Data Sets
Note: All of my data sets are SAS files that are zipped using Winzip. They work with versions 8 and 9 of SAS. They may be downloaded and used freely for analysis by others. Published research using these data sets should include a normal attribution as well as a disclaimer saying that any errors in analysis are the responsibility of the researchers (i.e., not me).
| Data Set | Description | Works Using Data Set |
| cepo2036.zip | Electoral and census data for the U.S., county level from 1920-36. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS | |
| cepo8896.zip | Electoral and census data for the U.S., county level from 1888-96. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS | Ballots of Tumult |
| cepo0820.zip | Electoral and census data for the U.S., county level from 1908-20. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS | Ballots of Tumult |
| mcp5084.zip | Electoral and census data for the U.S., county level from 1950-84. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS | 1. Ballots of Tumult 2. Serpents in the Sand 3. AJPS article |
| panel80.zip | 1980 National Election Panel Study, U.S., merged with census data. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS | Serpents in the Sand |
| weimpop.zip | Weimar Republic electoral and census data, 1919-33. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS | 1. Serpents in the Sand 2. APSR article 3. ASR article |
1. Data sets used in Ballots of Tumult: A Portrait of Volatility in American Elections (University of Michigan Press, 1991) as well as with some published articles (see links to variable descriptions)
- Chapter 4, "Mass Dynamics of U.S. Presidential Competitions, 1928-36" (Aggregate county-level electoral and census data)
- Chapter 5, "Third Party Dynamics:" (a) Populism, (b) The Bull Moose, (c) La Follette Progressivism, (d) The Wallace Reaction, and (e) Anderson's Dissenting Voice (Aggregate county-level electoral and census data) NOTE: See Chapter 4 data (above) for (c) and Chapter 7 data (below) for (d) and (e).
- Chapter 6, "When Women Came to the Party" (Aggregate county-level electoral and census data>) NOTE: See Chapter 5 (above) for (b).
- Chapter 7, "Stability and Complexity in the Congressional Mobilization Cycle" (Aggregate county-level electoral and census data)
2. Data sets used in Serpents in the Sand: Essays on the Nonlinear Nature of Politics and Human Destiny (University of Michigan Press, 1995) as well as with some published articles (see links to variable descriptions)
- Chapter 3, "Individual Voter Rationality and the Influence of Context: The Relationship is a Catastrophe" (Individual survey data and aggregate county-level electoral data)
- Chapter 4, "The Anatomy of a Landslide: Johnson and Goldwater in 1964" (Aggregate county-level electoral and census data are included here. The individual-level survey data used in this chapter are available from the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Reserach.)
- Chapter 5, "Nonlinear Catastrophe Superstructures and the Fall of the Weimar Republic" (Aggregate kreis-level data)