Research and Reference Resources

Politics

Local: Contact Your Representatives | Political Parties | Voting Information
General: News and Issues | Tracking Legislation | Candidates and Elections
See also Government Information Sites

Contact Your Representatives

City/County

State

Federal

Political Parties

Dane County

• Democratic Party of Dane County - http://www.danedems.org/
• Progressive Dane - http://www.newparty.org/pd/Home.html
• Republican Party of Dane County - http://www.danegop.org

Wisconsin

• American Reform Party of Wisconsin - http://www.americanreform.org/Wisconsin/
• Democratic Party of Wisconsin - http://www.wisdems.org
• Libertarian Party of Wisconsin - http://www.lpwi.org
• Republican Party of Wisconsin - http://www.wisgop.org/
• Socialist Party of Wisconsin - http://www.execpc.com/~spwis/
• Wisconsin Green Party - http://www.excel.net/~pdrewry/wigreen.htm

Voting Information

Where do I vote? (Madison) - http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/clerk/voter_query.cfm
Where do I vote? (Dane County) - http://www.co.dane.wi.us/danedept/coclerk/polls/display.asp

City Clerk, City of Madison
Information about where to vote in the City of Madison, absentee voting procedures and forms, and poll location hours.

News and Issues

All Politics - http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
Site maintained by CNN and Time features current news about U.S. politics. Archives can be searched. Public opinion poll results are also included.

Dane County United - http://www.danecountyunited.org
Nonpartisan group addressing political, economic, and social issues facing the community.

Federal Government Resources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/federal.html
Comprehensive guide to United States government and other related sites maintained by the University of Michigan.

Political Science Resources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html
Comprehensive and well organized site compiled by the University of Michigan

Public Agenda Online - http://www.publicagenda.org/
Overview, news digests, background data, polling data, resources for further information, varied perspectives, and analyses of current political issues by a nonpartisan and nonprofit research organization.

Tracking Legislation

Capitol Spotlight [Real Player] - http://www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight/
A joint service of C-Span and Congressionl Quarterly, Inc., Capitol Spotlight is an online newsletter highlighting events and issues on Capitol Hill.

Congress Votes --http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/
A Washingto Post site listing every vote casted in the Congress since 1991.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet - http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html

Candidates and Elections

OpenSecrets.org - http://www.opensecrets.org
An extensive review of congressional campaign fundraising issues. You can compare candidates by size and source of their contributions, industries and interest groups that are supporting them, where the money is coming from geographically, and more.

Project Vote Smart - http://www.vote-smart.org/
Nonpartisan compilation of information about political candidates and elected officials: biographical information, position papers, voting records, ratings by interest groups. Type in your zip code and address, and you can find your elected representatives at the state and federal levels, their addresses and phone numbers.

Wisconsin

Eye on Financial Relationships (legislator's financial Statements) -- http://ethics.state.wi.us/EOFR/Pages/

League of Women Voters of Wisconsin - http://www.lwvwi.org

Politics1 - http://www.politics1.com/wi.htm
Lists of candidates for all state offices with information on how to contact them and links to other political sites in the state and the nation.

Wisconsin Council on Children and Families - http://www.wccf.org/whasnew/candidates.html

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - http://www.wisdc.org/
Records of campaign contributions to Wisconsin legislative and gubernatorial candidates by name (for large donors), by interest group, by size of contribution, and by geographic location of contributors.

Wisconsin Ethics Board - http://ethics.state.wi.us/
Lobbying reports, financial holdings of state officials and standards of conduct. See legislators' financial statements at: Eye on Financial Relationships and Legislator Personal Financial Disclosures (Center for Public Integrity)

Wisconsin Vote - http://www.wisconsinvote.org/
Wisconsin election news and information compiled by Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television,and University of Wisconsin-Extension.

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