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Search for data on political fundraising and expenditures, down to the local level.

ProPublica's Election DataBot lets you search campaign finance data from the FEC along with a host of other information like demographics, congressional votes and Google Trends.

Search and download campaign finance data from the Federal Elections Commission.

The Pew Research Center does extensive research on public opinion on a range of topics, including US politics

The library subscribes to this statistics-only search engine. It's great for finding data on a range of topics - including political spending and public opinion - but also good for figuring out who collects data on a topic you're interested in.

Note that when you use data from Statista, you should cite the source of the data, not Statista itself. Statista is just the search tool.

Follow current legislative action in the House and Senate. You can find a page for each House or Senate member (ex: Sherrod Brown) to see their voting records, committee assignments and remarks in the Congressional Record.

Follow state-level legislation, get information about legislators, committees and the state budget.