Watch this clip from The Wire. It is the best description of research, ever.
The Internet Archive -- if there is a broken link to what you need, this site might help you find it. (A newsworthy example, the International Chiropractors Association scrubbed this anti-vaccine diatribe from its website: http://www.chiropractic.org/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=3683Great stuff at Honnold Library -- which students usually overlook! (password required)
- Nexis Uni: news sources and law journals
- Political science journals
- Dissertation abstracts (search for "California" and "redistricting" in abstracts, and you will see a couple of Rose Institute names)
Public Policy and Finance
California and General State Politics
Elections, Parties, Campaign Finance
- Public Policy Institute of California -- California surveys and policy analysis
- California bills and laws
- LAO -- Legislative Analyst's Office -- analysis of CA issues
- NCSL -- National Conference of State Legislatures -- analysis and data on state issues
- Open States -- bill information for all state legislatures
Elections, Parties, Campaign Finance
- Precinct-level national map of the 2020 election and 206
- Open Secrets -- Center for Responsive Politics site for federal campaign finance information
- FEC -- Federal Election Commission
- FCC Public Inspection Files (ad buys on broadcast stations)
- US Presidential Election Atlas -- just what the title says, great historical data
- Precinct Map of the 2016 Election -- every precinct in the country
- US Elections Project -- turnout data
- California Elections Data Archive -- local elections in CA
- Join California -- elections in CA
- California ballot measures -- archive going back to 1911
Public Opinion
- Polling Report -- an aggregation of national poll data
- Gallup -- the best-known US pollster, delivering new numbers daily
- Pew Research Center
- 2016 exit poll
- 2018 exit poll
- 2020 exit poll
