JOMC 490.9 Pathfinder
Political Communication (2007)
Following are links to some major online
resources pertaining to state and
national politics. Some of these resources
directly address specific campaigns
and elections, while others provide
background and other contextual
information that researchers and reporters
might find useful.
Political News
Newslink
http://newslink.org/
Links to U.S. newspapers, by state and by name.
Stateline.org
http://www.stateline.org/
Politics and policy news and overviews, state by state.
Washington Post -- OnPolitics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/
Registration required (free).
Campaigns & Elections
[Note: Print magazine is located in Davis Library serials dept. Online
edition is located at the URL listed below. Searchable archived editions
of Campaigns & Elections
are found on several databases listed on Davis Libraries
http://www.lib.unc.edu/eresources/eid/; select InfoTrac Onefile.
]
http://www.campaignline.com/
Cook Political Report
http://www.cookpolitical.com/
State and national campaign and election analysis from National
Journal' veteran
political reporter Charlie Cook.
The Hill
http://www.hillnews.com/
The masthead reads: "The Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress."
Polling Report
http://www.pollingreport.com/
Round-up of major state and national political polls, with commentary
and analysis.
Some portions of the site are subscribers-only.
Polling Resources on the Web
http://parklibrary.jomc.unc.edu/polling.html
The New York Times -- Political Navigator
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/politics/POLI_NAVI.html
NYT's guide to political sites on the Web.
Online Databases
- Communication and Mass Media Complete (http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid; select Communication and Mass Media Complete)
- SRDS: Standard Rate & Data Service (online subscription coming in late January 2007)
- Campaigns & Elections (http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/; select InfoTrac Onefile)
Books on Political Communication (Selected Books in Park Library)
[Note: Books do not circulate
outside Park Library.]
- Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media (PPO.C899 2006)
- The Campaign Manager: Running and Winning Local Elections. 3rd Ed. (PPO.S534 2004)
- Communication in the Presidential Primaries: Candidates and the Media, 1912-2000 (PPO-pre.K33 2000)
- Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics (PPO.H189 2004)
- Media and Politics in America (PPO.S824 2003)
- New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen PPO.H848 2006
- News: The Politics of Illusion (PPO-iss .B471 2001)
- Political Campaign Communication: Principles & Practices (PPO.T795 2004)
Journalism Resources
Covering Politics
http://www.journalism.org/resources/tools/reporting/politics/default.asp
Resources for improving the state of political coverage, from the Project
for
Excellence in Journalism.
Politics & The Press Bibliography
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=1217
Bibliography of seminal works in the field of political journalism,
from the
Poynter Institute.
Campaign Finance Information Center
http://www.campaignfinance.org/
Extensive resource site from Investigative Reporters & Editors,
Inc. at the University
of Missouri School of Journalism, with links
to federal and state campaign finance resources.
Opensecrets.org
http://www.opensecrets.org
From the Center for Responsive Politics, campaign finance overviews
for all members of
Congress and candidates for Congressional office.
Political Blogs
Campaign Desk
http://www.campaigndesk.org
Daily round-up and non-partisan critique of Presidential campaign coverage,
from
Columbia Journalism Review.
The Note
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/
Insider political round-up from ABC's political unit, considered a daily
must-read by many
journalists and political observers.
FactCheck
http://www.factcheck.org
Non-partisan voter education and advocacy group, based at the Annenberg
Public
Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The site dissects
and analyzes campaign
communications (ads, emails, speeches, etc.) in
American politics, mostly from the major
party Presidential campaigns.
Yahoo! Directory of Political Web Logs
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Weblogs/Politics/
Listing of most popular blogs followed by alphabetical listing of all
political blogs in the Yahoo!
directory.
Issues
Issues & Controversies
http://www.2facts.com/icof/issues-home-feature.asp
In-depth investigation and analysis of major issues in the news, from
Facts.com.
The CQ Researcher Online
http://library2.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
Topical reports and studies on hot issues of the day, from CQ Press.
North Carolina
North Carolina State Board of Elections
http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/
Candidate filings, campaign finance reports, voter registration and
turnout data, analysis
from the Campaign Reporting Office, more.
U.S. Data
Voting & Registration Data
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html
Voting age population estimates, registration figures and voter turnout
statistics, from the
U.S. Census.
Federal Elections Commission
http://www.fec.gov
Data, reports and documents on federal elections.
Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
This is the meta site for federal government statistics, with index
listings and links to the
70+ federal agencies with statistical programs.
Congress
Thomas: Congress Online
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Thomas is the online gateway to Capitol Hill and Congress. Named for
Thomas Jefferson,
it includes the status of bills in Congress by topic,
bill number and short title.
LexisNexis Congressional
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/
Searchable database of documents from and about the U.S. Congress, including
member
profiles,
voting records, committee reports and bill tracking.
Political Parties
Democratic National Committee
http://www.democrats.org/
Republican National Committee
http://www.rnc.org/
Green Party
http://www.gp.org/
Libertarian Party
http://www.lp.org/
Reform Party
http://www.reformparty.org/
This page originally compiled by Eric Gautschi,
July 2004; updated December 2006 by Barbara Semonche