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Iceland Survey Round 1 (2010) (ICPSR 100162)

Released/updated on: 2016-02-17

Geographic coverage: Iceland

Time period: 2010-03-01--2010-03-31

We conducted an original survey of Icelandic public opinion following the first “Icesave” referendum held on March 6, 2010. Topics include voting behavior in both the referendum and prior general election; subjective economic status/concerns; national versus European identity; attitudes towards other countries and the European Union (EU); media usage; general questions about political interest, knowledge, ideology, party affiliation, government approval, etc.; and sociodemographics. The survey was administered by the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) of the University of Iceland via computer-assisted telephone interviews to a nationally representative sample of adults 18 years or older drawn from the Icelandic national register. Given the lopsided nature of the referendum outcome (fewer than 2% voted yes), we asked SSRI to oversample the yes votes. They telephoned 1505 individuals, of which 877 agreed to participate.

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Iceland Survey Round 2 (2011) (ICPSR 100163)

Released/updated on: 2016-02-16

Geographic coverage: Iceland

Time period: 2011-04-10--2011-04-26

We conducted a second original survey of Icelandic public opinion following the “Icesave 2” referendum held on April 9, 2011. Topics include referendum voting behavior; subjective economic status/concerns; national versus European identity; attitudes towards other countries and the European Union (EU); general questions about political interest, knowledge, ideology, party affiliation, government approval, etc.; and sociodemographics.The survey was administered April 10-26, 2011 by the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) of the University of Iceland via computer-assisted telephone interviews to a nationally representative sample of adults 18 years or older drawn from the Icelandic national register. SSRI attempted to contact 1,200 individuals between the ages of 18-75; 785 respondents agreed to participate. 634 of the 785 respondents were repeat panelists who had participated in our first-wave survey conducted after Iceland’s initial ‘Icesave’ referendum in March 2010 [see Iceland Survey Round 1 (2010)]; the remaining 151 ‘refresher’ respondents were drawn from a new random sample of the electorate.

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ANES 1968 Time Series Study (ICPSR 7281)

Released/updated on: 2015-11-10

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1968-09-01--1969-02-28

This study is part of a time-series collection of national surveys fielded continuously since 1952. The election studies are designed to present data on Americans' social backgrounds, enduring political predispositions, social and political values, perceptions and evaluations of groups and candidates, opinions on questions of public policy, and participation in political life. A Black supplement of 116 respondents is included with the national cross-section of 1,557 respondents. Additional content areas included in this study were assessment of the respondent's faith in local, state, and national governments, voting on propositions on the ballot, the respondent's attempts to influence others to vote, participation in local school board activities and opinions on local education problems, and placement of political figures on a "feeling thermometer".

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ANES 1968 Time Series Study (ICPSR 35111)

Released/updated on: 2014-06-25

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1968-09-01--1969-02-28

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Taiwan's Political Geography Information System (TPGIS) (ICPSR 35189)

Released/updated on: 2014-05-09

Geographic coverage: Asia, Taiwan

Taiwan's Political Geography Information System (TPGIS) is a data archive of Taiwan's aggregate election and referendum results presented in the geographic information system (GIS). Data collected in TPGIS cover all the major national and local elections as well as referenda since Taiwan's democratization in 1991. The basic geographical unit of these data is village (li), the smallest administrative unit in Taiwan.

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California Initiative/Referendum Data (2000-2012) (ICPSR 34627)

Released/updated on: 2013-05-21

Geographic coverage: United States, California

Time period: 2000-01-01--2012-12-31

This data collection contains information about initiative/referendum campaigns in California from 2000 to 2012. Information was gathered regarding campaign donations, expenditures, interest group involvement, legal challenges, and mainstream newspaper coverage for each initiative and referendum. The data includes whether the campaigns concerned certain issues related to the environment, law enforcement, and controversial issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Additionally, the collection noted whether the election takes place in a presidential year, an even year, and whether the campaign is on the November ballot.

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Kenya Democratization Survey Project, 2006 (ICPSR 32041)

Released/updated on: 2011-10-13

Geographic coverage: Africa, Kenya, Global

Time period: 2006-05-29--2006-07-04

The Kenya Democratization Survey Project was designed to measure societal support for various constitutional reform proposals, support for the government under President Mwai Kibaki, and trust in the government more generally. The project attempts to measure the attitudes of Kenyan citizens on the democratization process during 2005-2006 period and assess the interplay between ethnicity, attitudes on constitutional reform, the economy, and foreign influence in Kenya. The survey consisted of three parts, Part I: Demographic Information, Part II: Political Perceptions, and Part III: Economic Perceptions and Land Reform. Part I provides variables including gender, marital status, number of wives if married, whether they live in an urban or rural area, native language, ethnicity, religion, highest level of education, and occupation. Part II includes questions pertaining to respondents interest in public affairs, satisfaction with Kenya's democracy, party identification, view of the current constitution's reflection of the values of the Kenyan people, how often the President ignores the constitution, trust in government institutions, perception of public officials' involvement in corruption, the level of respondent approval regarding the government's performance, respondent's view on the government's power, their opinion on changing or keeping the current constitution and on political reform, and the degree of their satisfaction with the current government's constitutional reform process. Part III contains questions concerning the respondent's rating of economic conditions (present and past), their rating of living conditions (present, past, and future), their level of occurrence having gone without basic necessities (such as food, water, medicines or medical treatment, fuel, and cash income), their view on land ownership by foreigners and women, and land seizure and arbitration by the government, their opinion of women holding political office, their stance on the local court's authority to protect local religious practices, their opinion on local religious courts ruling on issues such as marriage and divorce, and whether respondents or family members are HIV positive. In addition, respondents were asked whether they read the newly proposed constitution, and if and how they voted in the November 21, 2005 referendum.

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British Election Study: EEC Referendum Survey, 1975 (ICPSR 7872)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-16

Geographic coverage: Great Britain, United Kingdom, Global

Time period: 1975-06-01--1975-08-31

This data collection is part of a continuing series of surveys of the British electorate, begun by David Butler and Donald Stokes at Nuffield College, Oxford, in 1963, and continued at the University of Essex. In the EEC Referendum Survey, 2,117 British electors responded to a questionnaire that was mailed to all respondents interviewed in the BRITISH ELECTION STUDY, OCTOBER 1974, CROSS-SECTION (ICPSR 7870) and, thus, it constitutes the third wave of a panel, including also the FEBRUARY 1974 CROSS-SECTION (ICPSR 7868). As with other surveys in the series, electors in Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands and Islands were excluded from the sampling frame. The three purposes of the survey were (1) to collect information on voting in the referendum about Great Britain's entry into the Common Market held in the spring of 1974, (2) to collect data on respondents' views of the parties and politics in general (as in the earlier panel waves), and (3) to include questions about the referendum as such, i.e., as a constitutional form of decision-making. Respondents answered questions regarding readership of official leaflets on the European Economic Community (EEC), attitudes toward future referendum votes, expected effect of Britain's membership in the EEC (in particular, on prices), their vote in the referendum, strength of opinion about the EEC, difference made to voting decision by new terms negotiated by the government, attitude toward Labour Government's handling of rising prices, party identification, and strength of party support. Respondents were also asked to rate the Conservative, Labour, Liberal, and Scottish National political parties. Finally, respondents were asked to reveal their degree of trust in the parties and their knowledge of orientations of various power groups toward the EEC.

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Southern Primary and General Election Data, 1920-1949 (ICPSR 71)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-12

Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Mississippi, United States, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina

Time period: 1920-01-01--1949-12-31

These data were originally collected as part of a study of the electoral process in the South conducted by the Bureau of Public Administration at the University of Alabama. The collection contains county-level electoral returns for selected general and primary elections in 11 southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) for the period 1920-1949. Data are provided for raw vote totals and selected percentages for candidates in gubernatorial, senatorial, and, occasionally, presidential elections. Information on these primary election returns was provided mostly for Democratic nominations, but some variables also provide information for a few Republican primaries. Additional information is provided for returns for selected referenda and poll tax payments.

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White Attitudes Toward Black Civil Equality in the Nineteenth Century: Iowa's Equal Rights Referenda of 1857, 1868, and 1880 (ICPSR 4284)

Released/updated on: 2005-12-19

Geographic coverage: Iowa, United States

Time period: 1848-08-01--1882-06-30

The primary objective of this data collection was to provide a quantitative underpinning for the analysis of Northern racial attitudes in the United States during the Civil War era. The data contain the results of the three popular referenda on Black civil equality held in 1857, 1868, and 1880 in the state of Iowa: the first just prior to the onset of the Civil War, the second following the Civil War, and the third coming at the close of the Reconstruction period. In order to provide a more comprehensive political context for these well-spaced referenda, the data files contain all relevant annual elections occurring in Iowa between August 1848 and June 1882, capturing the period of time beginning with the first elections involving antislavery candidates through the end of Reconstruction. In addition, the data contain the results of various other referenda, including banking and liquor prohibition referenda voted upon during the time period. Parts 1 and 2 contain county-level data for all 99 Iowa counties. Part 1, County File: Elections and Referenda, contains the outcomes for the various elections and referenda that were put to the vote in Iowa during the mid- to late-1800s. Part 2, County File: Miscellaneous, contains various characteristics describing the voting Iowan population including religion and occupation data. Parts 3 and 4 contain township-level data. The data contain results from 186 of 292 Iowa townships that had surviving 1857 referenda returns. Of the 186, 127 townships had records for all three of the referenda regarding the rights of Blacks (1857, 1868, and 1880). As a result, Part 3, Township File: Referenda, contains the outcomes, by township, for the three civil rights referenda voted on in the state of Iowa. Part 4, Township File: Voters, contains hand counted voter birthplace data keyed to each of the three referenda.

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Quebec Sovereignty Referendum Study, 1995 (ICPSR 3726)

Released/updated on: 2005-12-15

Geographic coverage: Canada, Quebec (province), Global

Time period: 1995-10-30--1995-10-30

This study, which was part of the "Can Mature Democracies Fail?" project, looked at public opinion regarding issues related to the Quebec Sovereignty Referendum held October 30, 1995. The sample consisted of adults aged 18 and over from Quebec and the rest of Canada (ROC). Survey interviews were conducted two weeks prior to the referendum and two weeks immediately after the referendum. Two versions of the survey instrument were administered: one for respondents from Quebec and one for the rest of Canada. Respondents were also asked to complete a mail-back survey, which was available in both French and English. Areas of investigation focused on political affiliation, voting behavior, interest in politics, and opinions regarding political parties, party leaders, the Canadian government, the provincial government, democracy, federal politics, a sovereign Quebec, and constitutional options. Demographic variables include age, gender, household size, occupation, education, and ethnicity.

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Referenda and Primary Election Materials (ICPSR 6)

Released/updated on: 1995-06-05

Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Indiana, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Kentucky, California, Kansas, Florida, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Connecticut, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Idaho, Oregon, Vermont, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maine, Alabama, Arkansas, Washington, South Carolina, Nebraska, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Colorado, Missouri, Alaska, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Jersey, Michigan, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Ohio

This data collection contains election returns at the county and state levels from the mid-nineteenth century to the late twentieth century for primary and general elections on statewide referenda, constitutional amendments, state House/Senate joint resolutions, and initiated measures. The ballot language of each measure is also included. County-level returns for most gubernatorial, senatorial, and congressional primary elections from 1910 to the present are documented as well.

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Miscellaneous Instructional Data Sets, 1912, 1920-1940, 1860-1900 (ICPSR 33)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States, Ohio, New York (state), Michigan, Nebraska

This data collection contains three files of county-level electoral returns for Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska, and New York in the period 1912, and 1920-1940. The data files were prepared for instructional use in the ICPSR Training Program and for graduate-level social science courses at the University of Michigan and other university campuses. They contain social, demographic, electoral, and economic data for various areas of the United States, usually for an extended period of time. Part 1, Ohio Referenda Counties as Units, and Part 2, Ohio Referenda as Units, consist of county-level returns for 42 referenda in the 1912 general election in Ohio. Data are provided for the names of counties, votes in the affirmative, total number of votes, and percentage of the "yes" votes for referenda on issues such as civil juries, capital punishment, governor's veto, workmen's compensation, 8-hour day, removal of elected officials, prison labor, women's suffrage, and taxes. The referenda included many questions considered important in the Progressive Movement. Part 3, Data Sets for Three States (Michigan, Nebraska, and New York), consists of electoral returns for the offices of president, governor, and United States representative, as well as ecological and population characteristics data in the period 1920-1940. Data are provided for the raw votes and percentage of the total votes received by the Democratic, Republican, Progressive, and other parties. Items also provide information on population characteristics, such as the total number of population, voting age population, urban population, and persons of other races, and school attendance and religion. Economic variables provide information on local government expenditures and revenues, agriculture and manufacturing, employment and unemployment, and the total number of banks and bank deposits.

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Michigan Election Returns, 1972: Precinct-Level (ICPSR 62)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States, Michigan

Time period: 1972-01-01--1972-12-31

This data collection contains general election aggregate returns for each of Michigan's 6,734 precincts and absentee voter counting boards for the November 7, 1972, general election. Included are votes cast for the national offices of president, United States senator, and United States representative, the state-level offices of Michigan state representative, superintendent of the State Board of Education, Supreme Court justice, and regents for the three major state universities, as well as returns for two statewide initiatives, two amendments to the state constitution, and a statewide referendum. A set of nested geographical codes (for wards, townships or cities, and counties, in addition to precincts) permit aggregation to several levels. Present also for each precinct is the type of voting method in operation in that precinct in 1972 (paper ballot, automatic voting machine, Shoup, and data card).

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Michigan Election Returns, 1974: Precinct-Level (ICPSR 74)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Time period: 1974-01-01--1974-12-31

This data collection contains aggregate election returns for each of Michigan's 6,743 precincts and absentee voter counting boards for the November 5, 1974, general election. Data are provided for offices contested in 1974, which include those of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, United States representative, state senator and representative, superintendent of the Michigan Board of Education, Supreme Court justice, and regents of the three major state universities. Data are also provided for four statewide proposals (referenda) voted upon in the general election.

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Michigan Election Returns, 1978: Precinct-Level Data from the August Primary Election (ICPSR 7771)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Time period: 1978-08-01--1978-08-31

Included in this study are the aggregate election returns for each of Michigan's more than 6,700 precincts and Absentee Voter Counting Boards for the 1978 general election. These data are essentially similar to precinct-level data obtained for previous elections and were also supplied by the Elections Division of the Michigan Department of State. For 1978, however, two separate data files have been created, one for the August 8 primary election (contained in this dataset) and one for the November 6 general election (see MICHIGAN ELECTION RETURNS, 1978: PRECINCT-LEVEL DATA FROM THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION [ICPSR 7785]). Offices voted upon in the primary election include governor, secretary of state, attorney general, United States representative, United States senator, and state senator and representative. Along with vote counts for each office, the dataset contains information on voting method (e.g., paper ballot, automatic, shoup, or data card), as well as on the county, city or township, ward, and precinct in which votes were cast. Designations for appellate court, senatorial, congressional, and state legislative districts are also included.

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Michigan Election Returns, 1978: Precinct-Level Data from the November General Election (ICPSR 7785)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Time period: 1978-11-01--1978-11-30

Included in this study are the aggregate election returns for each of Michigan's more than 6,700 precincts and Absentee Voter Counting Boards for the 1978 general election. These data are essentially similar to precinct-level data obtained for previous elections and were also supplied by the Elections Division of the Michigan Department of State. For 1978, however, two separate data files have been created, one for the August 8 primary election (see MICHIGAN ELECTION RETURNS, 1978: PRECINCT-LEVEL DATA FROM THE AUGUST GENERAL ELECTION [ICPSR 7771]) and one for the November 6 general election (contained in this dataset). Offices voted upon in the general election include governor, secretary of state, attorney general, United States representative, United States senator, state senator and representative, superintendent of the state board of education, Supreme Court justice, and regents of the three major state universities, as well as 11 statewide proposals (referenda). Along with vote counts for each office (or proposal), the dataset contains information on voting method (e.g., paper ballot, automatic, shoup, or data card), as well as on the county, city or township, ward, and precinct in which votes were cast. Designations for appellate court, senatorial, congressional, and state legislative districts are also included.

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Michigan Tax Limitation Amendments Study, 1978 (ICPSR 7815)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States, Michigan

Time period: 1978-01-01--1978-12-31

Given the growing belief in the late 1970s that government spending was out of control, this study was conducted to obtain information concerning the behavior, attitudes, and characteristics of actual and potential voters about the costs and benefits of public sector spending and the accuracy of those perceptions. The state of Michigan provided a good environment for this study because the November 1978 ballot contained three distinct constitutional amendments whose purpose was to effect considerable change in the taxing and expenditure authority of Michigan's state and local governments and school districts. These ballot propositions were the Headlee Amendment, the Tisch Amendment, and the School Voucher Plan. This data collection consists of 2,001 completed telephone interviews, conducted in the two months following the November election, of a sample chosen to be representative of all Michigan residents aged 18 or older. Respondents were interviewed about their attitudes toward state and local government taxes and expenditures, government in general, and the three specific tax limitation amendments on the Michigan ballot. Respondents also were asked how they voted on the propositions and what they thought the probable effects of these propositions would be if adopted. Demographic and economic information on respondents was also collected, e.g., age, sex, ethnicity, occupation, employment status, income, tax payments, and education of children (i.e., number of their children in state-supported or private schools).

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French Election Study, 1958 (ICPSR 7278)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: France, Global

Time period: 1958-01-01--1958-12-31

This panel study was conducted in three waves that spanned the critical period of the establishment of the Fifth Republic in France. The first wave was conducted just before a national referendum held in early September 1958 on a proposed constitution for the new regime. The referendum vote being positive, a legislative election in two rounds was held to select the new Chamber of Deputies late in November 1958. The second wave of the study, conducted early in November, served as a post-referendum and pre-election measurement. Finally, the third wave was conducted after the second round of the legislative elections. The interviews sought to ascertain attitudes towards the proposed constitution, referendum vote intentions, and the levels of political involvement, participation, and information-seeking. Questions were also asked concerning the respondents' opinions of the most important problems facing France, the state of the nation, General DeGaulle, referendum results, and specific political and economic problems dealing with housing, schools, and the Algerian crisis. The panel of respondents was not a pure panel in the sense of a full reinterviewing of the same set of people at different points in time. Instead, the sample was divided into thirds, with only two of these thirds eligible for interviewing during any of the three waves. Thus, a first third of the respondents was interviewed in September and November, a second third in September and December, and the final third in November and December. A total of 1,650 persons were successfully interviewed, of which a considerable majority were interviewed a second time. There was no attempt to interview any respondents in all three waves. Personal data include age, sex, level of education, marital status, and number of children. The respondents' political histories were also assessed.

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Swiss Voting Study, 1972 (ICPSR 7342)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: Global

Time period: 1972-01-01--1972-12-31

This study was conducted from February through June 1972, following the 1971 federal election in Switzerland. Questions probed respondents' attitudes toward elections and political parties as well as their political preferences. Other items assessed opinions on contemporary issues such as the organization of referenda, women's right to vote, and the Schwarzenbach initiative (a parliamentary action of conservative extremists, demanding that one-third of Switzerland's foreign workers be forced to leave the country and that aliens compose no more than 10 percent of the population in any canton). Demographic data include age, sex, education, ethnic background, and family background.