Labels & Lists Voter Data Variables & Codes

Data Variables (comma-delimited file)

PositionVariable NameCharactersTypeDescription
01Mail Zip10A/N9 Digit ZIP Code (ddddd-dddd)
02Residential Zip5A/N5 Digit ZIP Code
03Birth Date8NumYYYYMMDD
04Gender1A/NM or 1-male;F or 2-female;X-mixed genders
05County Code3A/NTable available on request
06(not used)14A/N 
07(not used)14A/N 
08Registration Date8Num 
09Congressional District2Num 
10Senate District2Num 
11House District3Num 
12Precinct Name20A/NFull name of Pcnct or Voting Distr.
13Commissioner District2A/NCounty Council
14Vote History150A/NUp to 50 3-char codes (see note 1)
15Party ID1A/NSee code descriptions
16Township Code1A/NTwp. Distr. Code
17City Code4A/NCity Code
18Household Party1A/NHousehold Party Composition (See codes)
19Telephone1A/NAny character = yes (See codes)
20Marital Status1A/N 
21Household Gender1A/NF=Female only;M=male, X=mixed, ?=unknown
22Ethnicity1A/NSee code descriptions
23NCOA1A/N 
24(not used)1A/N 
Note 1: Format of vote date is MYY where M = A for Month 10, B for Month 11 and C for Month 12 (or P and G for generic Primary & General)


Party ID Codes

A - American Independent
M - Communist
V - Conservation
T - Constitutional
C - Consumer
D - Democratic
I - Independent
L - Libertarian
N - Non Partisan
O - Other
P - Patriot
U - Populist
H - Prohibition
R - Republican
S - Socialist
B - Socialist Labor


Ethnic Codes

M - American Indian
A - Asian
B - Black
G - Greek
H - Hispanic
Y - Spanish language ballot
I - Indian (East)
P - Polish
T - Italian
J - Japanese
R - Irish
X - Jewish
O - Other
W - White (May be overwriten by other caucasian codes)
C - Chinese (not available in every state)


Household Party Composition

1- Democrat
2- Democrat, Independent
3 - Democrat, Republican
4 - Republican
5 - Republican, Indep
6 - Dem, Rep, Indep
7 - Independent


Telephone Confidence Codes

1 - very high
2 - high
3 - moderate
4 - fair
5 - reasonable



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