Election Connection

This  page represents one of the first steps in a long term project, tentatively titled the "Federal Elections Project" conducted by myself, David Lublin, at American University and D. Stephen Voss at the University of Kentucky.  We hope to collect precinct election data from the 2000 presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections and make it accessible over the net.  We further intend to match it with data with information from the 2000 U.S. Census.

The links on this page are generally directed toward internet sources of election and demographic data.   The quality of the data ranges widely -- some places have only totals, while others have results broken down by county or precinct.  If you know of additional sites for American election data, or district maps or reapportionment offices, that I have not linked here, please email me at dlublin@american.edu.

 

General Internet Resources

Election Data Resources on the Internet   For countries around the world.  Organized by Manuel Álvarez-Rivera.   This page contains comprehensive links to election results in the United States.

Elections and Electoral Systems similarly has links to election information around the world.

ELECnet is highly comprehensive list of links to state and local election office around the United States.   If you cannot find a link you need here, try there, and vice-versa.

The National Conference of State Legislatures site contains many useful resources, including maps of state legislative districts for many states, links to state legislatures around the county, and an exciting page surveying redistricting and reapportionment.

Record of American Democracy, 1984-1990 Precinct election data matched with U.S. Census demographic variables for the entire United States.

Census State Data Centers: An interactive map and list of data centers around the country that hold and work with U.S. Census data.

State-by-State Resources

(see bottom of list for non-state portions of the United States, except the District of Columbia)

Alabama

Elections Division of the Secretary of State's Office

University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research

Alaska

Division of Elections

2000 Election Results

Arizona

Elections Department of the Secretary of State's Office

2000 Election Results

Arkansas

Elections Department of the Secretary of State's Office

University of Arkansas-Little Rock Census State Data Center

California

Statewide Database of the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley

2000 Election Results

Secretary of State has links to various election related sites.  Also see the page of the Elections Division, including a page on registrations statistics.

Department of Finance Demographic Research Unit
University of California, Berkeley State Data Archive

Colorado

Secretary of State

Elections Office, including election results.

Connecticut

Secretary of State  Go to the Register and Manual for a variety of election and registration information.

Delaware

Department of Elections

Census State Data Center

District of Columbia

Board of Elections and Ethics

Florida

Division of Elections

Florida Elections Data, Office of Economic and Demographic Research of the Florida Legislature

County Supervisors of Elections: Citrus, Clay, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Palm Beach, and Putnam.

Georgia

Elections Division of the Secretary of State's Office

Georgia Tech State Data and Research Center

Hawaii

Office of Elections: 2000 Election Results

State Data Center
Native Hawaiian Data Book

Idaho

Election Division of the Secretary of State.

Illinois

State Board of Election

Illinois State Census State Data Center
Northern Illinois Center for Governmental Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago GIS Chicago Area
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (maps and data)

Indiana

Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary of State

State Data Center
Indiana Business Research Center

Iowa

Secretary of State

Kansas

Elections and Legislative Matters Division of the Secretary of State's Office

University of Kansas Policy Research Institute

Kentucky

Secretary of State

University of Louisville: Kentucky Demographic Information

Louisiana

Elections Division of the Secretary of State

State Census Data Center
LSU Population Data Center

Maine

Division of Elections of Secretary of State

Maryland

State Board of Elections

County Board of Supervisors of Elections Offices: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Washington, Wicomico, and Worcester.

Office of State Planning: State Data Center

Massachusetts

Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth

Institute for Social and Economic Research

Michigan

Bureau of Elections of Department of State

Michigan Information Center at the State Budget Office
Wayne State Center for Urban Studies: Michigan Metropolitan Information Center
Library of Michigan

Minnesota

Elections Division of the Secretary of State

State Demographic Center

Mississippi

Secretary of State: 2000 Election Results

State Data Center

Missouri

Secretary of State

State Census Data Center
Census and Demographic Data
University of Missouri Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
University of Missouri Spatial Data Information Service
University of Missouri Center for Economic Information

Montana

Elections Division of the Secretary of State: Election Results

Nebraska

Secretary of State

Natural Resources Commission

Nevada

Secretary of State: Election Results

New Hampshire

Election Division of the Department of State

New Jersey

Division of Elections of Department of Law and Public Safety

State Data Center

New Mexico

Secretary of State

Bureau of Business and Economic Research

Division of Government Research has maps of New Mexican state legislative district by party as well as other resources.

New York

State Board of Elections

Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research Data Archive
State Library
New York City Department of City Planning

The Empire Page highlights top national stories, columns and editorials every
morning, focusing particularly on New York politics.

North Carolina

State Board of Elections: 2000 Election Results

Office of State Planning: State Data Center, State Demographics.
State Library
Institute for Research in Social Science: Data Archive, North Carolina DataNet

North Dakota

Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary of State

Ohio

Secretary of State

Institute for Policy Research
OSU Data Center
NODIS: Northern Ohio Data Information Service

Oklahoma

State Election Board

State Data Center
Department of Libraries

Oregon

Elections Division of the Secretary of State

Center for Population Research and Census

Pennsylvania

Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation of the Department of State

Rhode Island

Elections Division of the Secretary of State's Office.

Board of Elections: 2000 Election Results

South Carolina

State Election Commission

South Dakota

Secretary of State

Tennessee

Division of Elections of Secretary of State

University of Memphis Bureau of Business and Economic Research

Texas

Secretary of State

Legislative Council Redistricting Services

State Data Center includes 2000 Census State Population and Apportionment Data

Utah

State Elections Office, part of Lieutenant Governor's office

Vermont

Elections Division of Secretary of State

Center for Rural Services
Community Data Bank

Virginia

State Board of Elections

Virginia Public Access Project allows you to search for campaign contributors by name or candidate.

Cooper Center for Public Service

Division of Legislative Services, including redistricting.

Washington

Vote 2000 presents election results and other information.

Secretary of State

County Auditors administer election in Washington State, except King County Department of Records and Elections administers elections in Washington's most populous county.

West Virginia

Secretary of State

State Election Committee

Wisconsin

State Legislative Home Page, see bottom of page for links to the blue book, redistricting, and election statistics.

State Elections Board

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has data on campaign contributions to state legislators and the governor.

Demographic Services Center
Applied Population Laboratory

Wyoming

Election Administration, Secretary of State

 

Unincorpated Territories and Commonwealths of the United States

American Samoa

Government Listings  No election results as far as I can tell.  SamoaNet is understandably geared toward tourism.

Election Results from American Samoa are available courtesy of a page, based in Italy, that has links to elections in Oceania.

The CIA World Fact Book describes American Samoa as a "territory of the United States."  Factoid: Pago Pago, prounced "Pango Pango" is spelled without an "n" because the people who had the first printing press did not have one and spelled Pago Pago, and many other words, without it.

Guam

Guam Election Commission reports on elections from "Where America's day begins."  Perhaps unusually, the Guam Election Code allows all voters to take two hours off from work without penalty or salary deduction to go vote.  Now that's the way to increase turnout.

Election Results from Guam are also available courtesy of a page, based in Italy, that has links to elections in Oceania.

The CIA World Fact Book describes Guam as "a territory of the United States" and has more information about the organization of government in the Guam.

Northern Marianas

Election Results from the Northern Marianas are available courtesy of a page, based in Italy, that has links to elections in Oceania.

Legislature of the Northern Marianas.

The CIA World Fact Book describes the Northern Marianas as "a commonwealth in political union with the United States" and has more information about the organization of government in the Northern Marianas.

Puerto Rico

Great compilation of election results and maps of election results by municipality from the Álvarez-Rivera Elections in Puerto Rico site.

Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth (Estado libre asociado) of the United States.   See the CIA World Fact Book for information on the government structure and current party composition of the Puerto Rican legislature.

Virgin Islands

Government of the Virgin Islands page contains information on the structure of the government and members of the legislature, but no election returns.

The CIA World Fact Book describes the Virgins as "a territory of the United States" and has more information about the organization of government in the Virgin Islands.

 

Thanks to Nicole Waldmann and Kelly Zonderwyk, my research assistants, who helped locate many of these sites.

The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by American University. If you have any questions about this page or any of the links are outdated, please email David Lublin at dlublin@american.edu. This page was last updated on January 5, 2001.