PLAP341: State and Local Politics
GIS Project
Mapping Project
Tabular Data
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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)
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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
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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]