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 sub-category.)

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My Five Most Frequented

• The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter
• FiveThirtyEight
• 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)
• Ballotpedia
• Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
• Dave’s Redistricting (DRA)
• Decision Desk HQ
• Frontloading HQ, from Josh Putnam
• MIT Election Lab
• OpenElections | GitHub
• OpenSecrets
• Politics1
• Redistricting Data Hub
• U.S. Census Bureau, for demographic data and shapefiles | Census Reporter
• Voting and Election Science Team (VEST) | Dataverse

Polling Aggregates, Averages, and Archives

• Gallup, especially the Gallup Historical Trends pages
• FiveThirtyEight
• PollingReport
• RealClearPolitics
• The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Archives (iPoll)

Other Newspapers and Newsletters

• Axios
• Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest (also a great source for data)
• National Journal Hotline
• Roll Call
• Pew Research Center (I also like their Decoded blog)
• Politico
• The New York Times
• 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 2024.