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Description & Citation--Study No. 9405

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9405
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09405
 
Title:Voter Registration in the United States, 1968-1988
 
Principal Investigator(s):Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
 
Series:Voter Registration in the United States Series
 
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation.
 
Grant Number:SES-8618482
 
Bibliographic Citation:Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. VOTER REGISTRATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1968-1988 [Computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1991. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09405
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This collection tabulates the number of registered voters who were eligible to cast ballots in biennial national elections in the United States between 1968 and 1988. Its purpose is to furnish additional research data on registration trends, the relationship between registration and voting, and the role and strength of political parties, and the degree of partisan competition. The unit of analysis is the county, and totals of registered voters are presented for all counties in 48 states (North Dakota does not require registration and Wisconsin does not report statewide voter registration figures). If available, county-level totals are also presented for registration by race, major or minor political party, or other similar category (e.g., declined to state, miscellaneous, other, etc.) provided by the reporting agency of the state.
 
Subject Term(s):counties, political parties, political partisanship, trends, voter registration, voters, voting behavior, voting patterns
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1968 - 1988
 
Date(s) of Collection:1968 - 1988
 
Universe:The voting age population of the United States from 1968 through 1988.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 

Methodology

Data Source:official and unofficial voter registration tabulations from state governments
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1991-03-05
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Voter Registration in the United States, 1968-1988
 

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