Watch this clip from The Wire. It is the best description of research, ever.
Interview tips from
AI
- Always get guidance from your instructor or supervisor about rules and limits.
- Problems:
- Hallucination still happens.
- Can be embarrassing if it is part of public or constituent communication and critics catch on.
- Absent a blanket prohibition on AI, it is usually okay to use it to identify sources. "Provide sources and links" is a useful part of a prompt. See sites that specialize in finding relevant documents. For instance: https://consensus.app/
The Internet Archive -- if there is a broken or altered link to what you need, this site might help you find it. (example: go back to 2024 to find https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/observances/gbv.html)
Great stuff at Honnold Library -- which students usually overlook!
- 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)
- CRS
- CBO
- GAO
- GovInfo
- Budgets
- Biden White House Archives
- FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
- Census
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Crime
Health
National Elections, Parties, Campaign Finance
- Precinct-level national maps
- US Presidential Election Atlas -- just what the title says, great historical data (but note the unusual color scheme: red is D, blue is R)
- US Elections Project -- turnout data
- Open Secrets -- Center for Responsive Politics site for federal campaign finance and lobbying e information
- FEC -- Federal Election Commission
- FCC Public Inspection Files (ad buys on broadcast stations)
- Polling Report -- an aggregation of national poll data
- Gallup -- the best-known US pollster, delivering new numbers daily
- Pew Research Center
- 2018 exit poll
- 2020 exit poll
- 2024 exit poll
