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Section 7. Elections

Section 7. Elections

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Section 7. Elections

Report Number: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 (127th Edition)

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This section relates primarily to presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections. Also presented are summary tables on congressional legislation; state legislatures; Black, Hispanic, and female officeholders; population of voting age; voter participation; and campaign finances.

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Campaign Finance

408 - Political Action Committees - Number by Committee Type: 1980 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
409 - Political Action Committees - Financial Activity Summary by Committee Type: 2001 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
410 - Presidential Campaign Finances - Federal Funds for General Election: 1992 to 2004 [<1.0 MB]
411 - Presidential Campaign Finances --Primary Campaign Receipts and Disbursements: 1995 to 2004 [<1.0 MB]
412 - Congressional Campaign Finances--Receipts and Disbursements: 2001 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
413 - Contributions to Congressional Campaigns by Political Action Committees (PAC) by Type of Committee: 1995 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]

Congressional

389 - Vote Cast for United States Senators, 2004 and 2006, and Incumbent Senators, 2006--States [<1.0 MB]
390 - Vote Cast for United States Representatives by Major Political Party--States: 2002 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
391 - Vote Cast for United States Representatives by Major Political Party - Congressional Districts: 2006 [<1.0 MB]
392 - Composition of Congress by Political Party: 1975 to 2007 [<1.0 MB]
393 - Composition of Congress by Political Party Affiliation --States: 2001 to 2007 [<1.0 MB]
395 - U.S. Congress - Measures Introduced and Enacted and Time in Session: 1989 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
396 - Congressional Bills Vetoed: 1961 to 2007 [<1.0 MB]

Elected Public Officials--Characteristics

394 - Members of Congress --Selected Characteristics: 1991 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
401 - Women Holding State Public Offices by Office and State: 2006 [<1.0 MB]
402 - Black Elected Officials by Office, 1970 to 2002, and State, 2002 [<1.0 MB]
403 - Hispanic Public Elected Officials by Office, 1985 to 2006, and State, 2006 [<1.0 MB]

Gubernatorial And State Legislatures

397 - Number of Governors by Political Party Affiliation: 1975 to 2007 [<1.0 MB]
398 - Vote Cast For and Governor Elected by State: 2004 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
399 - Composition of State Legislatures by Political Party Affiliation: 2006 and 2007 [<1.0 MB]
400 - Political Party Control of State Legislatures by Party: 1983 to 2007 [<1.0 MB]

Presidential

384 - Vote Cast for President by Major Political Party: 1948 to 2004 [<1.0 MB]
385 - Vote Cast for Leading Minority Party Candidates for President: 1948 to 2004 [<1.0 MB]
386 - Democratic and Republican Percentages of Two-Party Presidential Vote by Selected Characteristics of Voters: 2000 and 2004 [<1.0 MB]
387 - Electoral Vote Cast for President, by Major Political Party--States: 1964 to 2004 [<1.0 MB]
388 - Popular Vote Cast for President by Political Party--States: 2000 and 2004 [<1.0 MB]

Voting-Age Population And Voter Participation

404 - Voting-Age Population, Percent Reporting Registered, and Voted: 1994 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
405 - Persons Reported Registered and Voted by State: 2006 [<1.0 MB]
406 - Participation in Elections for President and U.S. Representatives: 1932 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
407 - Resident Population of Voting Age and Percent Casting Votes--States: 2000 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]

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