Early National Voting Data Project, 1788-1824

这个项目将为研究1788-1824年美国民主实验的形成时期提供一个新的、全面的政治数据库。在此期间，选民投票率经历了美国历史上最大的增长，从不到成年白人男性的三分之一扩大到一半以上，在一些州，超过了成年白人男性居民的四分之三。该数据库将包括南部和西部各州的机器可读县级数据和新英格兰和大西洋中部一些州的城镇数据。在主要选举中，将同时开发候选人和政党名称指数。该项目将产生投票率数据，以及所有主要政治职位的竞争程度和政党投票的一致性。这些选举统计数据将与现有的人口普查数据联系起来，以便更好地了解早期的全国政党分裂。

This project will provide a new, comprehensive political data base for studying the formative years of the American democratic experiment, 1788-1824. During this period voter turnout underwent the greatest increase in American history expanding from less than one third of the adult white males to more than half, and in some states three fourths, of all adult white male inhabitants. The data base will consist of machine readable county-level data for the southern and western states and town-level data for New England and some Middle Atlantic states. Both candidate name and party name indices will be developed for all major races. The project will generate turnout figures as well as the degree of competition and consistency of party voting across all major political offices. These election statistics will be linked to available census data to provide a better understanding of early national party cleavages.