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270 to Win

Map of electoral college votes since 1789
Interactive map of electoral college for 2008
Begin by selecting the neutral starting view
Toggle to change the colors and determine a strategy

A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 (Tufts/American Antiquarian Society)

Search for state, county and city election results for federal, state, and local officials, 1787-1825
You can search by combinations of states, candidates, office titles, dates
This is original research by Philip Lampi from a time when election records were scattered

ABC News on 1998 Elections

This content is no longer available on the ABC website
One of the few archived elections sites for the 1998 elections
Detailed vote counts for candidates and percentages
Arranged by Congressional chamber or state
Former link: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/elections98/elections98_intro.html

Accuracy, Integrity, and Security in Computerized Vote Tallying by Roy Saltman, 1988

Accuracy of various computerized voting methods
Recommendation 1.7 concerns the pre-scored punch cards (votematic) involved in the 2000 election
This 1988 report entered into evidence at the Leon County trial on recounting election results, December 2, 2000
National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 500-158

Accuracy, Integrity, and Security in National Elections: The Role of the U.S. Congress

Article presented by Roy Saltman in 1993 at the Third Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy
As described by author, article notes that Congress had failed to exercise legislative oversight on computers producing federal election results
Recommends application of the Computer Security Act

Almanac of American Politics (UMich Only)

Arranged by state and Congressional District

Presidential election results for each Congressional District is found under the description of the district and its representative
See 2002 edition for original 2000 district boundaries; see 2004 for the 2003 district boundaries
Based on PoliData

America Votes (Richard Scammon)

Votes for President and Governor by state and county beginning 1952
Votes for Members of Congress by Congressional District beginning 1946
Only available in paper copy: Reference Room JK 1967 .A1 A68
Two-year time lag between the general elections and publication date

American Customer Satisfaction Index (UMich Business School)

There are FOUR different surveys whose names are often confused: Consumer Satisfaction (UMich Business School), Consumer Confidence (Conference Board), Consumer Attitudes (UMich ICPSR), and Consumer Comfort (ABC/Washington Post.)

American National Election Studies

Prepared by the Center for Political Studies
Documentation on voting, public opinion, and political participation studies
Studies beginning 1994 are available via ftp for use with SAS or SPSS
Documentation in Word Perfect format

American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy

Special survey conducted by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
Charts and graphs on public opinion on national priorities, U.S. role in resolving world problems, major foreign affairs issues
Adobe Acrobat only