The 2000/2004 Presidential County Vote Database
Updated 8/27/07 by
TruthIsAll
This workbook is a
database of recorded votes by county for the 2000 and 2004 presidential
elections.
It is designed to
facilitate analysis of county vote changes between the two elections.
Click here to link to
the Excel database:
DATA FILTERING
The database can be
filtered (searched) by criteria applied to various combinations of data items,
including:
State, County, Vote
share, Vote margin, Change in vote margin, Vote method
THE DATA FILTER
COMMAND
The user should be
familiar with Excel Data Filtering.
Click on the
down-arrow adjacent to the column heading to reveal a list of criteria options.
EXAMPLES:
To filter for all
California counties:
Click ST
Select CA
To filter counties
with 50,000+ recorded votes in 2004:
Click Total
Select Custom
Choose the filter
criteria:
Show All Rows where Total is greater than...
Enter 50 (votes in thousands)
The data filter is
removed by selecting: Data Filter Show
All
PRE-SET VOTING METHOD
AND STATE FILTERS
A series of data
filters by voting method have been saved in separate worksheets for further
data analysis.
Data filters for CA,
NY, OH, NJ, FL have also been saved as separate worksheets.
INCOMPLETE DATA
Note that the
database does not include the FINAL recorded votes.
The INITIAL 101.7m of
104.3m votes are included for 2000.
The INITIAL 116.7m of
122.3m votes are included for 2004.
COUNTY VOTES FOR THE
2000 ELECTION ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR:
RI, AK, ME, NH, DC,
MA, VT
However, TOTAL
recorded votes for the states ARE included.
The states account
for approximately 5 million votes and are included in the INITIAL totals.