Resources for Learning More

For additional election mapping resources and election data, visit these sources:

NARA Electoral College Page. The National Archives and Records Administration's educational page about the Electoral College. Includes FAQs, an election calculator, and some historical data.
2008 Presidential Election Interactive Map and History of the Electoral College. Personal site that lets you create your own election scenarios. NARA links to this site.
The Electoral Map - The Intersection between Politics and Geography. A map-intensive, personal blog written by a journalist.
Electoral Vote Predictor. A personal site that creates possible election scenarios based on the acculumation of polling data.
Geovisualization of the 2004 Presidential Election. A PhD Geography student at Penn State who has posted a mapping application and 2004 election dataset that they have produced.

Election 2008 Subject Guide. A directory of library and web resources created by Baruch librarians.

NY Times 2008 Election Guide. Includes maps, polls, summary positions of candidates. Maps include primaries and campaign spending.
NPR 2008 Election Map. News and election maps.
Yahoo Election 08 Political Dashboard. Map-based interface with summary statistics and profiles on candidates.
Real Clear Politics. An independent polling, news, and commentary site.
The Candidates in PrintBiographies and auto-biographies of each candidate with extensive summaries. Time Magazine / CNN.

Federal Election Commission Library. Government site that includes data and summaries for federal election results and campaign spending, as well as forms that parties and candidates are required to submit by law.
US Census Voting and Registration Data. Data for voter registration and turnout, broken down by gender, age, race, Hispanic-origin, and place.

US Census Bureau State and County Quickfacts. The latest demographic and socio-economic summary statistics for each state and county.
US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program. Download tables for states, counties, and metro areas for population estimates from 2000 to 2007. Includes break down by age, gender, race, Hispanic origin. Also includes components of change data: births, deaths, and migration.
US Census Bureau American Factfinder. Main portal for downloading all census datasets: Decennial census, American Community Survey, and Population Estimates.
2008 Presidential Nominating Convention Cities. A summary of census demographic data for Denver, CO and St. Paul, MN, the two cities that hosted the nominating conventions.

The Presidential Election Process. Tom Lansford, Greenhaven Press 2008. Stacks - JK521 .P69 2008
A magnificent catastrophe : the tumultuous election of 1800, America's first presidential campaign. Edward J Larson, Free Press, 2007. Stacks - E330 .L37 2007
Choosing a president: the electoral college and beyond. Paul Shumaker, Chatham House, 2002. Stacks - JK 528 .C44 2002
Historical atlas of U.S. presidential elections 1788-2004. J.C. Archer, CQ Press, 2006. Reference - G1201 .F9 H5 2006
Culture war? : the myth of a polarized America. Morris P. Fiorina, Pearson Longman, 2005. Stacks - HN59.2 .F564 2005
The Routledge historical atlas of presidential elections. Yanek Mieczkowski, Routledge, 2001. Reference - G 1201 .S1 M5 2001

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