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  • The American Presidential Election: Produced by the Encyclopedia Britannica, this site focuses on the history of the American Presidential elections and includes complete election and electoral college results of each election.
  • Amnesty International: A comprehensive human rights site that includes news releases, campaign reports and publications.
  • Center for Environmental Citizenship: This site endeavors to involve college students in the political process to facilitate changes in environmental policy.
  • Congress.org: A searchable membership directory for both houses of Congress with a link to each member's email.
  • The Constitution of the United States of America : Prepared by the Federal Research Service of the Library of Congress, this searchable site provides syntheses of US, Supreme Court decisions pinpointing core constitutional issues.
  • Core Documents of U.S. Democracy: Twenty-four documents chosen by the U.S. government for online access, including the Bill of Rights, Constitution, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register and Declaration of Independence.
  • Digital National Security Archive: A searchable site providing access to significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945.
  • Europa: This guide to the European Union and its constituent bodies is presented in five different languages and includes press releases and summary statements on leading issues.
  • Federal Election Commission: Providing access to information on the election process and campaign finance law.
  • League of Conservation Voters: This site features the "National Environmental Scorecard" containing the voting records of legislators on environmental issues.
  • LexisNexis - US Politics & World News: Provides latest news on President Bush, Iraq, the War on Terror and more, from over 4,000 U.S. and International news sources.
  • National Political Index : Sponsored by the nonprofit organization Americans Who Work for a Living, this site provides comprehensive access to political and governmental information on the Web.
  • National Security Archive: This site details the declassification of U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and provides access to many declassified documents.
  • Political Database of the Americas : This searchable site represents a collaborative effort of Georgetown University and the Organization of American States and provides access to primary source documents and political information about the Western Hemisphere.
  • Political Information.com: This free service provides a search engine for politics, policy and political news, and covers over 4,000 carefully chosen political and public policy web sites.
  • PollingReport.com: A searchable site providing easy access to timely poll data on topics of national political, economic and sociocultural interest.
  • POTUS: Provides information on each of the United States' Presidents including candidates, cabinet members and administrative highlights.
  • President: Sponsored by the Leadership Information Archives, this site brings presidential libraries materials onto the Internet for better public access.
  • Project Vote Smart: Maintained by the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, this site provides information about the political system, issues, elected officials, and candidates from the state legislative level up.
  • Race and Ethnicity Online: This site from the American Political Science Association includes components on Asian American, African American, Native American and Latino resources for teaching and research.
  • Roper Center: A comprehensive site providing access to survey data drawn from some 100 countries and 60 years of commercial and academic research.
  • Supreme Court Collection: From Cornell Law School, this searchable site provides reliable and accurate information of the US Supreme Court.
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