Political Science: Websites

http://www.cgdev.org/
Independent think tank that provides research in an attempt to reduce inequality and global poverty.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main
Provides high quality statistical information about the European Union.

http://www.geohive.com/
Geopolitical data on population, wealth and infrastructure on a country by country basis.

http://www.idea.int/
Intergovernmental organization designed to provide knowledge for policy development and analysis to support democratic reform. Publications are free as downloadable pdfs.

http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/mebase.htm
Valuable resource put together by the School of Politics, International Relations & the Environment at Keele University in the UK. The site is well maintained and updated regularly.

http://www.prb.org/Home.aspx
Presents data on population, health and environment that will impact the world's future generations.

http://www.rand.org/topics/international-affairs.html
Provides research and analysis to facilitate policy decision making in both the public and private sectors includes security and military policy as well as social and economic policy.

http://www.wto.org/
An organization that promotes the liberalization of trade policy that releases news and statistics regarding international trade.

http://www.electionstudies.org/
Collects data from the outcome of elections to provide researchers with a view of the political world through the eyes of ordinary citizens.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php
Online resource compiled by John woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara containing over 76,000 documents relating to the presidency.

http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/
Features facts sheets, research, and voting behavior of women in goverment also facts about both current and historical women office holders.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
Documentary records of the proceedings in the United States Congress from 1774 to 1875.

http://www.opensecrets.org/
Center for responsive politics that follows the money trail on Capitol Hill

http://library.albany.edu/subject/USCAM.HTM
Collects and provides links to various websites with information about American politics, elections and public opinions.

http://dsl.richmond.edu/voting/
Explores the history of American voting in presidential elections from 1848-2008 at the county level.