Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections
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| Website for elections, statistics and political discussions | |
| languages | English |
| operator | Dave Leip |
| editorial staff | Dave Leip |
| Registration | optional |
| On-line | 1998 (as uselectionatlas.org) (currently online) |
| http://uselectionatlas.org | |
Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections is an American website dealing with elections and election statistics . This is especially true for elections in the US , where extensive statistics are collected. The data primarily includes information about candidates, parties, and results from the federal to the county level . There is also a discussion forum. The website is often discussed in national media and cited as a source.
overview
The website was designed by the Massachusetts engineer Dave Leip , who began collecting election statistics back in 1992. The content was first put online in 1997. The domain uselectionatlas.org was first registered in 1998. By the mid-2010s, this had resulted in a comprehensive database containing information and analyzes on presidential , congressional and gubernatorial elections as well as other election results at the local level. Also surveys are collected. The statistical evaluations are often illustrated graphically using maps (of the states or counties ). The database now contains information on all important US elections up to the founding of the state in 1789. The portal has repeatedly been the subject of media coverage in recent years. Especially for the 2016 US presidential election , uselectionatlas.org was repeatedly named as a source for polls and election results. The PoliticalFact portal , which checks the truthfulness of statements made by politicians, described the site as "indispensable" in December 2016. The Washington Post also dedicated an article to the portal in 2015. Described uselectionatlas.org since 2008 regularly by media such as, among others, US News & World Report , The Atlantic , The Wall Street Journal , CBS News , Politico , and Reuters . The renowned US statistician Nate Silver also stated in 2014 that he used the site as the preferred source for election results for his analyzes.
In addition to the database, the website also offers a discussion forum for registered users. Well over a hundred international and regularly active users exchange information on election results and polls as well as all kinds of political topics in the USA and the world.
The website is financed by placing advertisements or by paying additional options from users.
In February 2017, the main page recorded around 450,000 hits per day.
Web links
- Website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Politicalfact.org, December 4, 2016 (English)
- ↑ This is how few Americans are deciding who our presidential nominees are , Washington Post, February 5, 2015
- ↑ In Terms of Geography, Obama Appeals to Academics and Clinton Appeals to Jacksonians , US & World News Report, April 2, 2008
- ↑ Red State, Blue City: How the Urban-Rural Divide Is Splitting America , The Atlantic (English)
- ↑ Perot Forma , The Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Clinton And Obama's Super Tuesday In Indiana And North Carolina , May 9, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Trump County, USA , Politico, December 4, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Raleigh the most political US city: magazine , September 15, 2008 (English)
- ↑ How FiveThirtyEight Calculates Pollster Ratings , FiveThirtyEight, September 25, 2014 (English)
- ↑ wolframalpha.com information
