Election World

December 21, 2002 11:40 PM

PoliSciFilter! Say you really wanted to know how the recent elections in the Seychelles went, or you needed to know the URL for the Turkish Communist Party. Check out Election World, rounding out the trio of recently posted political reference websites with a semi-comprehensive non-partisan database of every national election in every country on earth, including some countries where the results don't mean all that much, and some ominous blank spots where there are no election results worth reporting, plus a massive list of political parties (with weblinks) from virtually all over. Of course, if you want to find out whether these trappings of democracy are actually making a difference in people's lives, it's worth reading the Country Reports in the annual Freedom in the World survey, or just checking out what color country you're in on the PDF Map of Freedom.
posted by sexualchocolate (1 comment total)

A personal favourite of mine is International Relations and Security Network. The name says it all, really. It provides a nice digest on the current affairs of international relations and security politics, and it has a fairly extensive link map.
posted by cx at 2:15 AM on December 22, 2002