Precinct-level election returns for state and federal contests held on November 3, 2020, organized by individual U.S. state. The MIT Election Data and Science Lab compiled this data to provide granular results for the 2020 general election cycle. It covers multiple levels of government, allowing for high-resolution spatial analysis of voting patterns.
Use Cases
- Spatial analysis of 2020 federal election results using precinct-level geographic identifiers
- Comparison of vote totals between state-level and federal-level contests within the same precinct
- Correlation of precinct-level returns with census data to model demographic voting behavior
Strengths
- Precinct-level granularity for high-resolution electoral mapping
- Includes both state and federal election results from the 2020 cycle
- Curated by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Limitations
- Missing explicit column definitions and schema documentation in the source metadata
- Data is partitioned by state, requiring manual aggregation for national-level studies
Provenance
- Source
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from official state election returns
- Time Range
- 2020-11-03
- Freshness
- Last updated March 2, 2026, reflecting the 2020 election cycle.
- Geography
- United States (state-by-state)