Watch this clip from The Wire.
It is the best description of research, ever.General Public Policy and Finance
California and General State Politics
- Public Policy Institute of California -- California surveys and policy analysis
- News sites: CalMatters and Rough & Tumble
- CA elections from the Secretary of State
- California Elections Data Archive -- local elections in CA
- California ballot measures -- archive going back to 1911
- California bills and laws
- LAO -- Legislative Analyst's Office -- analysis of CA issues
- NCSL -- National Conference of State Legislatures -- analysis & data on state issues Partisan composition of legislatures
- Open States -- bill information for all state legislatures
Crime
- Bureau of Justice StatisticsPrisoner statistics
- Crime data explorer
- Gun Violence Archive
- GW Project on Extremism
National Elections, Parties, Campaign Finance
- Precinct-level national map of the 2020 election and 2016
- 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
- US Elections Project -- turnout data
Public Opinion
- Polling Report -- an aggregation of national poll data
- Gallup -- the best-known US pollster, delivering new numbers daily
- Pew Research Center
- 2016 exit poll
- 2018 exit poll
- 2020 exit poll
The Internet Archive -- if there is a broken link to what you need, this site might help you find it.
Great stuff at Honnold Library -- which students usually overlook!
Great stuff at Honnold Library -- which students usually overlook!
- 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)
