Elections & Politics Guide: Data & Statistics
General - Data & Statistics
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A New Nation VotesA New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy, 1787-1825.
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American National Election Studies (ANES)ANES conducts national surveys of the American electorate in presidential and midterm election years and carries out research on various issues on elections.
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Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives - Election StatisticsThis resource posts the official vote counts for presidential electors, U.S. senators, and U.S. Representatives for elections from 1920 to present.
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U.S. Census: Voting and RegistrationInformation on reported voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics is collected for the nation in November of congressional and presidential election years in the Current Population Survey (CPS).
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U.S. General Election Exit Polls Series (ICPSR dataset)The General Election Exit Polls series is conducted by the National Election Pool (NEP) from results obtained from interviews of a sample of voters exiting polling places in individual states in the nation on election day. It provides data on voters' choices in the senate, congressional, and gubernatorial races, and the issues and factors that most influenced those votes, as well as their opinions on presidential candidates, various referendas and propositions on the ballot, and other issues.
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Record of American Democracy (ROAD), 1984-1990ROAD provides precinct-level election data for all federal and state races at and above State House for 1984-1990.
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PollsterTracks, aggregates, and analyzes polling data from major political polls. Coverage includes gubernatorial elections.
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Five Thirty EightOffering statistics on politics (and sports), Five Thirty Eight provides news articles and knowledge at a glance.
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Measuring Elections - DataverseA collection of readily available datasets from Pew Elections Performance Index and others.
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Sage StatsContains state-level historical data for the areas of agriculture, crime and law enforcement, defense, economy, education, employment and labor, energy and environment, geography, government finances, health, households and housing, population, social welfare as well as transportation. Enter "Voting" as a keyword search.
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PolicyMapProvides mapping, data, and analytics tools on U.S. demographics, real estate, health, jobs, education, and more topics. Mapping allows for multiple layers and editable data ranges. Includes Election Atlas data.
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CQ LibraryIncludes State Stats: "State data on social and public affairs topics like health care, crime, education and more. "
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Social ExplorerSocial Explorer is an online research tool designed to access current and historical U.S. Census data and demographic information. It contains maps, profile reports, data elements, and variables.
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Roper Center for Public Opinion ResearchMaintains abstracts and datasets for public opinion survey results from U.S. academic, commercial, and media opinion surveys. Download of datasets from Roper require that users create an account using a PSU email address.
Specialized Presidential Data & Statistics
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The American Presidency ProjectOne of the most comprehensive collection of web resources on the American presidency, including documents, public papers, executive orders, addresses, press conferences, debates, election data, approval ratings, and much more
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United States Elections ProjectThe United States Elections Project strives to provide timely and accurate election statistics, electoral laws, research reports, and other useful information regarding the United States electoral system. The United States Elections Project is maintained by Dr. Michael McDonald.
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Counting the VotesDownloadable data on U.S. Presidential elections from 1789-present.