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See How to Research Elections, Case Ref JK976.M37 2000 and look through call numbers JK1965-JK2217 in the reference collection in Case Library for titles such as America Votes, Vital Statistics, etc.
Search the catalog. Elections may be used as a subject heading (e.g. Elections -- United States, or Elections -- United States -- Congress) or as a subdivision (e.g. Presidents -- United -- States Election). Combine with the subdivision Statistics.
Information about campaign finance is under the Campaigns tab.
- GSS: General Social SurveyContains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest, including voting behavior. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies. SPSS/STATA downloads.
- Election Information from Office of the Clerk of the HouseResults by candidate, state, party from 1920-
- Federal Election Commission LibraryResults for national elections, some in Excel spreadsheets, 1982-
- ANES, American National Election Studies Some full text availableFive decades of data on voting, public opinion, and political participation.
- ICPSRThe Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research is located at the University of Michigan. Look a "Browse by Thematic Collection" to see the partners of the ICPSR.
- U.S. Census. Voting and RegistrationFrom the Current Population Survey 1964-
- New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825This ongoing project represents collaboration between the American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collection and Archives. Users can navigate over to the Quick Search function, or they can also browse by candidate, office, year, or state. Data may be downloaded for offline analysis