The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project is a free online resource documenting Pennsylvania political election results dating back to 1796. Currently, the database documents Pennsylvania's county-level vote totals for President,

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, and

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elections back to 1796. The database also contains directories for members of the

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and the

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, dating back to 1682. According to the database's designer, Wilkes University Professor

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, "No other state has anything like it." The project's impetus began in 1996, when Cox inquired about 19th century election statistics, only to find that the data would cost $1,000. The project has been cataloged by the Pennsylvania State University Libraries and the Van Pelt Library at the

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. It has been cited as a source in academic books about the

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, Communist politicians in

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, and a survey of state-level political parties.

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External links

Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006
- The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project

- Mirror site Wilkes University Politics of Pennsylvania Online databases Elections in the United States Internet properties established in 1996 1996 establishments in Pennsylvania

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