UNST Portland - Batchelder: State and Local
Reference Resources
- State Legislative Elections: Voting patters and demographics byCall Number: ebookPublication Date: 1998-01-01
- Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West byCall Number: JK1341 .M65 2011 -- 3rd FloorPublication Date: 2011-12-22
- Counting Votes byCall Number: JK1976 .C645 2004 -- 3rd FloorPublication Date: 2004-06-30
General Resources
- Voter's EdgeVoter’s Edge is a comprehensive, nonpartisan online guide to federal, state, and local elections in California, Illinois, and New York.
- Follow The MoneyThis resource provides data on campaign contributions in state elections. The information includes contributions by sector, by political party, labor, and business.
Propositions & Ballot Measures
- Ballot Measures DatabaseFrom the National Conference of State Legislatures. Each entry contains the ballot number, title, type (legislative referendum, initiative, popular referendum, other), status, and summary. Covers all states and goes back as far as 1902.
- Oregon Ballot Measures Archive - 1959-2007The Ballot Measure Archive Project (BMAP) Collection contains any materials relating to the ballot initiative process including correspondence, petitions, newspaper articles, research relating to the ballot's issue, campaign and public relations materials, signs, bumper stickers, posters, television and radio advertisements, speeches, financial records, t-shirts, buttons, and more.
State Elections across the United States
- Current Secretaries of State/Lt. GovernorsList of individual Secretaries of States' web sites from the National Association of Secretaries of State.
- National Conference of State LegislaturesThis resource contains information on state election laws, redistricting, term limits, historic information, and more.
- Project Vote SmartProject Vote Smart provides individual Congressmen and Senators' voting records, information about presidential candidates, directories of state legislator, campaign finance information, and reference documents such as the Constitution, the U.S. Government Manual, and How Our Laws are Made.
- PollsterTracks, aggregates, and analyzes polling data from major political polls. Coverage includes gubernatorial elections.
- Record of American Democracy (ROAD), 1984-1990This resource provides precinct-level election data for all federal and state races at and above State House for 1984-1990.
Local Elections across the United States
- Mayoral Elections Center (US Conference of Mayors)Includes a database of city elections results back to 1999.
- Who Votes for Mayor?Demographic data related to voting patterns regarding mayoral elections in 46 U.S. cities. Research project of Portland State University.