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State Election Day Exit Polls 1978-2006

 

 

The Roper Center is making available to researchers its entire collection of state election day exit polls. This collection consists of numerous studies dating back to 1978 right up to the most recent polls conducted in 2006. Questionnaires and computer-readable datafiles are available for each study.

Typically, state election day exit polls consist of congressional and/or gubernatorial vote questions in addition to questions on important statewide and local issues at the time of the polls. Like national polls, state Election Day exit polls include basic demographic variables in each study. Sample sizes usually range from 800-2000 respondents.

Please call or email Marilyn Milliken (marilyn@ropercenter.uconn.edu) at the Roper Center for information concerning fees, other studies, or to answer any questions you may have.

Year Survey Organization States
1978 CBS News: California, New York
  Los Angeles Times: California
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1982 CBS News: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
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1984 CBS News: Alabama, California, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia
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1986

CBS News:

 

Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington
  CBS News/New York Times: New York
  Field Institute: California
  Los Angeles Times: California
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1988 CBS News: California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas,Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin
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1990 Roper Organization: Massachusetts
  Voter Research & Surveys: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming
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1992 Voter Research & Surveys: Individual datasets for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are available for the 1992 national election.
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1994 Los Angeles Times: California
  Mitofsky International: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington
  Voter News Service: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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1996 Los Angeles Times: California
  Voter News Service: Individual datasets for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are available for the 1996 national election.
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1998 Voter News Service: Individual datasets for forty-two states are available for the 1998 national election. The states included are: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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2000 Voter News Service: Individual datasets for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are available for the 2000 national election.
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2002 Los Angeles Times: California
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2004 Los Angeles Times: California
  National Election Pool: Individual datasets for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are available for the 2004 national election.
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2006 National Election Pool: Individual datasets for thirty-two states are available for the 2006 national election. The states included are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
     
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