Elections in the News: 2020

Thursday 5 November 2020

American presidential elections key websites

Keep up to date using these resources

ifes Primer

270 to win aggregate of polls map

Pew: Election 2020
Data and analysis on current public opinion

RealClear Politics
Access the latest data gathered from major polls
Gallup's 2020 Presidential Election Center
Recent Gallup polls

Historic election information.

Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives - Election Statistics
The Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives lists elections results from 1920 tonwards includes the official vote counts for presidential electors, U.S. senators, and U.S. Representatives.
A New Nation Votes
election returns from 1787-1825 made available from: The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

American National Election Studies (ANES)
The American National Election Studies (ANES) are academically-run national surveys of voters in the United States, conducted before and after every presidential election. information from data collected since 1948 is available including questions, code books and a bibliography of academic articles based on the study

Monday 10 February 2020

Ireland elections - get some free facts from academic sources

Ireland has been to the polls over the weekend.

Official results are posted on the parliamentary website
background information on the voting process and system is provided on a citizens website

Other sources of election results both recent and historical include:

ElectionsIreland.org, produced in association with Seán Donnelly, author of various books on Irish elections

NSD elections database covers 1990-2015

Irish National Election Study Data

an extensive five-wave panel survey of (initially) 2663 respondents covers the Irish general elections of 2002 and 2007, as well as the local and European Parliament elections of 2004.data can be downloaded.

Women for Election - get names and facts about female candidates and campaigns to increase gender equality from this organisation

Key Political Parties
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Sinn Fein

Fine Gael

Fianna Fail

Newspaper coverage

Key sources with articles and polls include:

Irish Times
RTE

Academic analysis

Trinity College Dublin page from Michael Gallagher

Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses
Adrian Kavanagh, Maynooth University Department of Geography

Irish Politics Forum blog from the Political Studies Association of Ireland