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Federal Election Commission: This agency's website contains links to laws and regs, campaign finance data, and forms needed to start your own PAC.
Illinois Board of Elections: All about voting, candidates and more.
Early Voting Locations in Illinois: Provides locations by county.
Absentee Voting in Missouri: Find out how to vote absentee in Missouri.
Early Voting in Iowa: Find out how to vote early in Iowa.

Voting and Registration (Census): This webpage from the Current Population Survey has biennial data going back to 1996 and historical time series data going back to 1964.

Voting America: This website from the University of Richmond has cinematic maps, interactive maps and commentary concerning Presidential elections from 1984 onward.
County and City Data Books: This site from the University of Virginia includes historical data of presidential election voting by county from 1944-2000.
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections: This site from David Leip has national statistics from 1789 to present as well as maps.

Project Vote Smart: Issue positions, campaign finance, and voting records are some of the things you'll find at this premiere political website.
VOTE411.org: This website sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education fund has everything you need to know about voting in your state.
Map the Candidates (Slate): The site allows you to access videos and other information by looking at a map where you can set the timeline, pick the date to see who was where, and what they were doing on the campaign trail.
American National Election Studies (ANES): This site is a collaboration between Stanford University and the University of Michigan has data concerning the "causes and consequences of voting behavior and electoral outcomes." Data back to 1948.
Pew Research Center: Find political polling results and analysis, commentary, datasets and more.
Pollster: Analysis of polling data from various sources.
FiveThiryEight: The most up-to-date polling and analysis from statistical wunderkind Nate Silver.

C-SPAN is providing access to video clips concerning the election.: News and video clips of campaign speeches, etc..
Politico: Political news and commentary.
Roll Call Politics (Congressional Quarterly): Political news concerning campaigns for president, house and senate seats and governorships.
CNN Politics.com: Political news and analysis from CNN.
2012 Elections (Fox News): Election coverage from FoxNews.
CBS News Politics: Presidential campaign coverage from CBS.
NBC News Politics: Campaign news and analysis from NBC.
ABC News Politics: Political News and analysis from ABC News.
Politics (NYT): Political coverage from the New York Times.
Indecision (Comedy Central): Political coverage from a skewed angle.