Candidate name and constituency totals, 1788-1985

Description

This collection provides the names of candidates, the candidates' political party name and ICPSR party ID code, and the number of votes received by each candidate in the constituency for elections between 1788-1985. The data include county-level returns for over ninety percent of all elections to the offices of president, governor, United States representative (1824-1985), and United States senator (1912-1985). The dataset also include returns for approximately two-thirds of all elections to the offices of president, governor, and United States representative for the period 1788-1823. Returns for one additional state-wide office are included beginning with the 1968 elections.