Thomas
M. Carsey
Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Links
Tom Carsey's Data Page
State Legislative Election Returns Data, 1967-2003
Codebook (last updated: February 5th, 2008). NOTE: MS Word file.
STATA data file (last updated: February 5th, 2008). NOTE: the STATA file is saved as Intercooled STATA version 7.0 format. More recent versions of Intercooled STATA and STATA/SE should be able to read this file directly.
SPSS data file (last updated: February 5th, 2008). NOTE: SPSS file created by using Stat/Transfer on the STATA file.
Soon to be archived at ICPSR as Study #21480
Overview:
This data set contains information on state legislative election returns from 1967 through 2003. Each observation in the data set refers to an individual candidate who ran for state legislative office during this time period. There are a total of 259,000 observations in the data set.
We greatly encourage scholars and others to make use of the data for their research. If you use the data, we request that you include the following citation to the data set: "State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2003, Thomas M. Carsey, William D. Berry, Richard G. Niemi, Lynda W. Powell, and James M Snyder, Release Version 5." Note that this version of the data set has been submitted to ICPSR and will be archived as study number 21480.
We would also greatly appreciate receiving citation information for any papers or publications that make use of this data. Please send such information directly to Tom Carsey (carsey@unc.edu)
Finding and Reporting Errors in Data Set
While every effort has been made to eliminate any errors in the data set, with more than a quarter of a million cases, some errors almost certainly exist. If you identify any errors, please contact Professor Tom Carsey at the Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. The best way to contact him is through e-mail at: carsey@unc.edu) Please describe the nature of the error, the observation(s) affected by the error, and your source for the correct information.