Clinton Post-Election Voter Panel Study

A panel study of voters conducted by the Democratic National Committee after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The dataset, harvested into the Roper Dataverse, captures voter opinions and demographic information. It was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between demographic columns (e.g., age, income, education) and reported vote choice.
• Model voter sentiment or approval ratings based on survey question responses over time.
• Track changes in key policy issue priorities among panel respondents between survey waves.
• Identify demographic subgroups with shifting partisan alignment using party identification and candidate favorability columns.

Strengths

• Original data collection by a major political organization (Democratic National Committee).
• Panel structure allows for longitudinal analysis of voter attitudes.

Limitations

• Specific sample size, column names, and geographic coverage are unknown.
• Data may be biased toward perspectives sampled by the sponsoring organization.
• Temporal coverage is limited to the period immediately following the 2016 election.

Provenance

Source

Democratic National Committee, via Roper Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Presumably a post-election panel survey of voters.

Time Range

Post-2016 U.S. presidential election.

Freshness

Metadata was updated in 2026, but the underlying study data is from 2016-2017.

Geography

United States (inferred).