PLAP
4450 - Virginia Elections and Politics
Spring 2013
GIS Support in the Scholars' Lab
Chris Gist, M.S.
Kelly
Johnston, M.S.
GIS Specialist
GIS
Specialist
cgist [at] virginia.edu
kjohnston [at] virginia.edu
434.982.2637
434.243.4242
Introduction to GIS Materials
2013 Mapping Project
Virginia 1790 County Boundaries (ArcMap 10 project file called Virginia1790.mxd)
1860-1922 USH Pres Gov
Gubernatorial Elections Dataset (updated March 14, 2013)
Presidential Elections 1860-1960 - updated March 16, 2010
Virginia Senate Districts 1991
Virginia Elections 1970's-1990's
Virginia 2012 Boundaries
Virginia 2010 Congressional Elections
Redistricting Tutorial
Charlotttesville Precinct Study
2011 Mapping Project
Redistricting Plans and Data (ArcMap 10 project file called April20.mxd)
2010 Mapping Project
GIS datasets
- 2101 Census and Election Data - updated February 22, 2011
- 1922-1960 Congressional Senate Version 3 - updated May 3, 2010 to correct 1950
- 1985 Virginia Election - updated April 30, 2010 to include data dictionary
- 1922-1960 Congressional Senate Version 2 - updated April 29, 2010 to include House of Delegates layers
- 1985 Virginia Election - updated April 28, 2010
- 2000 - 2009 Master Precinct Data - updated April 28, 2010
- 1922-1960 Congressional Senate - updated April 28, 2010
- 1985 Virginia Election - updated April 27, 2010
- 1860-1922 USH Pres Gov - updated April 21, 2010
- 2000 - 2009 Master Precinct Data Version 2 (an ArcMap project with precinct, locality, congressional district, and Va. House district aggregations) - updated April 20, 2010
- 2000 - 2009 Master Precinct Data (an ArcMap project with precinct, locality, congressional district, and Va. House district aggregations) - updated April 15, 2010
- Presidential Elections 1860-1960 - updated March 16, 2010
2009 Mapping Project
GIS datasets
- Virginia Redistricting - updated April 23, 2009
- Virginia Elections 2008-2000 - updated April 23, 2009
- Presidential Elections 1800-1968
- Gubernatorial Elections Dataset
- Reconstruction Group Final Dataset
2007 Mapping Project
Final GIS datasets
- 2000-2006 County-level Final Datasets (includes data dictionary)
- Party Competition Group Final Dataset (includes data dictionary)
- Gubernatorial Group Final Dataset (includes data dictionary)
- Reconstruction Group Final Dataset (includes data dictionary)
2006 Mapping Project
Tabular Data
- 2005 Virginia Election Data by Locality (County and Independent City) with basic 2000 US Census Demographics (Data Key)
- 2005 Virginia Election Data by House District
- 2005 Virginia Election Data by Congressional District
- 2005 Virginia Election Data by Precinct
- 2001 Virginia Election Data by Locality
- 2001 Virginia Election Data by House District
- 2001 Virginia Election Data by Congressional District
- 2001 Virginia Election Data by Precinct
GIS Data (Shapefiles)
- 2006 ArcGIS Project Files
- 2006 Data Dictionary
- 1850 - includes Data Key
- 1869 - includes Data Key
- Historical Virginia Counties (1790 - 1960)
- 2001 Virginia Election Results by Precinct - using 2002 precinct boundaries (Data Key)
- 2005 Virginia Election Results by Precinct - using 2003 precinct boundaries (Data Key)
Data Entry Project
The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project
- Spring 2006 class site (use for data entry)
- Official site (use for reference - will NOT include data entered during Spring 2006)
Related sites
Additional References
U.S. Congress Election Results
This is one of the resources for this project's election data:
Dubin, Michael J. United States Congressional Elections,
1788-1997 (1998)
[AL-Ref JK 1967 D77 1998—Post 12, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
U.S. House of Representative Districts
Use these sources as additional aids to discern the identity of a candidate you have entered. Losing U.S. House candidates sometimes were elected representatives in the Virginia General Assembly. Prior to the 1970s, General Assembly districts are identified by county and town jurisdictions. These books will allow you to see how these local districts formed parts of larger U.S. House districts:
Parsons, Beach, Hermann , United States Congressional Districts, 1788-18 [Doc.Ref –Post 10, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
Parsons, Beach, and Dubin , United States Congressional Districts and Data, 1843-1883 [Doc.Ref –Post 10, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
Parsons, Dubin, and Parson, United States Congressional Districts, 1883-1913 [Doc.Ref –Post 10, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
Congressional Districts in the 1970s, 1973 [Doc.Ref. JK1341.c63 1970—Post 10, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
Congressional Districts in the 1980s, 1983 [Pub.Doc. JK1341.C63 1983—Post 10, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
Congressional Districts in the 1990s , 1993 [Doc. Ref. JK1341.C64 1993—Post 10, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
U.S. Campaign Expenditures
See Federal Elections Commission website: http://www.fec.gov/index.shtml
Alternative Unofficial Sources: Barone et al., The Almanac of American Politics, 1976-present. [Doc.Ref.JK1012.A44 ….—Post 19, 3 rd fl. Alderman]
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