Item Count
PES1 1 Yes 50,010
2 No 24,164
-2 Don't Know 1,484
-3 Refused 805
-9 No Response 5,965
PES2 1 Yes 8,093
2 No 15,649
-2 Don't Know 1,942
-3 Refused 747
-9 No Response 5,987
PES3 1 Illness or disability (own
or family's) 1,643
2 Out of town or away from home 1,006
3 Forgot to vote (or send in
absentee ballot) 1,225
4 Not interested, felt my vote
wouldn't make a difference 650
5 Too busy, conflicting work
or school schedule 838
6 Transportation problems 307
7 Didn't like candidates or
campaign issues 187
8 Registration problems (i.e.,
didn't receive absentee 199
ballot, not registered in
current location)
9 Bad weather conditions 512
10 Inconvenient polling place
or hours or lines too long 112
11 Other 821
-2 Don't know 159
-3 Refused 32
-9 No Response 1
PES4 1 In person on election day 43,391
2 In person before election day 1,690
3 Voted by mail (absentee) 4,817
-2 Don't know 72
-3 Refused 33
-9 No Response 7
PES5 1 Yes 15,362
2 No 40,918
-2 Don't know 1,712
-3 Refused 93
-9 No Response 18
PES6 1 When driver's license
was obtained/renewed 5,147
2 Some other way 9,217
-2 Don't know 982
-3 Refused 14
-9 No Response 2
PES7 1 At a public assistance
agency (for example, 230
Medicaid, AFDC, or Food
Stamps office, an
office serving disabled persons,
or an unemployment office)
2 Registered by mail 1,552
3 At a school, hospital, or
on campus 840
4 Went to a town hall or
county/government 2,847
registration office
5 Filled out form at a
registration drive (library, 1,433
post office, or someone came
to your door)
6 Registered at polling place
(on election or primary day) 1,063
7 Other 855
-2 Don't know 391
-3 Refused 6
PES8 1 Less than 1 month 1,265
2 1-6 months 7,356
3 7-11 months 3,478
4 1-2 years 12,369
5 3-4 years 11,359
6 5 years or longer 45,071
-2 Don't know 661
-3 Refused 870
-9 No Response 6,455
PUSCK4 1 Self 46,799
2 Other 35,626
CPS Voting and Registration Supplement - 2000 Data Page
CPS Main Page
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Author: CPS Help-Census/DSD/CPSB
Contact: (cpshelp@info.census.gov) CPS Help-Census/DSD/CPSB
Last revised: March 02, 2001
URL: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/vote/2000/sseltal.htm