L2 Voter Data
L2 Voter Data supports research into voter behavior and demographics, by providing detailed socio-demographic profiles (some modelled), historical voting records, party affiliation data, and geospatial analysis tools in a continuously updated database. This data includes all registered voters in the US--over 200 million voters plus 2.3 billion voter history records.
Data
There are two different ways to access the data. Depending on your research need, you can request access to one or both.
The DataMapping tool provides an easier entry point to working with L2 voter data. Users are able to define specific geographic areas via an interactive map, and then select data points to extract from the L2 data files.
Please note that there are a limited number of seats for the DataMapping tool, and we ask that you request access only if you have an active research project in progress.
L2 Historic Voter Data (raw data) allows users to interact with the original voter data to do their own statistical analysis and manipulation. This data is very large and contains over 3 TB of data.
Terms of Use
This data may only be used for noncommercial, academic research.
Access to this data is only for authorized users defined as a current MSU full or part-time student, and employee (including faculty, staff, or affiliated researcher).
L2 data is highly confidential information, and users are required to maintain the confidentiality of this data. Users are personally responsible for their use of the L2 data and must take reasonable steps to guarantee the security of the data such that it cannot be accessed by anyone other than themselves.
Users will not make available the login information (i.e., the username and password, or any component thereof) for the L2 DataMapping tool or share the URL to the L2 Historic Voter Data with any other user. Further, users will not make available (i.e., share) L2 data, in whole or in part, to any other user without permission.
Users must abide by all governing legislation and regulations regarding the use of the data as set forth by local, state, and federal authorities. This includes, but is not limited to, following regulations regarding communications to voters directly identified in the L2 data. Users are prohibited from contacting individuals using information obtained through L2.
Access
To request access to the L2 DataMapping tool and/or the L2 Historic Voter Data, please fill out this request form. Access to this data is only for authorized users defined as a full or part-time student, employee (including faculty, staff, or affiliated researcher).
Questions?
If you have any questions about L2 voter data or the request process, please contact Julia Ezzo.