Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
Access
Access to Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election data files is limited to current MSU affiliates only and requires login with your MSU netID and password.
By accessing the files below, users agree to the license terms (pdf).
Data
- Governor election data by state and county, 1990-2023
- House of Representatives election data by county, 1992-2022
- Senate election data by state and county, 1990-2022
- Presidential election data, by state and precinct, 2000-2020.
- 2000 data from these states are not available: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and West Virginia
- 2004 data from these states are not available: Alabama, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia
- 2008 data from these states are not available: Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, and West Virginia
- 2012 data from these states are not available: Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Texas, and West Virginia
- 2016 data from these states are not available: Indiana, Maine, Missouri, and Texas
- 2020 data from these states are not available: Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, and Texas
- Voter registration county data and voter turnout, 1992, 1996, 2000-2022
Documentation
Files are in .csv and .xlsx format.
Users must abide by Individual License terms (pdf). Please keep a copy with any downloaded data files.
Dataset documentation is incorporated into each file.
Questions?
Please direct any questions about Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election data to Breezy Silver.
How to Cite (APA Style):
Replace YYYY with copyright year found in file; yyyy with the year the data refers to; [State] with full name of the US state to which the data refers.
Leip, D. (YYYY). House Election Data yyyy [Data set]. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. https://lib.msu.edu/data/electionatlas/
Leip, D (YYYY). YYYY Presidential Election Detailed Data Set -- [State] [Data set]. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. https://lib.msu.edu/data/electionatlas/
Leip, D. (YYYY). Voter Registration Data yyyy [Data set]. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved from https://lib.msu.edu/data/electionatlas/
Leip, D. (YYYY). Turnout Data yyyy [Data set]. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved from https://lib.msu.edu/data/electionatlas/
Additional Information
Additional information can be found at Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.