Statistical Sources

American National Election Studies. (No Date). Retrieved March 15, 2008, from http://www.electionstudies.org/

ANES produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of a journalists, teachers, and students alike. ANES produces this statistical information in order to help the country gain a better understanding of voting behavior and its implications. They ask the tough questions and their results are widely published. This source is useful in finding nearly any type of election, campaign, or voting data a researcher desires. ANES is a non-profit foundation.

U.S. Census Bureau. (January 11, 2008). Voting and Registration Data. Retrieved March 15, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html.

The U.S. Census Bureau is one of the most useful sources of statistical information available. This particular website provided by the Census Bureau provides researchers with information on who votes where and and how often in addition to a slew of other voting and election statistics. Information on reported voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics is collected for the nation in November of congressional and presidential election years in the Current Population Survey. Estimates and projections of voting-age population derived from administrative records and Census 2000 are also provided.