Elections - USA: Official returns
These sources compile election results as reported by each state. Official election results do not include sociodemographic information about voters (such as age, race, gender, etc.) - for that information, see "Exit polls, election studies, and more" below.
- Vital Statistics on American Politics (CQ Press)
- Historical Statistics of the United States Section Eb, Elections and Politics, includes tables on voter turnout and Congressional and presidential election results.
- Presidential election statistics Sources for results at the national, state, and Congressional district levels.
- Election Statistics Since 1920, the Clerk of the House of Representatives has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories.
- Presidential Election Results (1980-) datasets from POLIDATA
- Election Technology Library Includes sample ballots and links to various datasets.
Elections - USA: Exit polls, election studies, and more
Exit polls provide variables that official election results do not, such as gender, race, education, income, age, religious affiliation, and opinions on particular issues.
- U.S. Elections (Roper Center Public Opinion Archives) State primary exit polls; national and state election day exit polls.
- American National Election Studies "The American National Election Studies (ANES) produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists who want to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes."
- Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes (thematic category at ICPSR) Look for the "United States" subsections.
Elections - USA: Campaign finance
- Wisconsin Advertising Project: political advertising activity in the United States by the University of Wisconsin Dept. of Political Science
- OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics
- Gubernatorial Campaign Finance Database "Tracking the expenditures of all reported candidates who have run for governor in the American states since 1977."
- MAPLight.org: Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection
- Federal Election Commission
Elections - International
- European Election Database (CIVICACTIVE) Database of aggregated election statistics from European Parliament elections; national parliamentary and presidential elections as well as EU-related referendums held in EU member countries during the period 1990-2007.
- IFES Election Guide Covers national elections around the world, and other electoral events deemed of high interest; includes information on political parties and candidates, referenda provisions, breaking news on election-related laws and political developments around the world, governmental and electoral structures, and election results and voter turnout.
- International IDEA Databases and Networks Several different databases on democracy and elections worldwide, including a voter turnout database.
- Lijphart Elections Archive Descriptions of sources for district-level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries. The Lijphart Elections Archive is no longer updated, but includes links to many online sources for current election statistics.
- Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes (thematic category at ICPSR) Look for the "Nations Other Than the United States" subsections.
- National Election Studies and Data Collections
- National Elections across Democracy and Autocracy (NELDA)
"The National Elections across Democracy and Autocracy (NELDA) dataset provides detailed information on all election events from 1960-2006. To be included, elections must be for a national executive figure, such as a president, or for a national legislative body, such as a parliament, legislature, constituent assembly, or other directly elected representative bodies." - PARLINE: Recent parliamentary elections Every parliamentary election in the world is reported in PARLINE. The results contain statistics on the distribution of votes and seats among political parties, as well as a breakdown of seats by sex and, when available, by the age and profession of members of parliament.
Other topics in politics and policy
- Black Americans in Congress - Statistics and Historical Data
- Capitol Words - counting what Congress talked about
- Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) Datasets
- Global Database of Quotas for Women
- OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics
- State Politics and Policy Quarterly - datasets from the journal
- U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants - the "Greenbook"
- Vanhanen's index of democracy
- Gubernatorial Power: The Institutional Power Ratings for the 50 Governors of the United States
- Job Approval Ratings for state Governors, U.S. Senators and U.S. Presidents from the mid-1900s on
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Yale University
140 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT, USA
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See also...
... the subject guides on International Relations and Political Science, and on Public Opinion.
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