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Selected Sources of Voting and Elections Statistics and Data - U.S. Focused
Selected Sources of Voting and Elections Statistics and Data - U.S. Focused
- CQ Press Voting and Elections Collection This link opens in a new windowIncludes data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.
- ANES (American National Election Studies)Register to use the data sets; registration is free. ANES data are also available through NU's membership in ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research).
- MIT Election Data Science LabExplore the site to find additional data sources and election data projects.
- Elections Performance IndexFrom the MIT Election Data Science Lab - A project to evaluate the administration of elections.
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new windowA non-profit membership-based data archive based at University of Michigan. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. ICPSR contains many election and voter-focused studies including the U.S. Historical Election Returns Series described immediately below.
- U.S. Historical Elections Returns Series (ICPSR) - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchRead the file descriptions to learn which dates and elections are covered in each series.
Other U.S. Focused Sources
International/Intergovernmental Sources
- Election Guide (International Foundation for Electoral Systems)From the database home page, "This database houses details on upcoming nationwide elections and referendums around the world. We include data on electoral systems, political parties and candidates, and key issues at stake in each election. Here you can find historical information on all national elections held since the database's creation in 1998."
- Global Elections DatabaseBe sure to check the FAQs for information about using the site, crediting the compiler, etc.
- Constitutency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA)Be sure to visit the FAQs for additional detail on this collection which is based at the University of Michigan.
- Elections Performance IndexFrom the MIT Election Data Science Lab - A project to evaluate the administration of elections.
- ElecData: Compendium of Electoral Data (Council of Europe)Graphic data on characteristics of the electoral systems of the 46 Council members.
State-Focused Sources
- Elections Division (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)This site offers a broad range of statistics, including voter registration, voter turnout, and early voting/mail-in voting statistics.
- Statewide Ballot Measures, 1919 to present (Massachusetts)Provides overviews of and statistics on ballot measures. It also organizes ballot measures by type of questions - initiative for a law, initiative for a constitutional amendment, legislative constitutional amendments, etc.