Cast vote records: A database of ballots from the 2020 U.S. Election
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| author | Kuriwaki, Shiro Reece, Mason Baltz, Samuel Conevska, Aleksandra Loffredo, Joseph R. Mutlu, Can Samarth, Taran Jetter, Kevin E. Acevedo Garai, Zachary Djanogly Murray, Kate Hirano, Shigeo Lewis, Jeffrey B. Snyder Jr., James M. Stewart III, Charles H. |
| author_facet | Kuriwaki, Shiro Reece, Mason Baltz, Samuel Conevska, Aleksandra Loffredo, Joseph R. Mutlu, Can Samarth, Taran Jetter, Kevin E. Acevedo Garai, Zachary Djanogly Murray, Kate Hirano, Shigeo Lewis, Jeffrey B. Snyder Jr., James M. Stewart III, Charles H. |
| contents | Ballots are the core records of elections. Electronic records of actual ballots cast (cast vote records) are available to the public in some jurisdictions. However, they have been released in a variety of formats and have not been independently evaluated. Here we introduce a database of cast vote records from the 2020 U.S. general election. We downloaded publicly available unstandardized cast vote records, standardized them into a multi-state database, and extensively compared their totals to certified election results. Our release includes vote records for President, Governor, U.S. Senate and House, and state upper and lower chambers -- covering 42.7 million voters in 20 states who voted for more than 2,204 candidates. This database serves as a uniquely granular administrative dataset for studying voting behavior and election administration. Using this data, we show that in battleground states, 1.9 percent of solid Republicans (as defined by their congressional and state legislative voting) in our database split their ticket for Joe Biden, while 1.2 percent of solid Democrats split their ticket for Donald Trump. |
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| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | Cast vote records: A database of ballots from the 2020 U.S. Election Kuriwaki, Shiro Reece, Mason Baltz, Samuel Conevska, Aleksandra Loffredo, Joseph R. Mutlu, Can Samarth, Taran Jetter, Kevin E. Acevedo Garai, Zachary Djanogly Murray, Kate Hirano, Shigeo Lewis, Jeffrey B. Snyder Jr., James M. Stewart III, Charles H. Computers and Society Applications Ballots are the core records of elections. Electronic records of actual ballots cast (cast vote records) are available to the public in some jurisdictions. However, they have been released in a variety of formats and have not been independently evaluated. Here we introduce a database of cast vote records from the 2020 U.S. general election. We downloaded publicly available unstandardized cast vote records, standardized them into a multi-state database, and extensively compared their totals to certified election results. Our release includes vote records for President, Governor, U.S. Senate and House, and state upper and lower chambers -- covering 42.7 million voters in 20 states who voted for more than 2,204 candidates. This database serves as a uniquely granular administrative dataset for studying voting behavior and election administration. Using this data, we show that in battleground states, 1.9 percent of solid Republicans (as defined by their congressional and state legislative voting) in our database split their ticket for Joe Biden, while 1.2 percent of solid Democrats split their ticket for Donald Trump. |
| title | Cast vote records: A database of ballots from the 2020 U.S. Election |
| topic | Computers and Society Applications |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05020 |