Elections to the United States House of Representatives, 1898-1992 / Gary King.

Format
Data file
Language
English
Εdition
ICPSR version.
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.
Description
Extent of collection: 49 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

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Restrictions note
Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
Summary note
This data collection, designed to facilitate analysis of voting behavior at the district level and the effect of party incumbency on election outcomes, contains election returns for elections to the United States House of Representatives from 1898 to 1992. Votes from each biennial election are tallied by Democratic and Republican candidate and are further grouped by state and congressional district. The party of the incumbent is also indicated. These data are arranged by election year in 48 separate files. An additional file, Part 49, Exceptions Data, contains data for unusual elections, such as when the winning candidate was from a minor party or there was no Democratic-Republican pairing. These data are grouped by state and district and include the year of the election, the party of the winning candidate, and the number of votes received by the winning candidate where available.
Notes
  • Codebook available in print and electronic format.
  • Title from title screen (viewed on February 13, 2006).
Type of data
Extent of collection: 49 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.
Time and place of event
  • Date(s) of collection: 1994.
  • Time period: 1898-1992.
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage: United States.
Funding information
  • Funding agency: National Science Foundation.
  • Grant number: SBR-92233637.
System details
Mode of access: Intranet.
Methodology note
  • Data source: 1898-1984 data: CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY GUIDE TO U.S. ELECTIONS (Second Edition, 1985). 1984-1992 data: CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY WEEKLY REPORTS.
  • Universe: all state voting districts for each election year from 1898 to 1992.
Contents
Part 1: 1898 Data; Part 2: 1900 Data; Part 3: 1902 Data; Part 4: 1904 Data; Part 5: 1906 Data; Part 6: 1908 Data; Part 7: 1910 Data; Part 8: 1912 Data; Part 9: 1914 Data; Part 10: 1916 Data; Part 11: 1918 Data; Part 12: 1920 Data; Part 13: 1922 Data; Part 14: 1924 Data; Part 15: 1926 Data; Part 16: 1928 Data; Part 17: 1930 Data; Part 18: 1932 Data; Part 19: 1934 Data; Part 20: 1936 Data; Part 21: 1938 Data; Part 22: 1940 Data; Part 23: 1942 Data; Part 24: 1944 Data; Part 25: 1946 Data; Part 26: 1948 Data; Part 27: 1950 Data; Part 28: 1952 Data; Part 29: 1954 Data; Part 30: 1956 Data; Part 31: 1958 Data; Part 32: 1960 Data; Part 33: 1962 Data; Part 34: 1964 Data; Part 35: 1966 Data; Part 36: 1968 Data; Part 37: 1970 Data; Part 38: 1972 Data; Part 39: 1974 Data; Part 40: 1976 Data; Part 41: 1978 Data; Part 42: 1980 Data; Part 43: 1982 Data; Part 44: 1984 Data; Part 45: 1986 Data; Part 46: 1988 Data; Part 47: 1990 Data; Part 48: 1992 Data; Part 49: Exceptions Data; Part 51: SAS Data D ...
Cite as
King, Gary. ELECTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1898-1992 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Cambridge, MA: Gary King [producer], 1994. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.
OCLC
61156922
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