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.)
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
- 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
- OpenSecrets
- Politics1
- U.S. Census Bureau, for demographic data and shapefiles
- United States Elections Project / Voting and Election Science Team (VEST)
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
- The Crosstab, from G. Elliott Morris
- Daily Kos Elections
- 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
Podcasts (I admittedly don’t listen to many)
- 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 2022.