The Internet Archive — if there is a broken link to what you need, this site might help you find it. (A newsworthy example, the International Chiropractors Association scrubbed this anti-vaccine diatribe from its website: http://www.chiropractic.org/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=3683
Great stuff at Honnold Library — which students usually overlook! (password required)
- Nexis Uni: news sources and law journals
- Political science journals
- Dissertation abstracts (search for “California” and “redistricting” in abstracts, and you will see a couple of Rose Institute names)
Public Policy and Finance
- Federal Budget
- Congressional Budget Office
- Congressional Research Service
- Government Accountability Office
- Policy Commons (login required but free)
California and General State Politics
- Public Policy Institute of California — California surveys and policy analysis
- California bills and laws
- LAO — Legislative Analyst’s Office — analysis of CA issues
- NCSL — National Conference of State Legislatures — analysis and data on state issues
- Open States — bill information for all state legislatures
Elections, Parties, Campaign Finance
- Precinct-level national map of the 2020 election and 206
- Open Secrets — Center for Responsive Politics site for federal campaign finance information
- FEC — Federal Election Commission
- FCC Public Inspection Files (ad buys on broadcast stations)
- US Presidential Election Atlas — just what the title says, great historical data
- Precinct Map of the 2016 Election — every precinct in the country
- US Elections Project — turnout data
- California Elections Data Archive — local elections in CA
- Join California — elections in CA
- California ballot measures — archive going back to 1911
Public Opinion
- Polling Report — an aggregation of national poll data
- Gallup — the best-known US pollster, delivering new numbers daily
- Pew Research Center
- 2016 exit poll
- 2018 exit poll
- 2020 exit poll