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The ANES collects high-quality, non-partisan survey data on voting and public opinion. The gold standard of survey research for 75 years and a proud winner of the AAPOR policy award. Posting about new data, analyses by the public and more.

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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
There's still time to submit your ideas for the ANES 2026 Pilot Study. Suggestions of any level of detail are welcome. Ideas should be submitted to ANES as a Word document by 5pm EST on Friday, April 17. Read more about the request: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
ANES Announcement: Call for Proposals for the ANES 2026 Pilot Study. You can read more information:https://electionstudies.org/anes-announcement-call-for-proposals-for-the-anes-2026-pilot-study/ Deadline is 5pm Eastern, Friday, April 17, 2026.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Several corrections were made to the Cumulative Data File and new data is available for download from the study page. electionstudies.org/data-center/...
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
A new release of the ANES Cumulative Data File is now available for download. Over 200 variables have been updated to include data from the 2024 Time Series. Visit the study page to download data and documentation: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Thanks to all who have completed our user survey. But if you haven't, don't forget to take it. This feedback will inform our long-term planning. We really would like to hear from you! bit.ly/43vgW8b
picture of a hand with pen writing ANES User Survey: https://bit.ly/43vgW8b
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The American National Election Studies wants to hear from you. Take a short survey that will inform our future planning. bit.ly/43vgW8b
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
So much talk of #politicalviolence in the headlines these days, but what do the ANES 2024 Time Series data say?
Graphic: Most Americans say political violence is not justified. Get more data: www.electionstudies.org
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
From the ANES 2020: Should federal spending on #SocialSecurity be increased, decreased, or kept the same? Weighted totals: 55.8% increased, 4.4% decreased, and 39.9% kept the same. See the ANES Question Search: electionstudies.org/data-tools/a...
ANES 2020 Question: Should federal spending on Social Security be increased, decreased or kept the same? Weighted totals: 55.8% increased, 4.4% decreased, and 39.9% kept the same.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The full release of the ANES 2024 Time Series #Data is now available. More details here: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...
Full release of the ANES 2024 is now available.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
From ANES 2020: Should the federal #MinimumWage be raised, kept the same, lowered but not eliminated, or eliminated altogether? Weighted totals for the responses: 59.8% raised, 31.8 kept the same, 2.7 lowered and 5.7 eliminated. To check out other questions, visit electionstudies.org/data-tools/a...
ANES question from 2020. The table shows percentages for each response option.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The final mtg of the 2024 ANES Advisory Board is in the books. The PIs are deeply grateful for their hard work this grant cycle. Thanks also to the fantastic ANES staff at Michigan, Stanford, Texas, and Duke. It was a productive mtg reviewing lessons learned and talking about the project's future.
ANES Advisory Board. Last meeting 2025.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The preliminary release of the 2024 Time Series Pre-Election data is now available for download: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Our #ANES75th year is almost over. Read more reflections on 75 years of the ANES: electionstudies.org/about-us/ref...
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"Scholarship using the ANES has shed unparalleled insight on central determinants of public opinion and political behavior: interests, principles, partisanship, and group attitudes. [It] is one of the most important public goods in political science." Spencer Piston, Boston University #ANES75th
Spencer Piston, Boston University
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
"The large ANES questionnaire gives scientists an extensive list of topics to explore and to understand the American electorate." @francy-lunadiaz.bsky.social, University of Michigan #ANES75th
Francy Luna Diaz, University of Michigan
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
"The ANES is a uniquely valuable source of data for illuminating the mechanisms undergirding social and political forces in America..." @drakulich.bsky.social, Northeastern University
Kevin Drakulich, Northeastern University
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
"One of the most useful aspects of the ANES is that it allows us to track racial attitudes and their relationship with political outcomes over time." @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social, Stanford University
Hakeem Jefferson, Stanford University
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
"Democracy is based on the attitudes of the public, and the ANES has led to greater understanding of the complexity of those attitudes." Herbert Weisberg, Ohio State University
Herbert Weisberg, Ohio State University
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
"The American National Election Studies has for decades provided valuable resources for understanding U.S. public opinion and has continually improved and adapted to changing times and circumstances." L.J Zigerell, Illinois State #ANES75th
L.J. Zigerell, Illinois State
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
The time series is an invaluable resource to the social science community in understanding trends in partisanship, vote choice, and attitudes from everything about gender to foreign policy. @sgadarian.bsky.social, Syracuse University #ANES75th
Shana Gadarian, Syracuse University
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
"The ANES is one of the most powerful tools social scientists have for understanding political attitudes and behavior in the United States." @jardina.bsky.social, University of Virginia. #ANES75th
Ashley Jardina, University of Virginia
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
Was it even your 75th birthday if there wasn’t cake? #APSA2024 #ANES75th
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
More from #APSA2024! John Aldrich details the contributions of many groups critical to the success and scientific advances of the ANES - PIs, NSF, Board, staff, and user community. #ANES75th
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Merrill Shanks on the changing role of policy-related attitudes over time as evidenced in the ANES 1952-2000 time series studies #APSA2024 #ANES75th
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
The #ANES75th celebration continues at #APSA24. ANES sessions are listed here: electionstudies.org/about-us/75-... The reception ( WITH CAKE ) is Sep 6, 7:30-9pm Philly Convention Center, 109B. Thanks to our sponsors: EPVOB, Political Psychology and UM Center for Political Studies.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
Interviewing has begun for the 2024 American National Election Study. It will be the 19th ANES survey of the American presidential electorate. electionstudies.org/data-center/...
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
We're celebrating the #ANES75th with an #APSA2024 panel that brings together scholarship using ANES data in innovative ways. Psst...we'll have ANES swag!
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the ANES: New Directions at APSA 2024. Thursday, September 5, 12:00-1:30pm.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 28/05/2024
Shanto Iyengar of Stanford says, "The unparalleled ANES time series data have made possible the discovery of an entirely new subfield of American politics - the phenomenon of affective polarization or animus across the party divide. #ANES75th #AffectivePolarization #polisky
Shanto Iyengar of Stanford University
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
Lena Centeno of Westat reviews the use of live video interviewing in the ANES 2020 Time Series Study and Westat's building on that experience when implementing video as a mode in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. #ANES75th #AAPOR24
Lena Centeno of Westat talks about live video interviewing and the ANES at AAPOR 2024.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
Andrew Hupp evaluates several approaches for encouraging participation in live survey interviews using videoconferencing, with a focus on results from the ANES 2020 Time Series Study and ANES 2023 Video Pretest. #ANES75th #AAPOR24
Andrew Hupp speaks on the ANES at AAPOR 2024.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
@jenlawless.bsky.social: I can't imagine a time when I won't rely on ANES data for research and teaching - there's no better source for trends in U.S. political behavior and elections. #ANES75th More at cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3279
Jennifer Lawless of UVA's Department of Politics
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
John Aldrich of Duke Political Science has been an ANES Board Member since 2003 and served as the Board Chair from 2009-2024. The Principal Investigator @nickvalentino.bsky.social presented John an inscribed plaque "in recognition of [his] ongoing commitment and dedicated service. #polisky
Nick Valentino gives John Aldrich recognition plaque for his service to the ANES.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
Yesterday the ANES board meeting began at Michigan's ISR. The advisory board and PIs @nickvalentino.bsky.social, Shanto Iyengar, Daron Shaw & Sunshine Hillygus, help finalize the 2024 study. We thank everyone for their wisdom and guidance as we move towards the data collection period. #polisky
The ANES Board and PIs discuss the 2024 survey instrument.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
As a part of our 75th anniversary celebration, Michigan's Center for Political Studies invited researchers to comment on the contribution ANES to their scholarship and understanding of American politics. #ANES75th
James Simson - ANES is everything I am.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 15/04/2024
Yay for us! We won the @aapor.bsky.social 2024 Policy Impact Award!! #ANES75th #aapor24
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 06/04/2024
Austin Cutler of Florida State University uses the ANES 2016-2020 Panel to examine the relationship between affective polarization and policy attitudes. #MPSA2024 #ANES75th
Austin Cutler at MPSA 2024
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 06/04/2024
McKenzie Bennett of Notre Dame uses ANES 2020 data to look at the socio-demographic and political characteristics, socio-psychological orientations, and attitudinal consequences of White allyship. #MPSA2024 #ANES75th
McKenzie Bennett at MPSA 2024
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Caroline Fowler et al use the ANES 2020 dataset and cueing theory to examine how Trump denouncements influenced the attitudes of his supporters toward the UN, WHO, and NATO. #MPSA2024
Caroline Fowler presentation
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 04/04/2024
There's still time to join the #MPSA2024 poster session and reception to celebrate #ANES75th. Grab some ANES swag courtesy of UMs Center for Political Studies.
ANES poster session at MPSA 2024.
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 04/04/2024
Be sure to stop by the poster session and reception today, April 4 from 3-4:30pm (4-5:30pm EDT) to celebrate the 75th year of ANES: New Directions from Junior Scholars. We’ve got a limited amount of swag, courtesy of UM’s Center for Political Studies.
ANES swag: Coffee tumblers and water bottles
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
New #data alert. The 2024 Pilot Study is available for download: electionstudies.org/data-center/... Thank you to those who submitted ideas: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
Celebrating 75 years of the ANES at #MPSA2024: Junior scholars present new directions in ANES research in the April 4 poster session.
ANES Celebrating 75 years at Midwest Conference 2024
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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
We turn 75 this year! An #MPSA2024 panel will discuss challenges, innovations, and what comes next. With Tasha Philpot (chair), @nickvalentino.bsky.social, Ted Brader, Daron Shaw & Leonie Huddy. 4/4/24 at 3 CDT, 4 EDT. #polisky #academicsky
MPSA panel. Seventy-five Years of the ANES: Challenges, Innovations and What Comes Next. Thursday, April 4
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