Political Science

Site from UC Santa Barbara that includes text, audio and video for state of the union and inaugural speeches for presidents since Franklin Roosevelt. Also provides some data about presidents and polls, with links to Presidential libraries.

Includes over 230,000 hours of streaming video of federal government events, such as press conferences, bill signings, political meetings, congressional hearings and debates, and other political activities. Search streaming videos by topic, series, or by congressional committee; or, browse the most recent and popular programs.

The Constitution Annotated provides a comprehensive overview of how the Constitution has been interpreted over time and is now available on this new site with upgraded search capabilities. The online Constitution Annotated includes discussions of the Supreme Court’s latest opinions. In the coming months, we will be making broader changes to further modernize the Constitution Annotated.

From GPO Access, a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office.

The process by which the United States elects the president.

From Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

The Daily Journal of the United States Government

Freedom in the World is Freedom House’s flagship annual report, assessing the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world.It is composed of numerical ratings and supporting descriptive texts for 195 countries and 15 territories. Freedom in the World has been published since 1973, allowing Freedom House to track global trends in freedom over more than 40 years.

GovFresh features the innovators and ideas changing the way government works.

The leading non-governmental source of government information and statistics.

The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, is a public policy research center devoted to advanced study of politics, economics, and political economy—both domestic and foreign—as well as international affairs.

Tracks the performance of more than 40,000 office holders and candidates for public office. Resources include voting records, issues information, background information including biographies, campaign finances and performance evaluations made by liberal and conservative special interest groups, and others. A feature of this site is the ability to type in your zip code and get information on all your state and federal representatives, including a biography, address, etc.

For over 40 years, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, Public Agenda was founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975.