Politics and Political News

See our essential Washington web sites - this page is no longer being updated.
 

• American Association of Political Consultants

• Campaigns & Elections magazine

• OpenSecrets.org - detailed profiles of congressional candidates

• Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee

• Congressional Ratings - Ratings of members of Congress by various advocacy groups, from Voter Information Service

• Democratic National Committee - register to vote, volunteer, campaign training,  look up candidates, elected officials, Senators and Representatives

• Federal Election Commission

• FirstGov.Gov  - "an easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you a centralized place to find information from local, state, and U.S. Government Agency websites."

• Follow The Money - state campaign finance info from the National Institute on Money in State Politics

• governance and governing -  books and links you'll want to look at if you're elected

• Iowa Electronic Markets - includes a political section -  "real-money futures markets in which contract payoffs depend on economic and political events such as elections. These markets are operated by faculty at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business"

• Larry Sobato's Crystal Ball Predictions

• National Political Index

• Politics1 - "comprehensive links to all the Presidential, Gubernatorial, US Senate & Congressional candidates and political parties across the spectrum ... election results and news ... always updated and current ... coverage of all 50 states ... illustrated political history articles ... political issue debates ... historic campaign buttons and political memorabilia ... and much more!!" --by Ron Gunzburger.  Recommended

• PoliticsOnline - "Not a place to go to get the latest political news." "Devoted to providing tools, tips and news about how to use the Internet to make political communications more effective." From Phil Noble Associates.

• PollingReport.com - a service of The Polling Report, an independent, nonpartisan resource on American public opinion

• Project Vote Smart - "national non-partisan, non-profit effort researches, tracks and provides to the public independent factual information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials."

• Republican National Committee - register to vote, volunteer, campaign training, look up Senators and Representatives

• Stateline.org - state-by-state information and news articles on state and local politics and policy.  Recommended

• C-SPAN - Your Senators and Representative on TV

• Campaigns & Elections magazine

• Drudge Report - numerous links to political news and columnists. From Matt Drudge.  Recommended for numerous columnist links

• Drudge Retort

• The Hill

• National Journal

• Media Research Center - from Brent Bozell, conservative media critic

• Roll Call

• Stateline.org - state-by-state information and news articles on state and local politics and policy.  Recommended
   

• Daily and Online News

• Magazines

• News Archives

• The News Business

• Resources for Reporters and Editors

Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials

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