Government and Political Science

Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. Congress.gov is usually updated the morning after a session adjourns. Congressional documents from the first 100 years of the U.S. Congress (1774-1875) can be accessed through A Century of Lawmaking.

Online version of a series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. This series contains studies of more than 100 countries. You can search across all countries or any combination of countries, browse the table of contents for a specific country, or read the full text for any of the countries listed.

Good place to start if you're looking for election information around the world. Has links to information on more than countries, as well as to the best general sites on the topic. Maintained as part of the Political Science Resources page at the University of Keele in the United Kingdom.

The American Political Science Association's collection of resources related to political theory, including research institutes, associations, and recommended political theory links.

This is an alphabetical list of political economy terms.

The Voice of the Shuttle is an award-winning guide to online resources in Political Theory.

A database for locating past and present legislation at the state and federal level

Use the US Census Data site to locate demographic and population information on a specific location.

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Comprehensive summary of historical statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States [1890-2011].

Gallup's public web site contains recent polling data

Repository of Louis Harris public opinion data and the headquarters for the National Network of State Polls

An independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues