10.60603/D3301G UCLA Library https://ror.org/046rm7j60 Redivis 2023 STRAUS, GRAHAM University of California, Los Angeles 2023-11-30T00:27:36.912Z 2026-07-21T06:16:13.636Z uclalibrary.l2_national_voter_file:4r1c:v1_0 4r1c-d6j182y87 10.60603/D3TG6Q 10.60603/D3Z590 3271200528352 bytes 1 tables 79 variables 7422173570 records 0 files text/csv application/jsonl application/x-avro application/x-parquet application/x-sas-data application/x-stata-dta application/x-spss-sav application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream 1.0 # Contact graham straus gpstraus@g.ucla.edu This table is a stacked national voter file where each row has a voter in an election. The state column has two-letter state abbreviations and the LALVOTERID tracks voters within a state. This table is constructed from dozens of voter files we receive from L2 over time, timestamped 2014 - 2021. We record full turnout history using the most recent version of the voter file we have for a voter. However, we record the voter demographics (address, party information, commercial data) using the voterfile most proximate to but following the election. For instance, a voter who appears in the Illinois voter file from elections in 2016 to 2020 will have rows for each election. L2_filename and file_date contain information about the file we use to source demographics. For example: voter id state. elec_date elec_type. voted file_date address LALX il 11/03/2020 G Y 2021-03-05 202 ... LALX il 11/06/2018 G Y 2019-05-14 202 ... LALX il 11/08/2016 G Y 2017-03-17 101 ... The columns of the voter files are as follows: **state** \- 2 letter state code **LALVOTERID** \- L2 voter id **elec\_date** \- date of election **elec\_type **\- P for primary or G for general **voted **\- Y for voted, null for no vote **L2\_filename **\- the file from which demographics are drawn **file\_date** \- the date parsed from the L2\_filename **Voters\_\*** & **Ethnic\_Description** & **Parties\_Description** \- voter x election demographic information **Residence\_Addresses\_\*** \- voter's registered address information **Precinct, City, County, Congressional, State House and State Senate Districts **\- voter's geographies **CommercialData **\- commercial data that L2 purhcases and merges on to the state supplied voting information