Politics and Political Attitudes
1991 National Race and Politics Survey
The 1991 National Race and Politics Survey was a nationwide telephone survey carried out by the Survey Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley. Respondents were asked questions about welfare, race relations, altruism, and members of other races.
American National Election Studies 1948-
Survey of voting behavior in the United States, conducted biennially since 1956. Basic questions on religious identification and attendance at religious services have been asked throughout the time series, but the religion module was widened starting in 1990. Contains links to download all the data.
American Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy Series
This series of quadrennial studies was designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of the general public and a select group of opinion leaders on matters relating to United States foreign policy and to define the parameters of public opinion within which decision-makers must operate. Data covers 1975-2004.
Annual Survey of Governments
State and local government employment and finance data. Holdings cover 1973-1992. More recent years can be downloaded from the U. S. Census Bureau website's Federal, State, and Local Governments page.
Biennial Media Consumption Survey 1998 - 2002
Data on the public's use of, and attitudes toward, the Internet and traditional news outlets. Respondents are asked questions concerning their use of newspapers, television news, radio news, and news magazines.
British General Election Studies
Rrepresentative probability sample surveys in the country designed to explore the changing determinants of electoral behavior in contemporary Britain. The link above is to the surveys from 1969 through 1997. ICPSR also holds the earlier surveys starting in 1963. Datasets for more recent surveys are available at The British Election Study at the University of Essex.
Canadian National Election Study Series
Canadian National Election Surveys for 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000. Also includes the 1974-1979-1980 Quebec Referendum Panel Study and the 1992 Referendum Survey on the Charlottetown Accord.
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative program of cross-national research among election studies conducted in over fifty states.
Current Population Survey, November: Voter Registration Supplement
Largest samples available on voter registration and turnout.
Eurobarometer Survey Series. 1970+
Large set of surveys measuring public opinion in the countries of the European Union, on a wide variety of topics.
Federal Election Commission
Detailed data on campaign contributions and expenditures by candidates, parties, and committees.
German Election Studies
In federal election years, the German Politbarometer is considered part of the German Election Study. However, in some election years when funding is not awarded, election studies are not carried out. 1969+
National Black Election Studies
Pew Hispanic Center
A non-partisan research organization to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the United States. Downloadable datasets include the 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Politics and Civic Participation, the 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Education, and the 2002 National Survey of Latinos.
Political Events Project, 1948-1965
Contains data on 6,754 political instability events in 84 selected nations in the period 1948-1965. The variables in the dataset are divided into four basic types: variables that identify events, classify events, describe events, and evaluate events.
Polity IV: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2003
This Web site contains information on and access to the most recent update of the Polity data series, originally designed by Ted Robert Gurr.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
An archive of public opinion and survey research. Northwestern has a subscription to the Roper Center. Students, faculty and staff may use the Center after authentication.
State of the First Amendment 1997 - 2004
The State of the First Amendment survey collects data on Americans' attitudes towards First Amendment issues, including freedom of expression and tolerance for art that may be offensive to others.
United States Congressional Biographical Data from ICPSR
The data provide information on congressional service and selected biographical characteristics for each person who had served in the United States Congress in the period 1789-1996.
United States Historical Election Returns
ICPSR's holdings of historical election returns data cover the years 1788-1990 and consist of several discrete datasets that contain county- and state-level returns for all elections to the offices of president, governor, United States senator, and United States representative.
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