Research Guides: Election Resources: Nongovernmental Organizations

Nongovernmental Organizations

American National Election Studies (ANES)
Provides historic and contemporary data & analysis on U.S. elections.
Center for Responsive Politics
Nonpartisan organization featuring campaign finance information resources
Commission on Presidential Debates
Organization responsible for sponsoring presidential and vice-presidential debates.
Election Integrity Scorecard
Heritage Foundation resource tracking election laws of all 50 states and Washington, DC documenting best practices, vulnerabilities, and how to fix them.
Fact Check
Organization seeking to verify the factual basis of presidential and congressional campaign rhetoric.
Heritage Foundation Voter Fraud Database
Brief descriptions of voter fraud cases in the U.S. going back several election cycles.
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball -Center for Politics
University of Virginia election prediction resource
Museum of the Moving Image: The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2020
National Conference of State Legislatures: Who Can Collect & Return an Absentee Ballot Other Than the Voter
Provides listings and summaries of state legal citations on this subject.
Politiwoops
Pro Publica website tracking deleted tweets by U.S. politicians and political candidates.
Presidential and Congressional Campaign Fundraising Widget
(Courtesy Maplight.org)
Project Vote Smart
Nonpartisan organization providing issue stance information on federal office candidates.
Real Clear Politics
Save Our States
Organization dedicated to defending the electoral college against the National Popular Vote campaign.
Seniors and the 2020 Election
Guidance on voting provided by SeniorLiving.org.