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POL 3142 Voting, Campaigning, and Elections Research Guide

Resources for Campaign Strategy Assignment

Almanac of American Politics

Almanac of American Politics 2024 by Richard E. Cohen and Charlie Cook
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2023
The 2024 'Almanac' includes profiles of every member of Congress and every governor, as well as in-depth narrative profiles of all the states and all the house districts, covering everything from economics to history.

Election Data Links

State of Wisconsin Resources

Voting Statistics
Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC)
Election Results
Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC)
Wisconsin Blue Book: 2023–24
WI Legislative Reference Bureau

Federal Resources

U.S. Senators from Wisconsin
Look up biographical information, committee assignments, and more
Roll Call Votes 118th Congress
2nd Session (2024)
Election Results and Voting Information
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Historical Reported Voting Rates
United States Census Bureau

Congress.Gov
Access to Congressional publication including bills, laws, and committee reports

Election Statistics: 1920 to Present
Office of the Historian
My Congressional District
Interactive tool providing quick and easy access to selected statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Community Survey (ACS) and County Business Patterns (CBP).

Non-Governmental Resources

Election Data & Science Lab
MIT
Data Guides
USAFacts
U.S. Elections & Voters
Pew Research Center
Wisconsin Elections, 2000 - 2022
Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education and the Marquette University Law School
OpenSecrets
Nonpartisan research group tracking money in U.S. politics

Newspapers

Wisconsin Newspapers

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Newspaper out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1990-present.
Wisconsin State Journal
Newspaper out of Madison, Wisconsin from 1989-present.

National Newspapers

New York Times, 1980-Current (ProQuest Newsstream)
New York Times (Late Edition, East Coast), New York Times Book Review, New York Times Magazine.
USA Today, 1997-Current (ProQuest Newsstream)
Wall Street Journal, 1984-Current (ProQuest Newsstream)
Search for articles from the WSJ (1984 - present). You may also browse by date of publication.
Washington Post, 1987-Current (ProQuest Newsstream)
News articles from The Washington Post, 1996-present.

Newspaper Databases

Access World News (NewsBank)
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends aligned with all curricular areas from credible, vetted, international, national and local news sources. Includes over 100 Minnesota sources, including the Duluth News Tribune.
ProQuest News & Newspapers
U.S. news content as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s from national and regional news sources including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune.

Newspaper Search
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