Research Guides: U.S. Elections and Voting: Electorate

Statistics/Historical Election Information: Electorate

CQ Politics in America
Profiles of all the current members of the U.S. Congress. Information includes biographical data, committee assignments, election results, CQ Key Votes, interest group ratings, CQ Vote Studies, and contact information; campaign finance, partisan caucuses, standing committees; detailed descriptions of each member's congressional district as drawn after the 2000 census, including updated maps and voting trends; and the vote for president in each of the House districts. 2000 to the present; updated for each new Congressional session (every 2 years).

A Statistical History of the American Electorate by Jerrold G. Rusk
Call Number: MCK REF JK1967 .R87 2001
This work has added a new dimension of study to the nation's political system. It adds to the literature about actual results and voting returns from specific elections by gathering data over time - 200 years - and casting it into historical patterns.
The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983 by Kenneth C. Martis
Call Number: MCK US Government Information Atlas G1201.F9 M3 1982
Congressional Districts in the 2000s by CQ Press Staff
Call Number: MCK REF JK1341 .C65 2003
Profiles of each district in a state, including: Text description of the district, key election returns and population figures, Cities and counties in the district and their populations, Demographic data such as race and Hispanic origin, universities and colleges, newspapers, television and cable providers, Business and other major employers.
Native Americans and Political Participation: a reference handbook by Jerry D. Stubben; Raymond A. Smith (Editor); Gary A. Sokolow
Call Number: MCK STKS E98.T77 S78 2006
A remarkable rediscovery of Native American government, political participation, and political theory spanning 1,000 years.
Women and Political Participation by Barbara Burrell; Raymond A. Smith (Editor)
Call Number: Online
An analysis of the struggle of women in America to gain political equality and change in public policy. This book examines the involvement of women in American politics since the birth of the second women's movement in the late 1960s.
African Americans and Political Participation: a reference handbook by Minion K. C. Morrison (Editor); Raymond A. Smith (Editor)
Call Number: MCK REF E185 .A2538 2003
This handbook provides a thorough treatment of the various mechanisms African Americans have used to participate in U.S. political affairs from the colonial era to the present.
Latino Americans and Political Participation: a reference handbook by Sharon Ann Navarro (Editor); Armando Xavier Mejia (Editor); Raymond A. Smith (Editor)
Call Number: MCK REF E184.S75 L3557 2004
An examination by distinguished Latino/a scholars of the increasing influence of 37 million Latino/a Americans on U.S. electoral and social movements.
Jewish Americans and Political Participation: a reference handbook by Rafael Medoff; Raymond A. Smith
Call Number: MCK STKS E184.36.P64 M45 2002
This handbook addresses how the Jewish American community emerged from obscurity to play a role in behind-the-scenes power politics and finally appeared center stage.
Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation: a reference handbook by Raymond A. Smith; Donald P. Haider-Markel
Call Number: MCK STKS HQ76.3.U5 S59 2002
A groundbreaking volume surveying the contributions that gay and lesbian Americans have made to the democratic process.
East Asian Americans and Political Participation: a reference handbook by Tsung Chi; Raymond A. Smith
Call Number: MCK STKS E184.A75 C49 2005
This expert handbook explores the various means of political participation of East Asian Americans in the United States.