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Links of interest regarding goverment entities and political parties.

American FactFinder from U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data including American Community Surveys.

Constitution Finder
http://confinder.richmond.edu/
Find Constitutions from other countries. CONSTITUTION FINDER is offered as a public service, without charge, by individuals, members of the University of Richmond School of Law community.

Democratic National Committee
http://www.democrats.org/
Offers daily news updates, policy analysis, links, email updates and opportunities to participate in the political process of the Democratic Party.

Governor of Iowa
https://governor.iowa.gov/
Official web site of the office of the Governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad.

Iowa Democratic Party
http://www.iowademocrats.org/
The Iowa Democratic Party is dedicated to promoting Democratic principles across the state of Iowa and electing qualified and dedicated candidates at all levels of government.

Iowa Legislature
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/index.aspx
Iowa law, legislators, lobbyists, legislative bills, agencies, and activities, and useful publications.

Iowa Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/ls-archive/patents-trademark
Iowa Patents and Trademark Depository Library Web site providing resources for inventors and entrepreneurs and a link to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to perform searches.

Iowa Publications Online
http://publications.iowa.gov/
Electronic depository for documents produced by Iowa state agencies and intended for use by the general public.

Iowa Republican Party
http://iowagop.org/
Includes Republican party platform, event calendar, candidates, county organization map, volunteer form, details about contributions and news.

Iowa State Boards and Commissions
https://openup.iowa.gov/
Searchable list of commissions by interest, board name, department, and state code.

National Agricultural Statistics Service Iowa Office
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Iowa/index.asp
Source for up-to-date statistics on Iowa farm production and prices.

Political Database of the Americas
http://pdba.georgetown.edu/
The Political Database of the Americas (PDBA) is a non-governmental project of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown University. Through its website, the PDBA offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region including: North, Central, and South America.

Republican National Committee
http://www.gop.com/index.php
Find all the information involving the Republican National Committee (RNC). Learn about the latest news about the GOP.

State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
Frequently updated directory of official state, county, and city government Web sites. Also provides links to national organizations, multi-state sites, etc.

State Data Center of Iowa
http://www.iowadatacenter.org/
Source for population, housing, business, and government statistics about Iowa.

State of Iowa
http://www.iowa.gov/
State’s official Web portal providing links to Iowa state agencies, Iowa county government sites, and Iowa cities with Web sites. Also includes links to information on Iowa tourism, business, education, employment, etc.

USA.gov
http://www.usa.gov/
As the U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. We provide trusted, timely, valuable government information and services when and where you want them.

U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/
Welcome to the official home page of the U.S. Copyright Office. We in the Copyright Office are proud to be part of a long tradition of promoting progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors.

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
Official web site of the U.S. House of Representatives. Information on the lower body of the federal legislature: about the legislative process, this week's House calendar, committee schedules, roll call vote records. Find your representative.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/
Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the Federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.

U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov/
Official site of "the living symbol of our union of states." Connect with Senators, and learn about Senate committees, legislation, records, art, history, schedules

Vote 411
http://www.vote411.org/
Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in October of 2006, VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information on the many aspects of the election process.

The White House
www.whitehouse.gov/
WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.