The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project is a free online resource documenting Pennsylvania political election results dating back to 1796.
History
Currently, the database documents Pennsylvania's county-level vote totals for
President,
Governor
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,
United States Senator
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Party affiliation
Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Berni ...
, and
Congressional elections back to 1796. The database also contains directories for members of the
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and the
Pennsylvania General Assembly, dating back to 1682.
According to the database's designer,
Wilkes University Professor
Harold E. Cox, "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
University of Pennsylvania
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. It has been cited as a source in academic books about the
Supreme Court of the United States
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,
Communist politicians in
Pennsylvania
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, and a survey of
state-level political parties.
See also
*
Elections in Pennsylvania
References
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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