American National Election Studies
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The American National Election Studies is the leading academically-run national survey of voters in the United States, conducted after every presidential election. Though the ANES was formally established by a National Science Foundation grant in 1977, the data are a continuation of studies going back to 1948. The study has been based at the University of Michigan since its origin and, since 2005, has been run in partnership with Stanford University. Its current directors are Arthur Lupia and Jon Krosnick.
The consistency of the studies, asking the same questions repeatedly over time, makes it very useful for academic research with the result that it is frequently cited in works of political science. Early ANES data were the basis for The American Voter (1960). Now ANES data are used by numerous scholars, students, and journalists. It is widely considered the "gold standard" of election studies.
The ANES has a long history of innovation. Most recently (in 2006), it was the first large-scale academic survey to integrate open-source methods into its development of survey questionnaires -- hence broadening the knowledge base upon which their surveys are based. The ANES Online Commons now allows interested scholars and survey professionals to propose questions for future ANES surveys.
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