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The United States Elections Project is an information source for the United States electoral system. The mission of the project is to provide timely and accurate election statistics, electoral laws, research reports, and other useful information regarding the United States electoral system.
Provided below are national and state turnout rates for the voting-eligible population for the 1980-2014 November general elections (spreadsheet for this entire series). This spreadsheet now includes VAP and VEP estimates for the 2014 general election.
The Voting and Elections Science Team (on Twitter @VEST_Team) produces the most comprehensive database of precinct boundaries and associated statewide election results. The VEST data may be accessed through the Harvard Dataverse. You can explore a visualization of the 2020 presidential data here.
DistrictBuilder is collaboratively developed by Micah Altman and Michael McDonald (principle investigators) and Azavea (software development partner).
Michael P. McDonald Professor University of Florida Department of Political Science 222 Anderson Hall P.O. Box 117325 Gainesville, FL 32611 phone: 352-273-2371 (office) e-mail: michael.mcdonald@ufl.edu
Micah Altman, Eric Magar, Michael P. McDonald, and Alejandro Trelles. 2017. “Measuring Partisan Bias in a Multi-Party Setting: the Case of Mexico.” Political Geography 57: 1-12.
Michael P. McDonald Professor University of Florida Department of Political Science 222 Anderson Hall P.O. Box 117325 Gainesville, FL 32611 phone: 352-273-2371 (office) e-mail: michael.mcdonald@ufl.edu
National general election voting-eligible population turnout rates for presidential and midterm elections are plotted below, along with the raw data provided in an accompanying spreadsheet. These numbers are taken from Vital Statistics of American Politics (CQ Press, Stanley and Niemi, eds.).
In the November of an election year the Census Bureau asks a limited number of questions about voting and registration. When cross-tabulated with the survey's extensive demographics, the CPS provides a comprehensive snapshot of participation among various demographic groups.
Early votes are tabulated on Election Day or after, depending if a state accepts mail ballots postmarked on Election Day. That said, we might infer that a person registered with a party is likely to support their party's presidential nominee.