Cooperative Election Study: 2020 Survey of 61,000 American Adults

61,000 American adults participated in this nationally representative survey conducted in 2020. The Cooperative Election Study Common Content dataset includes vote validation performed by Catalist and was prepared for release by researchers at Tufts University. It contains the full survey data, a data guide, and the original questionnaires.

Use Cases

• Modeling voter turnout and candidate choice based on survey responses.
• Analyzing demographic correlates of political opinion from a nationally representative sample.
• Validating self-reported voting behavior against official records via the Catalist validation.
• Studying public policy preferences and political attitudes mentioned in the survey.

Strengths

• Nationally representative sample of 61,000 respondents.
• Includes vote validation performed by a third-party firm, Catalist.
• Released with a full data guide and questionnaires for context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but specific column names and data types are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Brian Schaffner, Tufts University

Collection Method

Nationally representative survey of American adults.

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

United States