UofL Libraries: Finding Data and Statistics: Politics and Elections

Key Resources

Gallup
Collects international survey data about social and political attitudes as well as economic well-being. Has been collecting such data for more than 80 years.
General Social Survey
Provides survey data on Americans' social and political attitudes. Data collected annually since 1972.
Pew Research Center
Polling the Nations
Collects international public opinion survey data on a range of social and political issues.
World Public Opinion
Started and maintained by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, WPO provides data from public opinion polls around the world.
World Value Survey
The WVS conducts surveys in nearly 100 studies, gathering data on people's beliefs and values since 1981.
The Quality of Government Institute
Collects data on government structure and effectiveness from nations all over the world.
DataFinder
Provided by the Population Reference Bureau, DataFinder allows you to search for data by hundreds of indicators and locations. US data is from the decennial census, American Community Survey, and other population estimates. International data is from other PRB data sources.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-2012)
"Comprehensive summary of data on political, social, and economic organizations of the United States."
World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency)
UNdata
Statistics provided by the United Nations.
OpenSecrets.org
Tracks U.S. political donations and provides statistical analysis of money in politics.

Election Results (Federal Election Commission)
Records U.S. election information, including election results and campaign finance data.
NOMINATE and Related Data
Provides records of every congressional roll call vote in U.S. history. Information for each vote can be depicted graphically, organized by geographic region or across a liberal-conservative spectrum.
U.S. Officials' Job Approval Ratings
An archive of U.S presidents', governors', and senators' approval ratings at specific points in time from the mid-twentieth century to the present.
Precinct-Level Election Data Project
A collection of precinct-level U.S. election results.
United States Elections Project
Provides U.S. election data and information on electoral laws.
Campaign Finance Reports & Data (FEC)
FEC records of candidates' campaign funding sources and spending.
Harvard Election Data Archive
An archive of U.S. state, county, and district-level election results.
Constituency-Level Elections Archive
Archive of election result data for lower house legislative elections from a variety of countries.
Congressional Bills Project
Collects data on bills introduced into the U.S. Congress from 1947-2008, including sponsorship information and the progress of each bill.
Center for American Women and Politics
Source for data and research on women's participation in U.S. politics.

American National Election Studies
Provides survey data on voting, public opinion, and political participation among Americans.
The GDELT Project
Tracks information on the content of news media from around the world in real time.
General Social Survey (GSS)
The GSS provides data on American attitudes, behaviors, and other characteristics, dating back to 1972.
Pew Research Center for the People & Press
This nonpartisan research group provides public opinion polling on politics, press, and public policy issues.

Open States
Provides information on all 50 U.S. state legislatures. Includes descriptions of all bills introduced and passed, names and detailed voting records for all legislators, and descriptions of all committees formed in these legislatures.
Carl Klarner Dataverse
Features links to political science datasets collected by Dr. Carl E. Klarner and made freely available.
Elections:Gubernatorial and State Legislatures
From the U.S. Census Department's Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, this site provides data on U.S. presidential, gubernatorial, and congressional elections, campaign finance, demographics of office holders, and voter participation.

Polity IV Individual Country Regime Trends, 1946-2013
Tracks changes in the political structure of 167 countries since 1946.
NELDA: National Elections Across Democracy and Autocracy
Election Resources on the Internet
A collection of links to online electoral data sources, organized by nation.
Global Elections Database
A collection of data on election results from nations all over the world.
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
Provides survey data from an ongoing study of voting behavior across a range of countries.

Afrobarometer
Provides public opinion survey data on political and economic issues in more than 35 African nations.
Asian Barometer
Collects cross-national public opinion survey data on democracy and its effects in East Asia.
Canadian Opinion Research Archive
An archive of Canadian public opinion survey data on a wide range of topics. Includes data from the 1970s to the present.
European Social Survey
Collects public opinion survey data on political and social issues from more than 30 European countries.
The GDELT Project
Tracks information on the content of news media from around the world in real time.
International Social Survey Programme
Collects social and demographic survey data from a wide range of countries, beginning in 1984.
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
Collects public opinion survey data from Latin American nations.
Latinobarómetro
Collects public opinion data from 18 different Latin American countries, collected yearly.
Pew Global Attitudes Project
World Value Survey
The WVS conducts surveys in nearly 100 studies, gathering data on people's beliefs and values since 1981.