Voting and Registration

Related Sites

Census Bureau Resources

• Population Estimates: The Population Estimates Program publishes total resident population estimates and demographic components of change (births, deaths, and migration) each year. This resource allows users to estimate the Voting-Age Population for geographies at the sub-state level.
• Population Projections: Projections are estimates of the population for future dates. They illustrate plausible courses of future population change based on assumptions about future births, deaths, net international migration, and domestic migration. This resource allows users to estimate the Voting-Age Population for future election cycles.
• Census Redistricting Data: The Census Redistricting Data Program will provide states the opportunity to delineate voting and state legislative districts and to suggest census block boundaries for use in the 2010 Census redistricting data tabulations.
• American Community Survey (ACS): Data users can access citizenship and age breakdowns for some sub-state geographies via American FactFinder.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States: The election section of the Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract relates primarily to Presidential, Congressional, and Gubernatorial elections. Also presented are summary tables on congressional legislation; state legislatures; Black, Hispanic, and female officeholders; population of voting age; voter participation; and campaign finances.

Other Related Sites

PLEASE NOTE: These external sites represent a variety of non-Census related resources for Voting and Registration information. The U.S. Census Bureau is not responsible for the content of the following links.

• U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk: The Clerk of the House collects and publishes the official vote counts for federal elections from the various states and territories.
• U.S. Senate, Virtual Election Reference Desk: A clearinghouse of voting information on the Web and guides to resources in libraries and archives, including the Bibliography of Resources on Elections and Political Parties.
• Federal Election Commission: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) administers and enforces the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) – the statute that governs the financing of federal elections.
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC): The EAC was established by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 and is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements.
• American National Election Studies: The American National Election Studies (ANES) produces data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists.
• Congressional Quarterly Electronic Library: Provides data, analysis, explanations, and historical material on U.S. voting and elections as well as information on voters, demographics, political parties and campaigns.
• The George Washington University, Gelman Library Election Statistics Reference Guide: This guide lists recommended sources of statistical information on U.S. elections.
• Maps and Cartograms of Election Results (University of Michigan): This site provides a series of maps to display election results.
• Project Vote Smart: A non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States.
• Unicon Research Corporation: Unicon produces a set of extraction software that provides access to over 40 years of data from the Current Population Survey – including the Voting and Registration Supplements – along with documentation and original survey questionnaires.

Individual State Election Resources