Thomas Library now has access to 2 new statistical databases, Sage Stats and U.S. Political Stats. Sage Stats is a data download and visualization tool hosting social science data about U.S. states, counties, cities, and metropolitan statistical areas from more than 150 different government and non-government sources. It spans topics like employment, crime, religion, and education. The data series are standardized allowing you to easily find, compare, visualize, and export.

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U.S. Political Stats is a similar tool allowing data download and visualization for topics spanning all three branches of the United States government. Bringing together valued content from sources like CQ Roll Call and CQ Press, you’ll discover a wealth of information on election returns, congressional floor votes, Supreme Court decisions, plus presidential performance and economic indicators, as well as diverse demographics. U.S. Political Stats harmonizes carefully vetted data into the same format allowing quick downloads, comparisons, and visualizations.

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