Research Guides: Elections & Voting Information: Primary Sources (News, Poll and Campaign Data & Reports)

News Sources

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Search here for comprehensive coverage of news and current events, government, business, medical, and legal topics, as well as general reference information.
Content type: Newspaper articles, trade journal articles, broadcast transcripts, financial reports, federal and state case law, medical abstracts, corporate profiles
Coverage dates: 1980-present
Language: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese
Keywords: Lexis Nexis
America's News This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Good for finding historical and current articles from newspapers and news sources across the U.S., including smaller regional and local newspapers.
Content type: Newspaper articles, broadcast transcripts, newswires
Coverage dates: 1700s-present
Includes historical and current content for the Sacremento Bee, the San Diego Union Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Language: English
Keywords: NewsBank News Bank
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Discover news from the top news sources around the world.
Content type: Newspaper articles
Coverage dates: 1980-present
Includes titles such as, The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
Language: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Urdu‎, etc.
Keywords: News Stream International Newsstand Stand

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Polls & Public Opinion Databases

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Contains summaries of results, comparisons of how attitudes change over time, copies of questionnaires, and descriptions of survey methodologies. Some summaries have response frequency tables with demographic breakdowns. From the header bar, select Survey Reports for summaries and related questionnaires going back to 1997. Select Datasets to download datasets in zip format; each zip archive consists of a datafile, layout, and questionnaire.
Voter Turnout Database | International IDEA
Great web site with all kinds of voting data from all over the world.
Gallup Analytics
Gallup, Inc., is primarily a research-based performance-management consulting company. Some of Gallup's key practice areas are - Employee Engagement, Customer Engagement and Well-Being. Gallup has over 40 offices in 27 countries. World headquarters are in Washington, D.C.

Latinobarómetro : opinion pública Latinoamericana This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Find data from Latinobarómetro's annual proprietary public opinion survey of Latin Americans on a number of economic, political, and social issues.
Content type: Data, survey results, statistics, images
Coverage dates: 1995-present
The survey measures opinions on economic and political policies, the environment, gender and discrimination topics and issues, and much more.
Language: Spanish
Roper iPoll This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Access public opinion data from polls conducted by major United States and international polling organizations.
Content type: Opinion poll data
Coverage dates: 1930-present
Polls are produced by major news organizations (such as CBS, ABC, and the Associated Press), public opinion research centers (such as Gallup, Harris, and Pew), and major academic and commercial pollsters. Polls cover a variety of topics, including social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and many more.
Language: English
Keywords: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Eurobarometer: Public Opinion in the European Union
The standard Eurobarometer was established in 1973. Each survey consists of approximately 1000 face-to-face interviews per country. Reports are published twice yearly. Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged.
American National Election Studies
Conducted biennially since 1952, the survey gauges public sentiment on the political process, the role of government, and social and economic issues. After free registration, this site permits download of the ANES datasets, most of which are also available through ICPSR.

Statistics Databases

Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Find presidential, senatorial, gubernatorial, and primary election results for national, state, and some county elections.
Content type: Data, statistics
Coverage dates: 1789-present
Special Note: For username and password, email us at library@claremont.edu or stop by the Main Services Desk.
Language: English
Keywords: Dave Leip's Leip Leips
Statista This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Explore quantitative data and statistics from a wide range of international sources on a variety of industry and social topics.
Content type: Statistics, data, industry reports, reports, graphs
Coverage dates: 2008-present
Statista also provides a variety of reports and graphs about popular and current topics.
Language: English
Sage Data This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Gateway to billions of datapoints from a range of organizations with valuable tools to help interpret and visualize selected data sets.
Content type: Data
Coverage dates: 1948-present
Language: English
Keywords: Data Planet Insight

Comparative Political Datasets
The "Comparative Political Data Set" (CPDS) is a collection of political and institutional country-level data provided by Prof. Dr. Klaus Armingeon and collaborators at the University of Berne. It consists of annual data for 36 democratic countries for the period of 1960 to 2015 or since their transition to democracy
Nationmaster
This site provides comparative national statistics on a variety of topics. In many cases, statistics can also be displayed as bar graphs, charts, or maps.
Data & Statistics Research Guide

Demographic Data

ACS (American Community Survey)
Replaces the American Factfinder for demographic, social, and housing data from the Census Bureau.
World dataBank
Link to the World Bank databases; combines the World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance. Used to be cost-based but is now free. Major source of data for foreign countries (and the U.S.) Wide range - 264 countries - over 1500 data items, data back to 1960 in some cases. Great database!!!

Data on Political districts and Candidates

Vote Smart
Information about candidates and offices
Open Secrets
Information and donors to campaigns and political parties.