting roll.

Campaign Tech (History Channel)

Books in the collection

Presidential elections : 1789-2008
Call Number: 324.973 PRE
ISBN: 9781604265415
Publication Date: 2010
A collection of chronologically arranged entries that provides information on American presidential elections from 1789 to 2008, covering the primaries and the electoral college, and including each year's electoral vote totals and the general election results for all major candidates.
The inauguration of Barack Obama
Call Number: ODON 973.932 INA
ISBN: 9781600782848
Publication Date: 2009
A collection of photographs celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, with photos from Obama's journey to Washington D.C., his inaugural address, the parade that followed, and the many balls that took place across the country and around the world.
Watergate : scandal in the White House
Call Number: 973.924 AND
ISBN: 9780756520106
Publication Date: 2007
Examines the events of the scandal called Watergate that began in 1972 when an individual working for President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign was arrested inside the Democratic Party headquarters.