American National Election Studies Data Sourcebook, 1952-1986: Revised Edition

This book is organized to give time-series distributions of data from all items included on three or more studies during the thirty-four years covered, and presents first-level analyses through a logically structured series of bivariate tables. It is the only book to include the basic data from the National Election Studies.

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This updates American National Election Studies Data Sourcebook, 1952-1978 ( LJ 5/1/81). Compiled here is statistical data in 80 different topics, such as demographic characteristics of voters; ticket-splitting; liberal-conservative self-placement; opinions on government responsiveness; women's issues; social welfare; and defense. Since the statistics are based on survey data, sampling error is acknowledged, but the technical specifications of the sampling are presented for each chapter. Most other statistical reference works on elections, such as Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Congressional Quarterly, 1985. 2d ed.), Presidential Votes Since 1789 (Congressional Quarterly, 1983. 3d ed.), and Richard Scammon's America at the Polls, 1920-1964 (Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1965; Ayer Co. Pubs., 1976. reprint), concentrate on the convention, popular, and electoral vote returns. Although demographic characteristics of the population as a whole can be found elsewhere, and public opinion on many election-related topics can be found in the Gallup Poll annuals (Scholarly Resources), this is the only source of so many different, unique statistics compiled for a 35-year time span. Excellent for students and researchers of political trends and voting behavior. For medium to large academic and public libraries.-- Louise Stwalley, Univ. of Colorado Lib., Denver

Warren E. Miller is Regents Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University.