Electoral Returns for Statewide Offices in the United States, 1874-1952 (ICPSR 7861)
Principal Investigator(s): Kleppner, Paul
Summary:
This data collection incorporates county-level election returns from 15 states for various statewide offices in the period 1874-1952. Included are votes cast for party candidates contesting a variety of offices such as lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, and auditor. Data are stored in separate files for the 15 states at the following time periods: California (1882-1950), Colorado (1892-1952), Indiana (1876-1948), Minnesota (1890-1948), Missouri (1882-1948), Montana (1889-1948), Nebraska (1884-1950), New York (1878-1946), North Dakota (1889-1948), Ohio (1886-1948), Oregon (1878-1948), Pennsylvania (1874-1948), South Dakota (1889-1950), West Virginia (1904-1948), and Wisconsin (1884-1950).
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Study Description
Citation
Kleppner, Paul. ELECTORAL RETURNS FOR STATEWIDE OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1874-1952. ICPSR version. DeKalb, IL: Paul Kleppner, Northern Illinois University [producer], 198?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07861.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07861.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: candidates, counties, election returns, elections, historical data, state politics, states (USA), voter attitudes, voting behavior
Geographic Coverage: California, Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, United States, West Virginia
Time Period:
- 1874--1952
Universe: A total of 15 states of the United States in the period 1874-1952.
Data Types: aggregate data
Data Collection Notes:
(1) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site. (2) Election returns for gubernatorial candidates are included in the related data collection, UNITED STATES HISTORICAL ELECTION RETURNS, 1788-1984 (ICPSR 0001).
Methodology
Data Source:
official election returns provided by state governments
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1985-12-20
Version History:
- 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 18 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
- 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 17 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
- 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 16 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
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