ANES Data Tools

Quickly explore and learn about ANES surveys with these tools

The Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior provides tables and graphs which display the over-time ebb and flow of public opinion, electoral behavior and choice. The ANES Guide is produced mostly from the ANES Time Series Cumulative Data File which combines, for selected questions, data from individual Time Series study variables into common, cross-year variables.

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ANES Question Search

Use the ANES Question Search Tool to search the ANES Time Series survey questions. Search results show the question text (and the codebook record if available) matching search keywords. For the surveys between 1992 and 2020, you can click any question in search results to open a window that displays other useful summary information.

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ANES Continuity Guide

The Continuity Guide offers a comprehensive list of questions, organized thematically, that appear in ANES Time Series surveys from 1992 to 2020. For each item, the Guide also indicates every year in which an identical or very similar question appeared in the Time Series, as far back as 1952.The ANES Continuity Guide is designed to be a handy reference for ANES users. Users may click on highlighted years between 1992 and 2020 in these lists to open a window that displays other useful summary information.

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