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Campaign and Elections

From non-partisan organizations:

Project Vote Smart compiles biographical information, interest group ratings, and much more about the candidates.
Annenberg Political Fact Check cuts through the campaign rhetoric
PolitiFact check facts and see the "Truth-O-Meter." (St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly)
League of Women Voters (national) comprehensive non-partisan information for citizens
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.

Election Organizations

American National Election Studies

(University of Michigan) a survey research center which produces results similar to the Gallup Poll’s from studies on the American electorate in presidential and midterm election years and pilot studies in odd-numbered years.

Campaign Legal Center

is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which focuses on campaign finance and elections, political communication and government ethics offering analyzes of issues and representing the public interest in administrative, legislative and legal proceedings.

Commission on Presidential Debates

sponsors and produces US presidential and vice presidential debates between candidates.

Campaign Finance Institute

(George Washington University) a non-partisan, non-profit institute for research, education, and recommendations for policy change in the field of campaign finance.

Funding & Money

Federal Election Commission Campaign Guide: Corporations and Labor Organizations

This Guide summarizes the federal campaign finance laws applicable to corporations, labor organizations and their separate segregated funds as of January 2017. For updated information, please consult the monthly Record supplements to this Guide.

OpenSecrets.org - a non-partisan, research group which tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and campaign finances; use the Donor Lookup database to find out who has contributed to candidates. (Center for Responsive Politics)

Unfluence - a web program that generates interactive network maps of state level political contribution data

Follow the Money offers close-to-home data and information on the power of influence (National Institute on Money in state Politic)

Campaign Finance Data - Financial disclosure reports from Presidential and Congressional campaigns, political parties, and PACs.

Search the Colorado Campaign Finance Database for local candidate financial disclosures.