Political Science & Government
This guide includes resources for the study and teaching of Political Science and Government.
Datasets
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U.S. Census Bureau: Explore Census Data Population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Obtain data in the form of maps, tables, and reports from a variety of Census Bureau sources.
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ANES - American National Election Studies To serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists, the ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation. ANES data enable researchers to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes. Central to this mission is the active involvement of the ANES research community in all phases of the project.
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Data.gov Easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
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GDELT "Global Data on Events, Location, and Tone," a constantly updated dataset of news events.
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UK Data Archive Copyrighted by the data's author. "...digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the United Kingdom. With several thousand datasets relating to society, both historical and contemporary..." http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
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SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window SimplyAnalytics is a powerful analytical and data visualization tool to create charts, reports, and maps. Access demographic, business, and marketing data from sources such as Nielsen, Dun & Bradstreet, and SimmonsLOCAL. Demographic variables include housing, employment, transportation, and families. Create an account using your LSU email address or sign in as a guest. Note: This database allows 15 simultaneous users.
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CQ Voting and Elections Collection This link opens in a new window A database of elections data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical materials to help researchers investigate and understand voting and elections in America from 1789-present.