Election News
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Political WirePolitical Wire offers the latest presidential election news as well as links to other political web resources.
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Gallup Poll: PoliticsGallup organization offers the most recent Presidential Gallup polls, special reports on the election, and news releases.
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I Side WithI Side With offers current political news and poll data. In addition, they offer a 10 minute quiz to assess the quiz taker's stance on foreign policy, domestic policy, social issues, environmental issues, and more and will tell you what percentage of your views is shared by each popular candidate. Each topic is summarized at length so prior knowledge is not required.
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Pew Center Research - 2020 Election"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions."
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ProPublica"ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest."
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CQ ResearcherA weekly publication that reports on current, newsworthy social issues.
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ProCon.orgOnline resource for research on controversial issues.
News Analysis
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Factcheck.orgEvaluates the accuracy of campaign claims. Includes RSS feeds and email updates. From the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
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PolitifactFeatures a scorecard checking the truth in the attacks of the candidates. From the St. Petersburg Times and CQ.
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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.
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Talk 2020From the Wall Street Journal, this resource let's you see what the 2020 presidential candidates have said about issues in the past by searching through thousands of transcripts from speeches and media appearances, made available through the Dow Jones Factiva research platform.