American National Election Studies (ANES)
(Access: ANES Web site)
ANES conducts national surveys of the American electorate in election years and carries out research and development work through pilot studies. The longevity of the ANES time-series (begun in 1948) greatly enhances the utility of the data, since measures can be pooled over time, and both long-term trends and the political impact of historical events can be identified. The ANES includes three study types:
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Time Series Studies, conducted around each national election. In presidential election years, the study is typically conducted both before and after the election (that is, a pre-election study and a post-election study), while for congressional election years the study has typically been conducted only after the election (a post-election study).
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Pilot Studies, normally conducted in the 'off-years' when there is no national election. These studies are designed to test new, or refine existing, instrumentation and study designs, all in order to improve the Time Series Studies.
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Other Major Data Collections, which include ad hoc stand alone studies such as the Senate Election Studies and the 1982 Methods Comparison Study, as well as the panel studies which span individual Time Series studies.
ANES data are also available from the ICPSR.
The data collections provided by the IGA Library & Data Archive are licensed for campus access. In some cases, access is restricted to UC Davis faculty, staff, and students with valid university computing accounts (UC Davis user id / Kerberos password). In other cases, access is restricted to the campus network. Data are made available with the understanding that they are to be used for not-for-profit academic research only and are not to be copied or otherwise made available to any third party. All data used for research should be given an appropriate citation in any resulting published work.
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