Sadly, data entry is a lost art. I find it meditative to think about the
patterns I am observing while I enter data.
I would suggest waiting for a couple more weeks as many states have yet to
report their certified results. I have found in compiling turnout numbers
that CNN (which, like many news organizations, reports the Associated Press
tabulation) is often out of date and lacks numbers for the uncontested
races. The uncontested races will pose a problem, as they always do, for
aggregate national party vote totals since there are six races in Florida
that no election was held because a candidate (all Democrats) ran unopposed.
Also be careful interpreting the run-off elections in TX-22 and LA-2 and the
contested election in FL-13.
If you want to verify the Associated Press numbers by perusing the Secretary
of State or Board of Elections websites, I've got an up-to-date list of
links here:
http://elections.gmu.edu/campaigns.htm
And here is a link to an analysis of undervotes in the contested FL-13
election (Walter Mebane has analyzed undervotes by race for this election
that perhaps he would share with the list):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-mvote2206nov22,0,1913349
.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state
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Dr. Michael P. McDonald
Assistant Professor, George Mason University
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution
Mailing address:
(o) 703-993-4191 George Mason University
(f) 703-993-1399 Dept. of Public and International Affairs
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http://elections.gmu.edu Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
-----Original Message-----
From: Political Methodology Society [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Patrick J. Egan
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 10:23 AM
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Subject: [POLMETH] anyone know of a good source for 2006 House election
returns data?
Hi all -
I'm looking for a way to quickly agglomerate 2006 election returns for
the U.S. House of Representatives for easy manipulation. So far, I've
been poking around on the CNN website. The cutting and pasting is quite
dreary. Anyone have a better idea?
Thanks,
Pat Egan
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Patrick J. Egan
Visiting Scholar (2006-07)
Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Ph.D. Candidate
Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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