Whom did you vote for in the previous presidential election?

Vote in previous presidential election by party · Asked in 26 waves, 1948–2020 · 38,057 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 0 'R did not vote in previous election; R has never voted'. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1992. Kept and flagged: 9 (other_missing). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: This question refers to the Presidential election preceding the current year. In 1952-1960,1964-1972,1976,1980, if R answered the filter, ‘In the elections for president since you have been old enough to vote, would you say that you have voted in all of them, most of them, some of them, or none of them?’ with ‘none of them’ or answered that s/he was never before able to vote because s/he was previously not a citizen or old enough, then this question was not asked. In 1956, 1960, 1976 and 1980, if it was NA whether R had ever voted, then this question was not asked. In 1968, if R DK whether R had ever voted, then this question was not asked. In 1962, 1982, 1988, 1990 and 1992 no filter was used, but Rs who did not vote in the previous presidential election because of age or citizenship ineligibility (or for any other reason) were simply coded ‘did not vote’. In 1956, 1958, 1960, and 1964 the study documentation stated that residents of Washington D.C. were INAP; however, in the data, it some Washington D.C. residents were INAP while others were not. 1952 NOTE 1: Code 9 contains 9 cases of respondents who replied that they ‘thought’ they had voted Democratic in 1948 and 3 cases of respondents who replied that they ‘thought’ they had voted Republican in 1948. 1952 NOTE 2: In the original 1952 dataset, 1948 presidential votes for two specified nonmajor party candidates were individually coded, and there also appeared a combination category labeled ‘other or NA or DK who’ (9 cases). Rs who said they had voted for the specified nonmajor party candidates in 1948 have been coded 5 here, while Rs from the combination category of the original 1952 dataset have been coded 3 here. 1956 NOTE: All cases (unknown number) of Rs who only ‘thought’ they voted for any particular candidate in 1952 were combined with other missing data: these cases are coded 9 here.