Data and analysis on U.S. presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections, plus information on voter demographics and political parties. Includes biographical information on candidates and some election speeches.
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Collection of full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, and other recorded media events. The site also includes sections devoted to rhetorical devices, Christian rhetoric, 9/11 rhetoric, movie speeches, and political speeches.
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Coverage: 1948-2008
Provides access to tables and graphs that display the ebb and flow of public opinion, electoral behavior, and choice in American politics over time. Contains data collected by the American National Election Studies, organized into nine topics.
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Information about U.S. presidential and vice-presidential debates, debate transcripts from 1960 to the present, video re-enactments of historical debates, news, and more.
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Official vote counts for federal elections "from the official sources among the various states and territories." Data is available for all federal elections from 1920 onward.
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Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. politicians and advocacy groups in television advertisements, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. A project of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
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Coverage: 1935-present
Searchable database of results from Gallup polls.
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Coverage: 1963 to present
Results of weekly public opinion polls conducted by Harris Interactive.
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Quantitative and qualitative data about the Lehigh Valley. Includes public opinion data, election polls, and research papers (e.g.,"The Effects of Gambling in the Lehigh Valley"). Requires free registration.
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Collection of presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to present, organized by year and theme. Includes commentary, historical background, and election results.
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Coverage: 1787-1825
Detailed election returns for all offices and all states.
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The Northampton County Government website contains seven years of local election results for Presidential, state, and local positions. Lafayette College's precinct can be found under Easton City 3-3 (3rd ward, 3rd district).
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The website of the Center for Responsive Politics. Here you can find data on campaign contributions, money and politics, campaign finance reform.
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Information for the educated voter: positions, voting records, biographies, performance evaluations, etc., plus links to contact info and the home pages of state and federal representatives.
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Surveys on election issues and "issues of public concern," conducted regularly nationwide and with residents of Connecticut, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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Current news on state governments. Can be used to find sources and web sites that provide comparative state information and data (e.g., which states have the death penalty, how states are implementing"No Child Left Behind"). From the Pew Center on the States.
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Information and statistics on presidential elections, past and present, from the National Archives and Record Administration.
