DATA DICTIONARY Candidate-level turnout and FEC data, all federal elections, 1970 to 2015. Clifford Vickrey FORMAT: (VAR NUMBER). (VAR NAME) (STARTING COLUMN[ - ENDING COLUMN]; VARIABLE TYPE) --- 1. CONGRESS NUMBER (1 - 3; numeric) --- 2. REGION ICPSR CODE (4; numeric) Region code, per the The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). 0: NEW ENGLAND 1: MIDDLE ATLANTIC 2: EAST NORTH CENTRAL 3: WEST NORTH CENTRAL 4: SOLID SOUTH 5: BORDER 6: MOUNTAIN 7: PACIFIC 8: EXTERNAL TERRITORIES --- 3. STATE ICPSR CODE (4 - 5; numeric) State code, per the The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). 01: CONNECTICUT 02: MAINE 03: MASSACHUSETTS 04: NEW HAMPSHIRE 05: RHODE ISLAND 06: VERMONT 11: DELAWARE 12: NEW JERSEY 13: NEW YORK 14: PENNSYLVANIA 21: ILLINOIS 22: INDIANA 23: MICHIGAN 24: OHIO 25: WISCONSIN 31: IOWA 32: KANSAS 33: MINNESOTA 34: MISSOURI 35: NEBRASKA 36: NORTH DAKOTA 37: SOUTH DAKOTA 40: VIRGINIA 41: ALABAMA 42: ARKANSAS 43: FLORIDA 44: GEORGIA 45: LOUISIANA 46: MISSISSIPPI 47: NORTH CAROLINA 48: SOUTH CAROLINA 49: TEXAS 51: KENTUCKY 52: MARYLAND 53: OKLAHOMA 54: TENNESSEE 55: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 56: WEST VIRGINIA 61: ARIZONA 62: COLORADO 63: IDAHO 64: MONTANA 65: NEVADA 66: NEW MEXICO 67: UTAH 68: WYOMING 71: CALIFORNIA 72: OREGON 73: WASHINGTON 81: ALASKA 82: HAWAII --- 3. CD (6 - 7; numeric) Congressional district number. 0 = state-wide election. --- 4. OFFICE CODE (7 - 8; numeric) Office code for the office sought. 1: PRESIDENT 2: HOUSE REP. 3: SENATOR, CLASS 1 4: SENATOR, CLASS 2 5: SENATOR, CLASS 3 --- 5. ELECTION TYPE (9; numeric) Type of election/appointment. Distinguishes expired and unexpired terms. 1: GENERAL ELECTION 2: SPECIAL ELECTION 3: APPOINTMENT --- 6. ELECTION SUBTYPE (10; numeric) Type of election/appointment 2. Distinguishes runoffs from non-runoffs. 1: ELECTION (NO RUNOFF) 2: ELECTION (NO WINNER; WENT TO RUNOFF) 3: RUNOFF ELECTION 4: APPOINTMENT --- 7. YEAR OF ELECTION, LAST TWO DIGITS (11 - 12; numeric) --- 8. MONTH OF ELECTION (13 - 14; numeric) 01: JANUARY 02: FEBRUARY 03: MARCH 04: APRIL 05: MAY 06: JUNE 07: JULY 08: AUGUST 09: SEPTEMBER 10: OCTOBER 11: NOVEMBER 12: DECEMBER --- 9. DAY OF ELECTION (15 - 16; numeric) --- 10. CANDIDATE NUMBER (17 - 19; numeric) Candidate number for this election. 1 = election winner; 2 = runner-up; 3 = third-place vote getter; etc. --- 11. CANDIDATE NAME (20 - 57; string) Name of the candidate. --- 12. CANDIDATE UNIQUE ID (58 - 62; numeric) Unique ID for this individual. Constant across all federal offices for which candidate runs. --- 13. FEC CANDIDATE ID (63 - 71; string) FEC candidate ID in the FEC Candidate Master File. The agency began assigning these IDs in 1976. --- 14. FEC PRIMARY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE ID (72 - 80; string) FEC primary campaign committee ID. Available in the FEC Committee Master File beginning in the 1980 election cycle. --- 15. ICPSR NUMBER (81 - 85; numeric) Legislator ICPSR number, as corrected by Keith Poole. Candidates are assigned new numbers after changing parties. See . Negative numbers refer to legislators who were not assigned proper ICPSR numbers. These cases will need correction in the future. --- 16. FUSION VOTE STATUS (86; numeric) Codes for candidates who appear on the ballot under multiple parties, or who ran as one party but received separately tallied write-in votes. Drop cases where this variable = 2 when generating turnout totals per election. 0: NOT A FUSION CANDIDATE 1: FUSION TOTAL, ALL PARTIES 2: FUSION SUBTOTAL BY PARTY --- 17. PARTY (87 - 89; numeric) Candidate party. 001: 911 TRUTH NEEDED 002: A CONNECTICUT PARTY (ACP) 003: A DELAWARE PARTY 004: A NEW DIRECTION 005: A PUBLIC PARTY 006: ABUNDANT AMERICA 007: ACTION NO TALK 008: ACTION PARTY 009: ACTION TALKS 010: AGENT OF CHANGE 011: ALABAMA CONSERVATIVE 012: ALABAMA INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT 013: ALABAMA LIBERTARIAN 014: ALABAMA PROHIBITION 015: ALABAMA REPUBLICAN 016: ALASKA LIBERTARIAN 017: ALASKA TAXPAYERS 018: ALASKAN INDEPENDENCE 019: ALL-DAY BREAKFAST PARTY 020: ALLEN 4 CONGRESS 021: ALLIANCE 022: ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS 023: ALOHA DEMOCRAT 024: ALWAYS FOR PEOPLE 025: AMERICA - FIRST PARTY 026: AMERICA FIRST POPULIST 027: AMERICAN 028: AMERICAN CONGRESS PARTY 029: AMERICAN CONSTITUTION 030: AMERICAN GRASSROOTS ALTERNATIVE 031: AMERICAN HERITAGE PARTY 032: AMERICAN INDEPENDENT 033: AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE 034: AMERICAN LABOR 035: AMERICAN PARTY OF INDIANA 036: AMERICAN PARTY OF IOWA 037: AMERICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA 038: AMERICAN PARTY OF MISSOURI 039: AMERICAN PARTY OF NEBRASKA 040: AMERICAN POPULIST PARTY 041: AMERICAN RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT 042: AMERICAN THIRD POSITION 043: AMERICANIST 044: AMERICANS 045: AMERICANS ELECT 046: AMERICANS ELECT WRITE-IN 047: AMERICANS FOR PEROT 048: AMERICA'S INDEPENDENT 049: AMERICA'S INDEPENDENT PARTY OF FLORIDA 050: AMERICA'S PARTY 051: AMERICA'S PARTY OF FLORIDA 052: AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN 053: AN INDEPENDENT VOICE 054: ANDERSON COALITION 055: ANTI-BUSHIST CANDIDATE 056: ANTI-DRUG 057: ANTI-FEDERALIST 058: ANTI-MONOPOLY PARTY 059: ANTI-PROHIBITION 060: ANTI-TAX 061: APATHY 062: AX TAXES PARTY 063: BACK TO BASICS (NJ90) 064: BASIC REFORMED GOVERNMENT 065: BE DETERMINED 066: BEDNARSKI FOR CONGRESS 067: BEST PARTY 068: BETSY ROSS PARTY 069: BETTER EASTSIDE 070: BICENTENNIAL REALITY 071: BIG DEAL 072: BIPARTISAN GOOD GOVERNMENT 073: BOB QUAST FOR TERM LIMITS 074: BOB'S FOR JOBS 075: BOSS FOR SENATE 076: BOSTON TEA PARTY 077: BRING HOME TROOPS 078: BRING US TOGETHER 079: BUCHANAN REFORM 080: BUFFALO 081: BUILD THE BRONX 082: BUILDERS 083: BULLYING BREAKS HEARTS 084: BY PETITION 085: BY PETITION 086: CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW TOMORROW 087: CAPITALIST 088: CASH FOR CONGRESS PARTY 089: CENTRIST 090: CHANGE CONGRESS 091: CHANGE IS NEEDED 092: CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE 093: CHEMICAL FARMING BANNED 094: CHRISTIAN 095: CHRISTIAN FREEDOM 096: CHRISTIAN PRO-LIFE 097: CITIZEN LEGISLATOR 098: CITIZENS 099: CITIZEN'S ALLIANCE 100: CITIZENS FIRST 101: CITIZENS WITH SZABO PARTY 102: CIVIL SERVICE INDEPENDENTS 103: CLEAN UP CONGRESS 104: COALITION ON GOVERNMENT REFORM 105: CO-EQUAL CITIZEN 106: COLORADO INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE 107: COLORADO LIBERTARIAN 108: COLORADO POPULIST PARTY 109: COLORADO PROHIBITION 110: COLORADO PROHIBITION PARTY 111: COLORADO REFORM PARTY 112: COMMON PEOPLE'S 113: COMMON SENSE 114: COMMON SENSE IDEAS 115: COMMUNIST 116: CONCERNED AND CAPABLE 117: CONCERNED CITIZENS 118: CONCERNED VOTER'S VOICE 119: CONCERNS OF PEOPLE 120: CONNECTICUT FOR LIEBERMAN 121: CONSCIENCE FOR CONGRESS 122: CONSERVATIVE 123: CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF ILLINOIS 124: CONSERVATIVE, COMPASSIONATE, CREATIVE 125: CONSTITUTION 126: CONSTITUTION PARTY NJ 127: CONSTITUTION PARTY OF ALABAMA 128: CONSTITUTION PARTY OF FLORIDA 129: CONSTITUTION PARTY OF ILLINOIS 130: CONSTITUTION PARTY OF WISCONSIN 131: CONSTITUTION WRITE-IN 132: CONSTITUTIONAL 133: CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICAN 134: CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE 135: CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM 136: CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT 137: CONSTITUTIONAL/AMERICAN INDEPENDENT 138: CONSUMER 139: CONSUMER ACTION 140: CONTEMPT OF COURT 141: COUNTRY 142: COURAGE 143: D.C. STATEHOOD GREEN 144: DAMN DRUG DEALERS 145: DEFEND AMERICAN CONSTITUTION 146: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION PARTY 147: DEMOCRAT 148: DEMOCRAT-FARMER-LABOR 149: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN 150: DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST 151: DEMOCRATIC WRITE-IN 152: DEMOCRATIC-NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 153: DEMOCRATS FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY 154: DESERT GREENS 155: DESTROY DRUG DEVILS 156: DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH 157: DODD INDEPENDENT 158: DONALD OF MOORESTOWN 159: DOWN WITH LAWYERS 160: D-R PARTY 161: E PLURIBUS UNUM 162: EARTH FEDERATION 163: ECOLOGY PARTY OF FLORIDA 164: ECONOMIC GROWTH 165: ECONOMIC JUSTICE 166: ECONOMIC RECOVERY 167: ELIMINATE THE PRIMARY 168: ENERGY INDEPENDENCE 169: ENVIRONMENT 170: EQUAL JUSTICE & OPPORTUNITY 171: EQUALITY, BROTHERHOOD, JUSTICE 172: FASCIST PARTY 173: FED UP PARTY 174: FLORIDA SOCIALIST WORKERS 175: FLORIDA WHIG PARTY 176: FLOURISH EVERY PERSON 177: FOR ALL AMERICANS 178: FOR AMERICANS 179: FOR PEOPLE 180: FOR THE PEOPLE 181: FOURTH INDEPENDENT 182: FRANCIS WORLEY CONGRESS 183: FREE LIBERTARIAN 184: FREEDOM 185: FREEDOM AND LIBERTY 186: FREEDOM FOR LAROUCHE 187: FREEDOM/EQUALITY/PROSPERITY 188: FUSION 189: FUTURE.VISION. 190: GEORGE WALLACE PARTY 191: GOD BLESS JERSEY 192: GOD WE TRUST 193: GOOD GOVERNMENT 194: GOOD NEIGHBOR 195: GRAND OLD PARTY 196: GRASS ROOTS 197: GRASSROOTS PARTY OF VERMONT 198: GRAVITY BUOYANCY SOLUTION 199: GREEN 200: GREEN COALITION 201: GREEN INDEPENDENT 202: GREEN PARTY MINNESOTA 203: GREEN PARTY OF ARKANSAS 204: GREEN PARTY OF COLORADO 205: GREEN PARTY OF FLORIDA 206: GREEN PARTY OF UTAH 207: GREEN POPULIST 208: GREEN TEA PATRIOTS 209: GREEN WRITE-IN 210: GREEN-RAINBOW 211: GUN CONTROL PARTY 212: HAWAII GREEN 213: HEALTHCARE PARTY 214: HEARTQUAKE '08 215: HELP MIDDLESEX/MONMOUTH/SOMERSET/UNION 216: HOME PROTECTION 217: HONESTY, HUMANITY, DUTY 218: HOWARD SAFIER - INDEPENDENT 219: HSING FOR CONGRESS 220: HUMAN RIGHTS 221: HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE 222: I.D.E.A. 223: ILLINOIS GREEN 224: IMMIGRATION MORATORIUM NOW 225: IMPEACH BUSH NOW 226: IMPEACH NOW 227: IN COMMON EFFORT 228: INDEPENDENCE PARTY 229: INDEPENDENT 230: INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE 231: INDEPENDENT AMERICAN 232: INDEPENDENT CITIZEN FOR CONSTITUTIONAL 233: INDEPENDENT CITIZENS' ACTION 234: INDEPENDENT CONGRESSIONAL 235: INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE 236: INDEPENDENT FOR CHANGE 237: INDEPENDENT FOR CONGRESS 238: INDEPENDENT FOR FREEDOM 239: INDEPENDENT FOR LAROUCHE 240: INDEPENDENT FOR LIBERTY 241: INDEPENDENT FOR MAINE 242: INDEPENDENT FOR PEACE 243: INDEPENDENT FUSION PARTY (NY) 244: INDEPENDENT GRASSROOTS 245: INDEPENDENT GREEN 246: INDEPENDENT INITIATIVE PARTY OF OREGON 247: INDEPENDENT MAINE GREENS PARTY 248: INDEPENDENT NEIGHBORS 249: INDEPENDENT NEW MEXICAN 250: INDEPENDENT NO WAR NO BAILOUT 251: INDEPENDENT PARTY 252: INDEPENDENT PARTY OF DELAWARE 253: INDEPENDENT PATRIOTS 254: INDEPENDENT PEOPLE'S NETWORK 255: INDEPENDENT POPULIST 256: INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE 257: INDEPENDENT REFORM 258: INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN 259: INDEPENDENT TAX WATCHDOG 260: INDEPENDENT THINKING 261: INDEPENDENT VERMONTERS PARTY 262: INDEPENDENT VOTERS 263: INDEPENDENT WRITE-IN 264: INDEPENDENTS AGAINST APATHY 265: INDEPENDENTS FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY 266: INDEPENDENTS FOR PEROT 267: INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS INDEPENDENCE 268: INDIVIDUAL NEEDS CENTER 269: INDUSTRIAL GOVERNMENT 270: INFLATION FIGHTING HOUSEWIFE 271: INTEGRETY IN GOVERNMENT 272: INTERNATIONAL DEV BANK 273: INVALID 274: IOWA GREEN 275: IOWA NEW 276: J E B 277: JERSEY STRONG INDEPENDENTS 278: JOBS EQUALITY BUSINESS 279: JOBS NOW 280: JOBS, EQUALITY, PEACE 281: JOBS, PROPERTY RIGHTS 282: JOHN F. WHITE, JR. PARTY 283: JOSE PENALOSA 284: JUSTICE PARTY 285: JUSTICE PARTY OF FLORIDA 286: JUSTICE, INDUSTRY & AGRICULTURE 287: KEEP AMERICA FIRST PARTY 288: KENTUCKY INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE PARTY 289: LA RAZA UNIDA 290: LABOR 291: LAROUCHE FOR PRESIDENT 292: LAROUCHE FOR PRESIDENT PARTY 293: LAROUCHE WAS RIGHT PARTY 294: LEGAL MARIJUANA NOW 295: LEGAL MARIJUANA PARTY 296: LEGALIZE MARIJUANA (G.R.I.P.) 297: LEGALIZE MARIJUANA PARTY 298: LESS FEDERAL TAXES 299: LIBERAL 300: LIBERTARIAN 301: LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF FLORIDA 302: LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF IOWA 303: LIBERTARIAN WRITE-IN 304: LIBERTY 305: LIBERTY UNION 306: LIBERTY, ECOLOGY, COMMUNITY 307: LINDSAY FOR CONGRESS 308: LONG ISLAND FIRST 309: LOOKING BACK GROUP 310: LOOKING BACK PARTY 311: LOUANNER PETERS 312: LOUISIANA GREEN PARTY 313: LOUISIANA TAXPAYERS PARTY 314: LOWER TAX INDEPENDENT 315: LOWERING THE PROPERTY TAX 316: MAGERMAN FOR CONGRESS 317: MAINE INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE 318: MARIJUANA 319: MARIJUANA REFORM PARTY 320: MASSACHUSETTS GREEN PARTY 321: MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE 322: MAYFLOWER 323: MCCARTHY 76 PRINCIPLE 324: MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE 325: MINNESOTA FOR PEROT 326: MINNESOTA OPEN PROGRESSSIVES 327: MINNESOTA PEOPLES 328: MINNESOTA PROGRESSIVE 329: MINNESOTA TAXPAYERS 330: MINNESOTA TAXPAYERS 331: MISSISSIPPI AMERICAN 332: MISSISSIPPI TAXPAYERS PARTY 333: MODERATE 334: MODERATES 335: MORE PERFECT DEMOCRACY 336: MOUNTAIN 337: NATIONAL ALLIANCE PARTY 338: NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE PARTY 339: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ALABAMA 340: NATIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY 341: NATIONAL PROHIBITION 342: NATIONAL STATESMAN 343: NATIONAL UNITY PARTY OF KENTUCKY 344: NATURAL LAW 345: NATURAL LAW PARTY OF FLORIDA 346: NATURAL LAW PARTY OF IOWA 347: NATURAL LAW WRITE-IN 348: NATURAL PEOPLE'S LEAGUE 349: NEBRASKA 350: NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE 351: NEW 352: NEW ALLIANCE PARTY 353: NEW ALLIANCE/LIBERTY UNION 354: NEW HAMPSHIRE TAXPAYERS PARTY 355: NEW INDEPENDENT 356: NEW JERSEY CONSERVATIVE PARTY 357: NEW JERSEY INDEPENDENTS 358: NEW JERSEY JUSTICE PARTY 359: NEW LEADERSHIP (INDEPENDENT) 360: NEW MAJORITY 361: NEW MEXICO ALLIANCE 362: NEW MEXICO INDEPENDENT PARTY 363: NEW MEXICO PROHIBITION 364: NEW MEXICO TAXPAYERS 365: NEW UNION PARTY 366: NJ TEA PARTY 367: NO NEW TAXES 368: NO NONSENSE GOVERNMENT 369: NO PARTY 370: NO PARTY AFFILIATION 371: NO PARTY PARTY 372: NO PARTY PREFERENCE 373: NO SLOGAN 374: NO SLOGAN FILED 375: NO SLOGAN PROVIDED 376: NOMINATED BY PETITION 377: NON PARTISAN 378: NON-AFFILIATED 379: NONE 380: NONE OF ABOVE 381: NONE OF THEM 382: NONE OF THESE CANDIDATES 383: NONPARTISAN 384: NON-PARTY 385: NORTH DAKOTA ISN'T FOR SALE 386: NSA DID 911 387: OBJECTIVIST PARTY 388: OBJECTIVIST PARTY OF FLORIDA 389: OF THE PEOPLE 390: ONE EARTH PARTY 391: OPPOSING CONGRESSIONAL GRIDLOCK 392: OTHER 393: OVERTHROW ALL INCUMBENTS 394: PACIFIC 395: PACIFIC GREEN 396: PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION 397: PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION - FL 398: PARTY FREE 399: PATIOTIC PARTY (IA) 400: PATRIOT PARTY 401: PEACE 402: PEACE AND FREEDOM 403: PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY OF FLORIDA 404: PEACE AND FREEDOM WRITE-IN 405: PEACE AND JUSTICE 406: PEACE AND PROSPERITY 407: PEACE, JOBS, JUSTICE (MA) 408: PENNSYLVANIANS FOR PEROT 409: PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS 410: PEOPLE OVER POLITICS 411: PEOPLE'S 412: PEOPLE'S CONGRESSIONAL PREFERENCE 413: PEOPLES CONSTITUTIONAL 414: PEOPLE'S INDEPENDENT 415: PEOPLE'S INDEPENDENT COALITION 416: PEOPLES PARTY 417: PEROT CHOICE 418: PEROT FOR PRESIDENT 419: PEROT HISPANO AMERICAN PARTY 420: PEROT'S INDEPENDENTS 421: PERSONAL CHOICE 422: PETITION 423: PETITIONING CANDIDATE 424: PIRATE 425: POLITICIANS ARE CROOKS 426: POLITICOS SON CORRUPTOS 427: POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN 428: POPULIST 429: POPULIST PARTY OF ARKANSAS 430: PRESERVE GREEN SPACE 431: PRO-DEMOCRACY REFORM 432: PROGRESSIVE 433: PROHIBITION 434: PROHIBITION PARTY 435: PRO-LIFE 436: PRO-LIFE CONSERVATIVE 437: PRO-LIFE INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE 438: PRO-LIFE/PRO-FAMILY VETERAN 439: PROSPERITY NOT WAR 440: PROTECT SENIORS 441: PROTECT WORKING FAMILIES 442: PROTEST,PROGRESS,DIGNITY 443: PUBLIC INTEREST INDEPENDENT 444: QUEENS INDEPENDENT 445: RANDOLPH FOR CONGRESS 446: REFORM 447: REFORM NATION 448: REFORM PARTY MINNESOTA 449: REFORM WRITE-IN 450: REGULAR DEMOCRACY PARTY 451: REGULAR INDEPENDENT 452: REMOVE MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE 453: RENT IS 2 DAMN HIGH 454: REPUBLICAN 455: REPUBLICAN - DEMOCRAT 456: REPUBLICAN WRITE-IN 457: RESOURCE PARTY 458: RESPONSIBILITY FAIRNESS INTEGRITY 459: RESTORATION 460: RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST 461: RESTORING AMERICA'S PROMISE 462: RI ALLIANCE 463: RIGHT TO LIFE 464: RIGHT TO LIFE WRITE-IN 465: RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT PLATFORM 466: ROCK THE BOAT 467: ROSS PEROT INDEPENDENT 468: SAVE MEDICARE 469: SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY 470: SCATTERING 471: SCHOOL CHOICE 472: SEEKING INCLUSION 473: SEND MR. SMITH 474: SILENT MAJORITY 475: SMITH FOR CONGRESS 476: SOCIAL LABOR 477: SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION PARTY 478: SOCIALIST 479: SOCIALIST ACTION 480: SOCIALIST LABOR 481: SOCIALIST PARTY OF ARKANSAS 482: SOCIALIST PARTY OF FLORIDA 483: SOCIALIST PARTY OF IOWA 484: SOCIALIST PARTY OF WISCONSIN 485: SOCIALIST PARTY U S A 486: SOCIALIST WORKER 487: SOCIALIST WORKERS 488: SOCIALIST WORKERS CAMPAIGN 489: SOLIDARITY 490: SOLIDARITY, DEFEND LIFE 491: START THE CONVERSATION 492: STATESMAN 493: STICK WITH THORN 494: STOP BOSS POLITICS 495: STOP HMO ABUSES 496: STOP TAX INCREASES 497: T.B.A. GREEN PARTY 498: TAKE BACK AMERICA 499: TAX REVOLT 500: TAX REVOLT INDEPENDENT 501: TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION 502: TAXPAYERS 503: TAXPAYER'S CITIZENS 504: TAXPAYERS ONLY FRIEND 505: TAXPAYERS PARTY OF KENTUCKY 506: TAXPAYERS PARTY OF MISSISSIPPI 507: TAXPAYERS WRITE-IN 508: TEA PARTY 509: TEA PARTY OF NEVADA 510: TERM LIMITS 511: TERM LIMITS CANDIDATE 512: TERM LIMITS FOR THE UNITED STATES CONGR 513: THE AMERICAN PARTY 514: THE BETTER LIFE 515: THE BLUE ENIGMA PARTY 516: THE MODERATE CHOICE 517: THE OHARA BILL PARTY 518: THE PATRIOT MOVEMENT 519: THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA 520: THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE 521: THINK INDEPENDENTLY 522: THIRD PARTY 523: TIME FOR CHANGE 524: TIMESIZING NOT DOWNSIZING 525: TISCH 526: TOTALLY INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE 527: TOWNE FOR CONGRESS 528: TRUST IN GOD 529: TRUTH VISION HOPE 530: TWELVE VISIONS PARTY 531: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 532: U.S. MARIJUANA PARTY 533: U.S. PACIFIST PARTY 534: U.S. TAXPAYERS PARTY 535: U.S. TAXPAYERS PARTY OF ARKANSAS 536: UNAFFILIATED 537: UNAFFILIATED INDEPENDENT PARTY 538: UNENROLLED 539: UNIDENTIFIED 540: UNITED 541: UNITED AMERICAN 542: UNITED CITIZEN 543: UNITED CITIZENS 544: UNITED CITIZENS PARTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 545: UNITED INDEPENDENT AMERICAN 546: UNITED INDEPENDENTS 547: UNITED STATES LABOR PARTY 548: UNITED STATES MARIJUANA 549: UNITED STATES PARTY 550: UNITED TAXPAYERS 551: UNITED WE SERVE PARTY 552: UNITY 553: UNITY IS STRENGTH 554: UNITY MOVEMENT 555: UNITY PARTY OF AMERICA 556: UNITY PARTY OF COLORADO 557: UNIVERSAL PARTY 558: URBAN TAX REFORM 559: UTAH JUSTICE PARTY 560: VERMONT GRASSROOTS 561: VERMONT GREEN 562: VERMONT TAXPAYERS 563: VETERANS 564: VICTORY 565: VIRGINIA REFORM PARTY 566: VIRGINIA TAXPAYERS PARTY 567: VOTE HERE 568: VOTE KISS 569: VOTE PEOPLE CHANGE 570: VOTER RIGHTS 571: WAKE UP USA 572: WE DESERVE BETTER 573: WE THE PEOPLE 574: WEST VIRGINIA ALLIANCE 575: WHITE POWER 576: WISCONSIN GREENS 577: WITHDRAW TROOPS NOW 578: WORK WITH PEOPLE 579: WORKERS 580: WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA 581: WORKERS LEAGUE 582: WORKER'S LEAGUE 583: WORKERS PARTY 584: WORKERS WORLD 585: WORKERS WORLD 586: WORKER'S WORLD 587: WORKING CLASS 588: WORKING FAMILIES 589: WORKING FAMILIES WRITE-IN 590: YOU GOTTA BELIEVE 591: YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE 592: YOUR COUNTRY AGAIN 593: YOUTH AGAINST DRAFT --- 18. MAJOR PARTY (90; numeric) Recode of PARTY. Codes 3 and 4 indicate legislators who won elective office as Independents, but who caucused with a major party (Bernie Sanders is coded 3; Virgil Goode is coded 4; etc.). 1: DEMOCRATIC 2: REPUBLICAN 3: CAUCUSED W/ DEMOCRATS 4: CAUCUSED W/ REPUBLICANS 5: OTHER --- 19. CANDIDATE VOTE TOTAL (91 - 97; numeric) Vote total of the candidate. Taken from the ICPSR 0002 file for 95% of elections < 1990; taken from the FEC, state Secretaries of State, and The Congressional Quarterly for missing cases in the ICPSR candidate file, and for all elections after 1990. Blank values indicates that the candidate was unopposed. --- 20. VOTING AGE POPULATION (98 - 105; numeric) Voting age population (VAP) of the state or Congressional district. Available for all states and years; available beginning in 1972 for most districts. State totals taken from year Census data (< 1980) or from Michael MacDonald's website at . District totals taken from the Decennial Census up until 2004, and from the yearly American Community Survey after that. --- 21. CANDIDATE RECEIPTS (106 - 113; numeric) Candidate campaign finance receipts for this election. Merged in from post-election summary files going back to 1980. --- 22. CANDIDATE SPENDING (114 - 121; numeric) Candidate campaign finance disbursements for this election. Merged in from post-election summary files going back to 1980.