State Election Day Exit Polls 1978-2010

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 2010. 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.

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Year	Survey Organization	States
1978	CBS News:	California and New York.
	Los Angeles Times:	California
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 and Wyoming.
1984	CBS News:	Alabama, California, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia.
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 and Washington.
	CBS News/New York Times:	New York
	Field Institute:	California
	Los Angeles Times:	California
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 and Wisconsin.
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 and Wyoming.
1992	Voter Research & Surveys:	Individual datasets for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are available for the 1992 national election.
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 and Wyoming.
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.
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 and Wyoming.
2000	Voter News Service:	Individual datasets for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are available for the 2000 national election.
2002	Los Angeles Times:	California
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.
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 and Wyoming.
2008	National Election Pool:	Individual datasets for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are available for the 2008 national election.
2010	National Election Pool:	Individual datasets for twenty-five states are available for the 2010 national election. The states included are: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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