US Politics Navigator

Selective guide to political sites on the Internet
By RICH MEISLIN

The Government The White House The House of Representatives GOP.gov, from the House Republican Conference The Speaker's News Page from the House Speaker's office House Democratic leadership page House Clerk's Office follows House proceedings House Rules Committee has House rules, schedules and information on how Congress works The Senate Senate Republican Policy Committee Senate Democratic Leadership The Judiciary Supreme Court Federal District and Appeals Courts
Congressional Pictoral Directory Pictures of members of Congress in PDF format Congress.org lets you find and send e-mail to federal, state and local officials. FedWorld Information Services: Comprehensive guide to Government databases FirstGov provides access to government services for individuals, businesses and governments. Federal Government Agencies, a clean, easy-to-use listing Federal Web Locator helps find government Web sites National Governors' Association National Conference of State Legislatures New York State Government Information Locator

Parties & Persuasions Democratic National Committee Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee New Democrats Online from the Democratic Leadership Council Republican National Committee National Republican Congressional Committee National Republican Senatorial Committee State Republican parties and candidates Libertarian Party Free-Market.net Extensive collection of Libertarian links Libertarian.org More about the persuasion than the party Reform Party of Ross Perot fame The Green Parties worldwide and Green Party of the United States Democratic Socialists of America Communist Party U.S.A. Socialist Party U.S.A. New Party Natural Law Party Constitution Party formerly United States Taxpayers Party
Turn Left was the home of liberalism on the Web, but is no longer updated The Federalist Society Conservative and libertarian thought The Christian Coalition National Right to Life Committee National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Moving Ideas from a collection of liberal publications, think tanks and organizations (formerly Electronic Policy Network) People for the American Way "Progressive" lobbying and activism (interesting information on the Religious Right in politics) National Committee for an Effective Congress Political information, voting and finance data from "progressive" viewpoint Campaign for America's Future advocates what it calls "progressive reform" New Democrat Network supports "pro-growth, pro-family" Democrats Democrats.com online community site for "progressive" Democrats The Interfaith Alliance seeks to counter what it calls religious extremist influence in politics American Israel Public Affairs Committee Pro-Israel lobby The Feminist Majority Emily's List Political network for pro-choice Democratic women National Organization for Women National Rifle Association American Civil Liberties Union The John Birch Society The Concord Coalition aims to eliminate the budget deficit Web Active and NetAction link to a variety of progressive activist causes AFL-CIO The labor perspective MoveOn says its goal is to bring ordinary people back into politics

Political Information The American Presidency a history of the office from Grolier Online Ballot Access News follows efforts to get candidates on the ballot Cato Institute the libertarian think tank Center for Public Integrity studies the impact of money on public policy The Center for Voting and Democracy advocates proportional representation Congressional Guide A wealth of information on members and committees of the 105th Congress, from Capitol Advantage Campaigns and Elections Election news and a political blog directory CQ.com from Congressional Quarterly Congressional roll calls from Congressional Observer Publications Council on Foreign Relations tracks the candidates on foreign policy issues DemocracyNet Information about and discussion of local elections and issues from the League of Women Voters The Empire Page links to major news headlines on politics each day, emphasizing New York Federal Election Commission data on campaign contributions Follow the Money gives contribution information for state races Gender Gap tracks the progress of women in government and the military The Gallup Poll Gotham Gazette New York City news and policy from Citizens Union GovSpot Useful government information of all types Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank InCongress collects information from interest groups on various issues before Congress Intellectual Capital National Political Index links to varied political and government sites and services OpenSecrets.org from The Center for Responsive Politics provides extensive campaign contribution information Policy.com offers looks at major national issues from various perspectives Political Information searches 5,000 politics and policy web sites PoliticalMoneyLine Federal Election Commission data in a more useful format Political Site of the Day from Kessler-Freedman Political Science Resources an excellent international collection of links Politics1 Information on parties, candidates and issues PoliticsNY looks at New York politics and links to New York candidates' and officials' sites Pollingreport.com tracks trends in public opinion from various sources Project Vote Smart tracks candidates, officials and issues Public Agenda provides research on major issues in a nonpartisan manner self-gov.org offers a quick test of your political leanings TownHall.com Conservative news and information The Vanishing Voter Project links from the Shorenstein Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government Voter and registration demographics from the Census Bureau Vote.com from Dick Morris and friends lets people "vote" on public issues Whitehouse 2004 the early line from Avi Bass of Northern Illinois University Political Media & Commentary The Atlantic Policy & Society from the Atlantic Online C-Span Program schedules and TV/radio feeds Commentary eVote, with news and features, says it "keeps score in the Great Game of Politics." Fast Politics links to political news from many sources Foreign Policy The venerable magazine of international politics The Hill Capitol Hill news National Review Online The New Republic Online Roll Call Online Capitol Hill news Salon politics Slate, Microsoft's magazine of politics and culture

Public Opinion RealClear Politics summarizes the latest political polls News Organizations ABC News CBS News The Los Angeles Times Minnesota Poll from the Minneapolis Star Tribune The New York Times The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post

Private Organizations Gallup Poll Ipsos Market research, advertising research and public opinion Kaiser Family Foundation MORI Market research organization in Britain Pew Research Center PollingReport.com Public Agenda Nonprofit public opinion and policy analysis organization founded by Daniel Yankelovich and Cyrus Vance The Tarrance Group's Battleground Polls Yankelovich Zogby International

State Polls Arkansas Arkansas Poll, University of Arkansas California Field Poll Connecticut Quinnipiac University Poll Minnesota Poll Minneapolis Star Tribune New Jersey Quinnipiac University Poll New York Marist Institute for Public Opnion New York Quinnipiac University Poll Pennsylvania Quinnipiac University Poll

Academic Organizations Council of European Social Science Data Archives Archives in Europe Archives in North America Other archives The Eagleton Poll at Rutgers General Social Survey from the University of Michigan Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research National Annenberg Election Survey from the University of Pennsylvania Odum Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Program on International Policy Attitudes Racial Attitudes in America from the University of Illinois at Chicago

Presidential Candidates George W. Bush John Kerry Ralph Nader

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