| National Associations | APSA | Varies | September/October | All except IR | Largest | January | Yes | |
| | ISA | Varies | March/April | IR/IPE | Large | 1-Jun | ? | https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/ISA2026 |
| | MPSA | Chicago | April | American, Comparative | Large | October | No | https://www.mpsanet.org/conference/ |
| | SPSA | Varies (southern US) | January | All | Med/Large | | No | https://spsa.net/annual-meeting/2025-conference-information/ |
| | WPSA | Varies (West Coast) | March/April | All (though specializes in theory, enviro politics, and REP) | Med/Large | September | No | https://www.wpsanet.org/meeting/ |
| | AAPOR | Varies | May | Public Opinion | Med/Large | | | http://www.aapor.org/AAPOR_Annual_Conference.htm |
| | ISPP | Varies (usually Europe) | July | Political Psychology | | | | http://www.ispp.org/meetings/ |
| American/REP | PRIEC | Varies | Varies | REP, American | Small | Varies | Yes | https://priec.org |
| | SPIRE | Varies (Midwest to East Coast) | Varies | REP, American | Small | Varies | ? | http://www.spirepolisci.org/ |
| | Justice and Injustice Conference | Yale, MIT, UT | November | Criminal justice | Very small | | Yes | https://criminaljusticepolitics.wordpress.com/ |
| | Junior Americanist Workshop | Virtual | Varies | American | Small | Varies | Yes | https://jawspolisci.network/previous.html |
| Methods | SoCal Methods | Varies | | Methods | Small | Varies | Yes | https://polmeth.org/socal |
| | POLMETH | Varies | Varies | Methods | Small | Varies | Yes | https://polmeth.org/ |
| | Visions in Methodology | Varies | May? | Methods | | | | http://visionsinmethodology.org/conferences/ |
| IR | ISA West | Pasadena | September | IR/IPE | Medium | | No | https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/West-Pasadena-2025 |
| Other/Regional | Media Effects Empirical Workshop | Columbia | | Media | Very small | | Yes | https://iserp.columbia.edu/events/media-effects-empirical-workshop-meew |
| | SoCal Political Behavior | Varies | | Behavior | Small | Varies | Yes | |
| | JPIPE | Varies, SoCal | Varies | Comparative/American Institutions | Small | Varies | Yes | https://sites.google.com/view/socalpipe/events |
| | TransResearch Consortium | Varies, Usually West | August | IR/IPE | Small | | ? | |
| | NCOBPS | Varies | March | Black politics | | December | | https://www.ncobps.org/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-55 |