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United States Congressional District Data Book for the Ninety-Third Congress, 1973

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United States. Bureau of the Census

Description

This study contains aggregate socioeconomic anddemographic data as well as electoral returns for the officesof the United States President and United States Representativesfor the elections of 1966-1970 for the congressional districtsof the 93rd Congress. Data are provided for the numberof votes cast for the Democratic candidates and the Republicancandidates, the percentage of votes received by the winning party,and the total number of votes cast in the 1966, 1968, and 1970elections for United States Representatives, as well as the totalvotes cast for the office of president, and the number of votescast for each party's presidential candidate in the 1968 election.Information is also provided on housing characteristics, employment,income, poverty level, and military enrollment for the 93rdcongressional districts. Demographic variables provide informationon age, race, sex, marital status, education, and place of birthfor the population of these congressional districts. In additionto the congressional district level, data aggregated to the statelevel are also available.

Citations (190)

Mentions (0)

Metrics

Dataset Index

136.3

FAIR Score

65%

Citations

190

Mentions

0

Metrics Over Time

Publication Details

DOI

Publisher

ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research

Assigned Domain

Subfield

Political Science and International Relations

Field

Social Sciences

Domain

Social Sciences

Confidence Score

60%

Source

Scholar Data Model

Keywords

candidatescongressional districtscongressional electionsDemocratic Party (USA)election returnsethnicityhousingincomenational electionspresidential electionsRepublican Party (USA)United States CongressUnited States House of Representativesvote countvoters

Normalization Factors

FT

73.08

CTw

1.00

MTw

1.00