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ArticleScientific data2025

A dataset of US precinct votes allocated to Census geographies with precision.

Amir Fekrazad

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Article in Scientific data, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Amir FekrazadCollege of Business, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, 1 University Way, San Antonio, Texas, 78224, USA. afekrazad@tamusa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9749-3507

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Abstract

Voting precincts are the finest spatial units for recording U.S. election results, while census geographies, including block groups, census tracts, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs), provide administrative data on demographic, economic, health, and environmental factors. This paper presents datasets that link precinct-level voting records to census geographies with precision. The allocation assumes votes within a precinct are proportional to household population, with population distributed from block groups to overlapping precinct fractions using the Regional Land Cover Regression (RLCR) method. Datasets based on surface area and imperviousness methods are also provided, but RLCR outperforms them across multiple error metrics in validation tests using census blocks and voter-level data. Covering the 2016 and 2020 U.S. general elections, these datasets facilitate merging voting records with sources like the American Community Survey, CDC Places, and IRS Statistics of Income to explore voter behavior across various contexts.

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PMID40374712
PMCPMC12081601

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