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Party Strength in the United States: 1872-1996

Principal Investigator(s): David, Paul T.; Claggett, William

Summary: This data collection contains a set of index numbers that can be used as measures of party strength at the polls and changes in party strength since 1872, the year of the second presidential election after the end of the Civil War. The file consists of statewide percentages of the actual vote won by Democratic, Republican, and other candidates/parties for the offices of president, governor, United States House of Representatives, and, beginning in 1914, the two Senate seats allocated to each sta... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06895

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