Politics Navigator

Politics Navigator
By RICH MEISLIN
A selective guide to political sites on the Internet.

The Government
The White House
The House of Representatives
GOP.gov, from the House Republican Conference
The Speaker's News Page from the House Speaker's office
House Democrats
House Clerk's Office follows House proceedings
House Rules Committee has House rules, schedules and information on how Congress works
The Senate
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Democratic Leadership
The Judiciary
Supreme Court
Federal District and Appeals Courts
Congressional Pictoral Directory Pictures of members of Congress in PDF format
Congress.org lets you find and send e-mail to federal, state and local officials.
FedWorld Information Services: Comprehensive guide to government databases
USA.gov provides access to government services for individuals, businesses and governments.
Federal Government Agencies, a clean, easy-to-use listing
Federal Web Navigator helps find government Web sites
National Governors Association
National Conference of State Legislatures
New York State Government Information Locator

Parties & Persuasions
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
New Democrats Online from the Democratic Leadership Council
Republican National Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
State Republican parties and candidates
Libertarian Party
International Society for Individual Liberty Extensive collection of Libertarian links
Libertarian.org More about the persuasion than the party
Reform Party of Ross Perot fame
The Green Parties worldwide and Green Party of the United States
Democratic Socialists of America
Communist Party U.S.A.
Socialist Party U.S.A.
New Party
Natural Law Party
Constitution Party formerly United States Taxpayers Party
Turn Left was the home of liberalism on the Web, but is no longer updated
The Federalist Society Conservative and libertarian thought
The Christian Coalition
National Right to Life Committee
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
Moving Ideas from a collection of liberal publications, think tanks and organizations (formerly Electronic Policy Network)
People for the American Way "Progressive" lobbying and activism (interesting information on the Religious Right in politics)
National Committee for an Effective Congress Political information, voting and finance data from "progressive" viewpoint
Campaign for America's Future advocates what it calls "progressive reform"
New Democrat Network supports "pro-growth, pro-family" Democrats
Democrats.com online community site for "progressive" Democrats
The Interfaith Alliance seeks to counter what it calls religious extremist influence in politics
American Israel Public Affairs Committee Pro-Israel lobby
The Feminist Majority
Emily's List Political network for pro-choice Democratic women
National Organization for Women
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Rifle Association
American Civil Liberties Union
The John Birch Society
The Concord Coalition aims to eliminate the budget deficit
NetAction highlights the Internet's potential as a tool for organizing and advocacy
AFL-CIO The labor perspective
MoveOn says its goal is to bring ordinary people back into politics
Political Information
The American Presidency a history of the office from Grolier Online
Ballot Access News follows efforts to get candidates on the ballot
Cato Institute libertarian think tank
Center for Public Integrity studies the impact of money on public policy
The Center for Voting and Democracy advocates proportional representation
Congressional
Guide A wealth of information on members and committees of the
105th Congress, from Capitol Advantage
Campaigns and Elections Election news and a political blog directory
CQ.com from Congressional Quarterly
Congressional roll calls from Congressional Observer Publications
Council on Foreign Relations tracks the candidates on foreign policy issues
DemocracyNet Information about and discussion of local elections and issues from the League of Women Voters
The Empire Page links to major news headlines on politics each day, emphasizing New York
Federal Election Commission data on campaign contributions
Follow the Money gives contribution information for state races
The Gallup Poll
Gotham Gazette New York City news and policy from Citizens Union
GovSpot Useful government information of all types
Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank InCongress collects information from interest groups on various issues before Congress

National Political Index links to varied political and government sites and services
OpenSecrets.org from The Center for Responsive Politics provides extensive campaign contribution information
Political Information searches 5,000 politics and policy web sites
PoliticalMoneyLine Federal Election Commission data in a more useful format
Political Science Resources an excellent international collection of links
Politics1 Information on parties, candidates and issues
PoliticsNY looks at New York politics and links to New York candidates' and officials' sites
Pollingreport.com tracks trends in public opinion from various sources
Project Vote Smart tracks candidates, officials and issues
Public Agenda provides research on major issues in a nonpartisan manner
self-gov.org offers a quick test of your political leanings
TownHall.com Conservative news and information
Voter and registration demographics from the Census Bureau
Vote.com from Dick Morris and friends lets people "vote" on public issues
Political Media & Commentary
The Atlantic Policy & Society from the Atlantic Online
C-Span Program schedules and TV/radio feeds
Commentary
eVote, with news and features, says it "keeps score in the Great Game of Politics."
Fast Politics links to political news from many sources
Foreign Policy The venerable magazine of international politics
The Hill Capitol Hill news
National Review Online
The New Republic Online
Roll Call Online Capitol Hill news
Salon politics
Slate, Microsoft's magazine of politics and culture
Public Opinion
RealClear Politics summarizes the latest political polls

News Organizations
ABC News
CBS News
The Los Angeles Times
Minnesota Poll from the Minneapolis Star Tribune
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
The Washington Post

Private Organizations
Gallup Poll
Ipsos Market research, advertising research and public opinion
Kaiser Family Foundation
MORI Market research organization in Britain
Pew Research Center
PollingReport.com
Public Agenda Nonprofit public opinion and policy analysis organization founded by Daniel Yankelovich and Cyrus Vance
The Tarrance Group's Battleground Polls
Zogby International State Polls
Arkansas Arkansas Poll, University of Arkansas
California Field Poll
Connecticut Quinnipiac University Poll
Minnesota Poll Minneapolis Star Tribune
New Jersey Quinnipiac University Poll
New York Marist Institute for Public Opnion
New York Quinnipiac University Poll
Pennsylvania Quinnipiac University Poll

Academic Organizations
Council of European Social Science Data Archives
Member Archives
The Eagleton Poll at Rutgers
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
National Annenberg Election Survey from the University of Pennsylvania
Odum Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program on International Policy Attitudes
Racial Attitudes in America from the University of Illinois at Chicago
Roper Center at the University of Connecticut

-->Maintained by Rich Meislin. Revised 3/29/07.