Cumulative CES Common Content

The Cooperative Election Study (CES), previously called the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES), is one of the largest political surveys in the United States. This cumulative dataset contains the respondents from the Common Content of the CCES (n = 701,955), combining all available Common Content datasets from 2006 - 2024. It includes select standardized variables including demographics, geography, vote choice, validated vote, representative approval, and views on the economy. See the attached guide for a full list of variables, methodology, and ways to load the data. V11 includes vote validation variables from 2024, and several other changes noted at the end of the Guide.