Political Theory Primer: Data & Statistics

a shared commons of data and tools for the United States. Made by the public, used by the public. Featuring work from people with the Sunlight Foundation, GovTrack.us, the New York Times, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Internet. Search by /congress /legislators /citation / uscode /licensing /bill-nicknames /inspectors-general /contact-congress /districts /images /glossary

To serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists, the ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

GPO makes select collections available in bulk in a machine-readable format (i.e. XML) via our Bulk Data Repository. The top level directory for select collections, such as the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, also includes a Resources directory that contains the XML schema, XSL stylesheet, and user guide.

See how candidates and committees raise and spend money in federal elections. This financial data helps voters make informed decisions.

Allows users to view every congressional roll call vote in American history on a map of the United States and on a liberal-conservative ideological map including information about the ideological positions of voting Senators and Representatives.

Statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Comparing policies worldwide

Collaborative program of research among election study teams from around the world.

The following data resources were prepared by researchers associated with the Center for Systemic Peace and are generated and/or compiled using open source information. These resources are made available as a service to the research community. All CSP/INSCR data resources have been cross-checked with other data resources to ensure, as far as possible, that the information recorded is accurate, reliable, and comprehensive.

Norwegian Centre for Research Data

European Consortium for Political Research. Captures election results, national referenda, changes in government, and institutional reforms for a range of countries, within and beyond the EU.

University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Welcome to the QoG Institute's data pages. Here we offer a range of datasets available for free, a data visualization tool as well as some tips and hints on the use of the data.