The Internet Archive -- if there is a broken link to what you need, this site might help you find it. (A morbid example here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/05/uk.pitneydeath/index.html)
Great stuff at Honnold Library -- which students usually overlook! (password required)
- Nexis Uni: news sources and law journals
- Political science journals
- Dissertation abstracts (search for "California" and "redistricting" in abstracts, and you will see a couple of Rose Institute names)
California and General State Politics
- Public Policy Institute of California -- California surveys and policy analysis
- California bills and laws
- LAO -- Legislative Analyst's Office -- analysis of CA issues
- NCSL -- National Conference of State Legislatures -- analysis and data on state issues
- Open States -- bill information for all state legislatures
- Open Secrets -- Center for Responsive Politics site for federal campaign finance information
- FEC -- Federal Election Commission
- FCC Public Inspection Files (ad buys on broadcast stations)
- US Presidential Election Atlas -- just what the title says, great historical data
- Precinct Map of the 2016 Election -- every precinct in the country
- US Elections Project -- turnout data
- California Elections Data Archive -- local elections in CA
- Join California -- elections in CA
- California ballot measures -- archive going back to 1911
- Polling Report -- aggregation of national poll data
- Gallup -- the best-known US pollster, delivering new numbers daily
- 2016 exit poll
- 2018 exit poll