ACADEMIC Capabilities
TargetSmart works universities and researchers to provide high quality data at affordable rates, including optional hosting in a Google BigQuery environment:
DATA & TOOLS FOR ACADEMICS
VoterBase
With 265MM+ records, hundreds of data fields, and 400+ updates annually, VoterBase offers the most comprehensive voter file for analysis in the industry. It includes vote history going back to 2012.
Polling & Poll Samples
TargetSmart offers a full array of polling services and qualitative research options, as well as custom-built poll samples for phone and multimode polling.
1% VoterBase Randomized Samples
These samples are designed for researchers looking for a smaller subset of the fuller file, typically for national-level electoral analysis.
Custom Datasets
TargetSmart offers customized datasets, including specialized data fields, built by our team for academic research projects.
Historical VoterBase Snapshots
TargetSmart maintains rich historical VoterBase snapshots for every election cycle. These include weekly snapshots since July 2020, and annual snapshots since 2012.
Matching
TargetSmart’s SmartMatch platform enables researchers to match person-level data to VoterBase, in order to obtain rich demographic and voter information about those individuals.
ElectionBase & ElectionPAD
The most comprehensive election result database, this database includes census block–level results for every U.S. state legislative, statewide, and federal general election since 2012. With tens of thousands of races and 1 billion records, it offers unmatched depth and consistency for historical election analysis and modeling.
