Elections and Voting Data Guide: United States (U.S.) and International

Dashboard regularly updates with latest official releases on early voting data (in-person or by mail) nationally and by state. Breakdowns by party, age, gender, and race/ethnicity where collected by states. Individual state pages have county breakdowns as well as data on ballots requested. Also features a helpful early voting explainer on making sense of the data.

L2, a voter data firm, maintains this freely accessible dashboard showing live updates to early voting and ballot request/return data from all 50 states. You can filter by state, Congressional district, and state legislative district (where available). Shows breakdown by party, age, gender, urbanicity, income, marital status, and race/ethnicity (many of these are modeled). Interpret the graphs carefully, as some use different scales.

Comprehensive information on how, when, and where to vote in upcoming elections for all 50 states. They also maintain a calendar of upcoming federal elections with key deadlines that can be added to a personal calendar app.

Voting information guide with details on how/where/when to vote, what/who is on the ballot, and candidate issue statements and endorsements. Provided by the League of Women Voters.

State-specific information and resources on voting and elections for all 50 states for the 2022 election. Curated by government information librarians from around the country.

50 state voting guides dedicated to students and their specific questions and requirements.

Nonpartisan organization providing detailed information on candidates' issue positions and official statements, interest group endorsements, and official actions (votes, vetoes, etc.) for current officials.

Non-partisan "digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections." Not set up as a data repository per se, but does have good coverage of state and local elections with lots of information about government forms, candidates, election regulations, etc.

Investigate fundraising and election-related spending in detail with the data compiled by the premier research organization tracking money in U.S. politics. OpenSecrets is nonpartisan, independent, and nonprofit.

Likely the closest to a comprehensive list of upcoming U.S. elections across federal, state, and local levels.

POLITICO Pro provides breaking reporting and analysis of midterm campaigns. You can browse races by state or see all trending news. (Princeton-subscription resource)

Major news source covering Congress, U.S. politics, policy debates, elections.

Venerable news source covering Congress and Capitol Hill. You can also browse archived issues (archives are a Princeton-subscription resource).

Provides informed analysis of election polling as well as a model that aggregates a multitude of polls to forecast the election.

Another sophisticated forecasting model that generates thousands of simulations to estimate the probability of Congressional control. See also their midterm news coverage for a take on U.S. politics from across the pond.

Provides access to real-time documents, press releases, and social media posts from candidates for Congress and governor across the U.S. Options to compare candidates and groups (e.g. Senate Democrats vs. Republicans), filter by geography or demographics, and to generate term frequency charts and word clouds. (Princeton-subscription resource)

An interactive tool that provides a snapshot of social media messages and narratives shaping the conversation in the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections. You can browse, filter, and search the collected posts.

Large collection of public statements and press releases from public officials and candidates, both nationally and at the state level and for various offices.

Collects, archives, and makes publicly available every official e-newsletter sent by sitting members of the US Congress since 2010. Updated in real time, as members of Congress send constituent messages, and provides researchers with a systematic set of texts to examine the strategic choices that legislators and their staff make in crafting the content. Data available in .csv by month.

Issued biennially, the Almanac provides in-depth analysis and comprehensive profiles of every congressional district, state, governor and member of Congress. Previous years are in print at JK1012 .A44 (Firestone) back to 1972. (Princeton-subscription resource)

View and compare members of Congress by biographical and demographic characteristics; compare members’ voting records; view interest group and state and member voting alignment and party unity scores. 79th Congress (1945)-present. (Princeton-subscription resource)

Quick tool for exploring the most recent demographic, social, and business data collected by the Census Bureau for individual congressional districts.