Political Sites
A Few HELPFUL SITES
Follow the latest political news and polls (updated daily) from an ideologically-wide range of sources.
This site provides all sorts of information for an engaged voter or student. Included are candidate biographies, voting records, issue positions, ratings, speeches, and campaign finance information for many politicians at the national level.
From Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia, this site gives weekly updates on the status of the Congressional and Presidential races. Some great analysis from a historical perspective.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics
Nate Silver’s site uses hard numbers and statistical analysis to break down issues related to the campaign.
Follow the ever-changing Electoral College map. It is interactive, so students and visitors to the site can make predictions for an Electoral College winner on their own as well.
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site checks the factual accuracy of statements made by politicians.
Political parties & Their candidates for president
(Alphabetical by party affiliation)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
https://joebiden.com/ Joe Biden's Website
https://democrats.org/ Democratic National Committee's homepage
https://www.yda.org/ Young Democrats homepage
https://democrats.org/cda/ College Democrats
GREEN PARTY (2020 Presidential nominee will be July 2020):
https://www.jill2016.com/ Jill Stein's Website
https://www.gp.org/ Green Party homepage
https://www.gp.org/2020 Green Party 2020 homepage
LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2020:
https://joj2020.com/ Jo Jorgensen's homepage
https://www.lp.org/ Libertarian Party homepage
On May 2, 2020, the Libertarian Party voted to cancel its in-person presidential nominating convention, which had been scheduled to take place May 21-25, 2020, in Austin, Texas. The party opted instead to hold an online meeting starting on May 22 to select its presidential ticket. The party also plans to conduct a separate in-person convention for other party business July 8-12, 2020, in Orlando, Florida
REPUBLICAN PARTY:
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ Donald Trump's website
http://rnc.org/ Republican National Committee's homepage
http://www.crnc.org/ College Republican's
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ The White House
https://www.house.gov/ U.S. House of Representatives
https://www.senate.gov/ U.S. Senate
https://www.supremecourt.gov/ Supreme Court of the United States
https://www.fec.gov/ Federal Election Commission website.
POLLING WEBSITES
Magazines/Journals/papers/other media
LIBERAL:
www.prospect.org The American Prospect
www.motherjones.com Mother Jones
www.thenation.com The Nation
www.nytimes.com The New York Times
www.newrepublic.com The New Republic
www.progressive.org The Progressive
www.washingtonpost.com The Washington Post
www.washingtonmonthly.com Washington Monthly
www.newyorker.com The New Yorker
CONSERVATIVE:
www.conservativechronicle.com The Conservative Chronicle
www.drudgereport.com The Drudge Report
www.nationalreview.com The National Review online
www.policyreview.org Policy Review from The Hoover Institution
www.rushlimbaugh.com Rush Limbaugh’s homepage
www.wsj.com The Wall Street Journal online
www.washtimes.com The Washington Times
www.weeklystandard.com The Weekly Standard
www.thenewamerican.com The New American
NEUTRAL (IF THERE IS SUCH A THING):
www.psqonline.org Political Science Quarterly
www.usnews.com U.S. News and World Report
www.economist.com The Economist
FACT CHECKING SITES
www.factcheck.org The Annenberg Public Policy Center
This site checks the factual accuracy of statements made by politicians.
www.politifact.com Politifact
POLITICAL THINK TANKS
www.conservative.org The American Conservative Union
www.aei.org American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org The Annenberg Public Policy Center (UPenn)
www.brookings.org The Brookings Institution
www.cato.org Cato Institute
www.freedomworks.org Dick Armey's organization "Freedom Works"
www.heritage.org Heritage Foundation
www.ppionline.org Progressive Policy Institute
www.americanprogress.org The Center for American Progress
www.hoover.org The Hoover Institution
reason.org The Reason Foundation
getliberty.org Americans for Limited Government
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
www.aclu.org American Civil Liberties Union
www.commoncause.org Common Cause
www.emilyslist.org Emily's List ("Early Money Is Like Yeast")
www.fairvote.org Center for Voting and Democracy
www.lwv.org League of Women Voters
www.nwpc.org National Women’s Political Caucus
www.prwatch.org Center for Media and Democracy
other miscellaneous political sites
www.realclearpolitics.com Real Clear Politics
www.congress.org Set up by League of Women Voters-DemocracyNet
www.cookpolitical.com D.C. Insider Charlie Cook gives his views
www.thehill.com Informative site about Capitol Hill
www.rollcall.com Newspaper covering Capitol Hill
www.centerforpolitics.org University of Virgina
www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball from Larry Sabato at UVA
www.vote-smart.org Project Vote Smart (a great site)
www.politico.com Politico
www.slate.com Slate
https://www.people-press.org/ Pew Research Center
INTERACTIVE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAP
Follow the ever-changing Electoral College map. It is interactive, so students can make predictions for an Electoral College winner on their own as well.
Electoral Vote Map is an interactive map to help you follow presidential elections. The site also features a series of explainers about how presidents are elected in the United States.
DATA & STATISTICS
Nate Silver's site uses hard numbers and statistical analysis to break down issues related to the campaign.
The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives lists election results from 1920 to most recent, the official vote counts for presidential electors, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Representatives.