LibGuides: Worldwide Elections Guide: Home

Use this guide to find sources for researching elections and election data on presidential, federal, state, local, and foreign races.

Voters Guides

Official Voter Information Guide - California Secretary of State
Covers statewide California elections
California Quick Guide to Propositions from the Secretary of State
Voter's Edge
Type in your address, find your polling location and a guide to your local candidates and issues. A partnership between MapLight and the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund’s Smart Voter.
Californiachoices.org - Ballot Measures guide
A project from Next 10 and the Institute for Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley
KPBS Voter Hub
Includes explainers for key races & propositions
San Diego Union-Tribune 2022 Election Dashboard
California Ballot Tracker: Interest groups prepare for expensive 2022 fights
Family Voter Guide - Christian Non-Partisan Voter Guide for San Diego County Voters
ISideWith.com - San Diego Voter Guide
The Republican Party of San Diego County - Endorsements
San Diego County Democratic Party - Endorsements
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce - Voter Guide
As the leading voice for business in the San Diego region, the Chamber is committed to ensuring business-friendly lawmakers are elected, as well as the needed reforms approved by voters.
Robyn Nordell's Conservative California Election Website - San Diego County
Indivisible San Diego Persist - Voter Guide
A chapter of the national Indivisible movement, a grassroots group dedicated to resisting the Trump agenda.
San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO - Voting Guide
The San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO consists of the affiliated construction and trade unions representing workers in San Diego County.
San Diego County Gun Owners - Voters Guide
Planned Parenthood Votes - Voter Guides
San Diego Taxpayers Association - November 2022 Voter Guide
SDCTA is a nonpartisan association of individuals, businesses, and organizations who promote effective and efficient government.
Times of San Diego Politics stories
Voice of San Diego - Politics stories
League of Women Voters of San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune Endorsements

Register to Vote

Register to Vote in San Diego County
From the Registrar of Voters
Voter Registration information from the CA Secretary of State
When and how to vote in all 50 states (from Axios)
Connect with SOVAC
The Student Organized Voter Committee tables in the Library and around campus to help you register to vote. Their site also has information about polling places on campus and other resources for UC San Diego voters.
Get a paper registration form @ UCSD
Voter registration forms are available in Geisel Library at the Info Desk and on the table across from Classroom 2 (Room 276) in the lobby on the main floor (where the suggestion box is located).

Resources to Get Started Researching Elections

Elections and Voting Data Guide: United States (U.S.) and International (Princeton University Library Libguide)
One of the best sources for finding elections datasets, much more comprehensive than this guide!

CQ Voting and Elections Collection
United States election voting reference works with downloadable elections data. Covers the American voter, to major and minor political parties, actual races for Congress, the Presidency, and governorships. Election data can be downloaded in csv or tsv and earliest date of coverage varies by office: President (national summary: 1789; county detail: 1920); Senate (national summary: 1908; county detail: 1968); Governor (national summary: 1824; county detail: 1967); House (national summary: 1824; district detail: 1968). More details in the CQ Libguide
National Journal
includes Daily--"your source for everything happening on the Hill" (published every day that Congress is in session); Hotline--news on campaigns and predictive intelligence on elections; Daybook--important events and hearings in Washington; Race Tracker; and The Almanac of American Politics--profiles of every member of Congress, and demographic and historical election data by state and congressional district and directories for all federal staff.
CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly)
Full text access to nonpartisan information on Capitol Hill back to 1983. Includes analysis of legislation, congressional votes and other hot topics.
CQ Press Electronic Library
Find reporting, analysis on Congressional issues in the news and coverage of the status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. Includes:
CQ Almanac
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
CQ Weekly
Political Handbook of the World
Politics in America
Supreme Court Yearbook
Voting and Elections Collection

Elections a to Z by Bob Benenson; David R. Tarr
ISBN: 9780872897694
Publication Date: 2012-07-03
Guide to U. S. Elections by Deborah Kalb (Editor)
ISBN: 9781483380360
Publication Date: 2016-01-26
Politics in America by John Bicknell (Editor); David Meyers (Editor); January Layman-Wood
ISBN: 9781608718009
Includes profiles of every member of Congress (both House and Senate) for each term as well as profiles for each district.
Encyclopedia of U. S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior by Kenneth F. Warren (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412954891
Publication Date: 2008-04-04
The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior by Jan E. Leighley (Editor); George C. Edwards (General Editor)
ISBN: 9780199235476
Publication Date: 2010-04-15
Guide to Political Campaigns in America by Paul Herrnson
ISBN: 9781604267235
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Electoral Justice by Jesus Orozco-Henriquez (Editor)
ISBN: 9789185724963
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
How to Research Elections by Fenton S. Martin; Robert U. Goehlert
Call Number: Reference, Geisel Floor2 West JK1976 .M29 2000
ISBN: 1568025971
Publication Date: 2000-01-01

Ballotpedia
A digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections sponsored by the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin. Articles are written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers