Elections & Voting

"One of the country's oldest and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organizations. Our mission: To serve democracy by revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions, using the tools of investigative journalism."

A nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics."

"The nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute on Money in State Politics promotes an accountable democracy by compiling comprehensive campaign-donor, lobbyist, and other information from government disclosure agencies nationwide and making it freely available at FollowTheMoney.org."

"Dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims. Every important political statement...is scrutinized, checked and rechecked."

A nonprofit nonpartisan public charity that provides "pro, con, and related research on more than 50 controversial issues...ProCon.org provides a platform for people to question information, evaluate opposing views, and debate them in a respectful way."

A nonpartisan organization that researches "candidates for both national and state level office. Information includes voting records, campaign issue positions, evaluations by special interests, campaign contributions, backgrounds, previous experience and contact information."

RealClearPolitics is a "non-partisan convener of news, curating coverage from every angle of the day's most critical issues."

"Find answers to common questions about voting in the United States."

Links to U.S. government agencies.

Verify where you are registered to vote

Location of voting centers for residents of Monmouth and Warren County (IL)

Learn more about registering to vote, voting by mail, and updating voter registration.

A polling entity with a "commitment to objective, independent research, reflected in a set of surveys that track what the whole world is thinking." Website provides some free access to polls. Gallup polls are also available in the Statista database, Statistical Insight database, and the Hewes Library Reference Collection (1935/48 - present) call number HN90.P8 G3

"Provides access to data that summarize campaign financial activity" for congressional and presidential elections.

"Data is primarily drawn from online surveys using sampling methods developed in consultation with several outside experts."