Precinct Data File Descriptions

From the California Election Data pages you can download precinct data for California
statewide elections back to the 2000 Primary Election. Precinct data for elections from
1992 - 2000 can be located by searching our archive.

There are two types of precinct data. Data derived from the Statement of Vote, or the SOV
and data derived from the Statement of Registration, or the SOR.

SOV or Statement of Vote data files are available by the sv and ss precinct types and are
found in the first column of the data pages, SOV. These files contain the precinct level voting results.

SOR or Statement of Registration data files processed into four file types:
REG = registration data for all registered voters
ABS = registration data for registered voters that voted by mail ballot
POLLV = registration data for registered voters that voted at the polling place
VOTE = registration data for all voters that voted. These files are the sum of the ABS and POLLV files

NOVOTE = registered voters recorded as not having cast a ballot

Each of the SOR files is available by rg, rr, and ss precinct types.

The same registration data variables are reported for each election. Please refer to the SOR
(statement of registration) codebook for a complete listing of the variables in the SOR files.

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