Shanna,

One option for 1996 county-level presidential returns is to purchase the
data from David Leip's website (for $54):
<http://uselectionatlas.org/BOTTOM/store.php>.

There are also data sets that go back to 1980.

-Jon Woon



--On Friday, October 21, 2005 11:59 AM -0400 Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I am working on a project on geographic distribution of partisan support
> and primary competition the states.
>
> For this project, I need to find the presidential vote by county for
> 1996, 2000, and 2004.
>
> I have found 2000 and 2004 on line by state, but can not seem to find
> 1996.  Does anyone have any pointers as to where to find 1996, or happen
> to have the data already compiled?
>
> Thanks so much for your help!
> Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz
> University of Maryland
>
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Carnegie Mellon University
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