Resource Guides: MATH: Statistics: US Politics

Military spending

SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
Data on global military spending 1947 - 2017.

Conservative

American Enterprise Institute
Conservative think tank with primary focus on American government, economics and social welfare.
Heritage Foundation
Public policy research organization with a conservative leaning.
Hoover Institution
A public policy think tank located at Stanford University, with a broadly conservative viewpoint.

Centrist

Brookings Institution
A non-partisan political think tank located in Washington D.C.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A foreign policy think tank with research centers around the world.
Cato Institute
Libertarian think tank focused primarily on public advocacy and societal influence.
Center for Strategic & International Studies
A Washington D.C. think tank focused on international relations.
PEW Research Center
Conducts non-partisan research on a wide variety of topics.
RAND Corporation
A non-partisan global policy think tank, partly funded by the US government.

Liberal

Center for American Progress
Conducts research and advocates on economic and social issues, with a liberal viewpoint.
Economic Policy Institute
Conducts research on economic issues, from a liberal viewpoint.
Roosevelt Institute
A liberal think tank that promotes progressive political ideas.

Think tank indexes

American Policy Directory
A large list of policy agencies and think tanks, from University of Oregon.
Think Tanks
A list of think tanks categorized by political leaning, from the New York Times.
Think Tank Search
Harvard University's search tool can help you find think tanks doing research on your topic.

General data sites

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information related to employment and the US economy.
Data.gov
Data and Statistics about the U.S.
A compilation of many US government data sites.
PEW Research Center
A nonpartisan "fact tank."
Statista
We don't have a subscription to this but a good amount of information is available for free.
US Census Bureau
A vast amount of information is available here though the site can be confusing to navigate.

City level

City-Data
A large variety of statistics and data on large and small cities across the US.

County level

State level