Statistics Sources
- Policy Map This link opens in a new window
Easy-to-use online mapping and visualization tool. Downloadable U.S. demographic, economic and social data by city, state, zip code, county or census tract. Types of data include crime, housing, health, education and occupations, derived from both public and proprietary sources.
- ICPSR - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchArchive of social science data covering a range of subject areas including population, economics, education, health, social and political behavior, crime, aging, and substance abuse.
- American National Election Studies ANES. Data on voting, public opinion, and political participation
- Budget of the United States Government. 1950-.Pardee XHJ 2051 A59 NOTE: The Appendix, which contains all the summary statistical tables, is also available at Mugar Memorial Library in the Reference collection [XHJ 2051 A59].
Available to BU with a BPL log in (get an eCard here):
- Statistical InsightIndexes U.S. Federal statistics (1973-present), state government and business statistics (1980-present), and international statistics (1880-present). Full-text coverage: 2004-present (U.S. Federal), 2007-present (state, business, international).
Statistical Software @ BU
- Policy Map This link opens in a new window
Easy-to-use online mapping and visualization tool. Downloadable U.S. demographic, economic and social data by city, state, zip code, county or census tract. Types of data include crime, housing, health, education and occupations, derived from both public and proprietary sources.
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BU IS&T negotiates licenses for several statistical programs used throughout the University, and provides support for these programs.
- JMP dynamically links statistics with graphics to interactively explore, understand, and visualize data. It can work with a variety of data formats, such as text files, Microsoft Excel files, SAS data sets and ODBC-compliant databases.
- Statistical Analysis System (SAS) is a very popular statistical package that can be used for data management, report writing, statistical analysis, and graphics.
- SPSS is the current name for the complete portfolio of SPSS Predictive Analytics products.
data files, statistics
American Presidency Project – Presidential Elections Data 1828+
Federal Election Commission – Downloadable Data about Candidates and Committees
US Presidential Election Maps: 1860-1996 Reformatted data from ICPSR Study # 7757. 
The changing colors of America (1960-2012)
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Election Statistics 1920+ “Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories. ” (from the site)
American National Election Studies 1948+ Time series data.
United States Elections Project
Harvard Election Data Archives
Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
Public Mapping Project
Federal Elections Project – 2000 Election Data By State. Massachusetts spreadsheet download contains precinct federal general election results for all but two towns: Ayer and Stoughton.
The Record of American Democracy, 1984-1990 (ROAD) ” Record Of American Democracy (ROAD) data include election returns, socioeconomic summaries, and demographic measures of the American public at unusually low levels of geographic aggregation. The NSF-supported ROAD project covers every state in the country from 1984 through 1990 (including some off-year elections). ” (from the site)
American national election studies, 1948-1997 [electronic resource] / produced jointly by National Election Studies and Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. The Consortium, c1998. Mugar Reserve Room JK1967 .A835 1998 CD-ROM
America at the polls…CQ Press. Vol 1. Harding to Eisenhower, 1920 – 1956 Vol. 2. Kennedy to Clinton, 1960 – 1992 Mugar Reference XJK524 .F65
1960-2000 John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. CQ Press, c2001. Mugar Reference XJK524 .M33 2001
Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to the U.S. Elections. CQ Press, 2001. 2 vols. Mugar Reference XJK1967 .C662 2001
Miller, Warren E. American National Election Studies Data Sourcebook, 1952 – 1986. Harvard University Press, 1989. Mugar Reference XJK1967 .M54 1989
Books
American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 by Publication Date: 1979
America VotesLocation: vols 1-30 : Mugar Stacks JK1967 F56 ; 2013+ online through SAGE KnowledgeA handbook of contemporary American election statistics published yearly.
A Statistical History of the American Electorate by Location: Mugar Reference X JK1967 .R87 2001Publication Date: 2001A data-rich historical picture of American elections and the American electorate, from 1789 to the present.
Vital statistics on American politics, 2015-2016 by Location: ProQuestThe editors consult hundreds of sources to calculate and locate the data, facts, and figures that offer a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies. Some earlier eds. available in print: Mugar Reference X JK274 .S74.
