The Role of Swing States and Bellwethers in the 2000 Election

PRB analysis of data from Voter News Service, the Federal Election Commission, and the Alaska Division of Elections. (The data appeared in The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1999, pp. 463-491, and the U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Statistics to 1970, Series Y 84-134, Y 135-186. The data also are available from the National Archives and Records Administration, Electoral College Home Page, accessed online here, Aug. 1, 2000.)

Shirking Our Civic Duty — Why Aren't More of Us Voting?

U.S. Census Bureau, "Voter Participation in the National Election, November 1964," Current Population Reports P20-143 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965): tables 1 and 2; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1968," Current Population Reports P20-192 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969): tables 1 and 2; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1972," Current Population Reports P20-253 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973): table 1; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1976," Current Population Reports P20-322 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978): table 2; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1980," Current Population Reports P20-370 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982): table 2; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1984," Current Population Reports P20-405 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986): table 2; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1988," Current Population Reports P20-440 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989): table 2; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1992," Current Population Reports P20-466 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993): table 2; and "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1996 (Detailed Tables)," Current Population Reports P20-504u: table 2. Accessed online here (Aug. 1, 2000).

Who Votes?

U.S. Census Bureau, "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1996 (Detailed Tables)," Current Population Reports P20-504u: table 2. Accessed online here (Aug. 1, 2000).

House of Representatives Becomes More Southern, Western

U.S. Census Bureau, "State Population Estimates and Demographic Components of Population Change: April 1, 1990 to July 1, 1999," accessed online here (October 16, 2000). U.S. Census Bureau, "Detailed State Projections by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1995 to 2025," accessed online here (various files, May 23, 1999). U.S. Census Bureau, "Computing Apportionment," accessed online here (May 23, 1999).

The New, Regional Politics

Analysis of the 1990 to 1999 March Current Population Surveys and 1990 census data by William H. Frey.

Voting for the Voiceless

Analysis of the 1996 November Current Population Survey by William P. O'Hare.