2020 Election Administration and Voting Survey Data

Survey data from the 2020 election cycle covers domestic absentee voting, provisional balloting, poll books, polling places, precincts, poll workers, and voting technology. The dataset is provided by the Election Assistance Commission as part of its biennial project. It is available in multiple formats including CSV, Excel, SPSS, STATA, and SAS.

Use Cases

• Analyze domestic absentee voting patterns and provisional balloting rates across precincts.
• Study the deployment and usage of voting technology and poll books in polling places.
• Examine the distribution and demographics of poll workers during the 2020 election.
• Investigate the relationship between precinct characteristics and overseas or military absentee voting.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Election Assistance Commission.
• Covers multiple critical aspects of election administration including voting technology and poll workers.
• Available in five analytical formats: CSV, EXCEL, SPSS, STATA, and SAS.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable for assessment.
• The dataset's geographic granularity and completeness for all states or territories are unknown.
• May contain inconsistencies due to self-reported survey data from various jurisdictions.

Provenance

Source

Election Assistance Commission

Collection Method

Biennial survey of election administration.

Time Range

2020 election cycle

Freshness

Last updated in May 2025, though the underlying data is from the 2020 election cycle.

Geography

United States