Politics and Government: Free Resources

"Data about crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government".

"The website for Congress. Includes information about the leadership, committees, members, and has congressional records".

"Data.gov provides data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations".

"Website of a unique economic and political union between 27 European countries".

Basic documents on Israel's foreign relations since the pre-state period (1947). Many of the documents were translated from Hebrew into English.

"The series provides a historical reference covering the administrations of US Presidents".

"web-based data service for the global user community. It brings international statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single-entry point. Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies. The numerous databases or tables collectively known as "datamarts" contain over 60 million data points and cover a wide range of statistical themes including agriculture, crime, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, gender, health, labour market, manufacturing, national accounts, population and migration, science and technology, tourism, transport and trade".

"Portal to US government information".

"The website for the White House, includes information about the issues, administration, history, photo and video gallery".

The UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Transparency Portal provides detailed information on funded development projects worldwide. It allows users to explore project budgets, funding sources, implementation status, and impact, promoting accountability and openness in UNDP's work.

The Caselaw Access Project digitized Harvard’s case law collection for public use. It includes all official U.S. case law through 2020 from state, federal, and territorial courts, including Native American and Navajo Nation courts. The data is structured by case, with metadata for party names, docket numbers, citations, and dates, plus PDFs with selectable OCR text for cases published up to 2018.

A comprehensive list of all open data portals around the world.

"538 uses statistical analysis — hard numbers — to tell compelling stories about elections, politics, economics, and American society"

"Polling data from the Gallup"

"Nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world"

"Public Agenda is a national research-to-action organization—discovering and translating knowledge on the key questions facing our democracy."

"International collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues."