Elections Resources

Want to get involved in following elections, polls, and politics? Look no further.

Below are some of my go-to places for research and data. Obviously this list is by no means exhaustive (but it is alphabetized within each category.)

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My Four Most Frequented

• The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter
• Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales (disclaimer: I work here)
• Sabato’s Crystal Ball, from the University of Virginia Center for Politics
• The Upshot, by The New York Times

Election Results, Data, and Information

• 270ToWin
• The Almanac of American Politics (disclaimer: I’ve worked here) | Substack
• Ballotpedia
• Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
• Dave’s Redistricting (DRA)
• Decision Desk HQ
• Federal Election Commission
• Frontloading HQ, from Josh Putnam
• MIT Election Lab
• OpenElections | GitHub
• OpenSecrets
• Politics1
• Redistricting Data Hub
• State Navigate, for coverage of state legislatures
• U.S. Census Bureau, for demographic data and shapefiles | Census Reporter
• VoteHub
• Voting and Election Science Team (VEST) | Dataverse

Polls: Aggregates, Averages, and Archives

• FiftyPlusOne
• Gallup, especially the Historical Trends pages
• Pew Research Center | I also like(d) their Decoded blog
• RealClearPolitics
• The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Archives (iPoll)

Other Newspapers and Newsletters

• Axios
• The Downballot (formerly Daily Kos Elections) | also great data
• The Economist does great data journalism
• National Journal Hotline
• Politico
• Roll Call
• Wake Up To Politics, from Gabe Fleisher
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post | I also like their Engineering blog

Twitter

• Too many folks to fit here. Instead, I have this ever-growing roster of cool journalists, outlets, pollsters and others.¹

¹ – a reference to one of my favorite tweets of all time

Updated 2026.