L2 Voter File Select Variables for NC, aggregated to the 2020 Census Block level. ## Redistricting Data Hub (RDH) Retrieval Date 9/28/2022 ## Sources The Redistricting Data Hub purchased this Voter File from L2, a national Voter File vendor: https://l2-data.com/ ## Fields The fields below were pulled from the L2 Voter File, dated 9/28/2022. To see more detailed field descriptions, please view the attached data dictionary provided by L2. geoid20 15-digit Census Block geoid corresponding to 2020 Census Blocks, based on L2 geo-referencing of individual voter addresses total_reg Count of total registered voters in the Census Block, as geo-referenced by L2, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_18_19 Count of voters between the age of 18 and 19, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_20_24 Count of voters between the age of 20 and 24, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_25_29 Count of voters between the age of 25 and 29, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_30_34 Count of voters between the age of 30 and 34, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_35_44 Count of voters between the age of 35 and 44, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_45_54 Count of voters between the age of 45 and 54, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_55_64 Count of voters between the age of 55 and 64, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_65_74 Count of voters between the age of 65 and 74, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_75_84 Count of voters between the age of 75 and 84, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File age_85over Count of voters over the age of 85, on the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File party_npp Count of voters registered with the following party on the L2 Voter File: Non-Partisan * party_dem Count of voters registered with the following party on the L2 Voter File: Democratic * party_rep Count of voters registered with the following party on the L2 Voter File: Republican * party_lib Count of voters registered with the following party on the L2 Voter File: Libertarian * party_grn Count of voters registered with the following party on the L2 Voter File: Green * party_oth Count of voters registered with another party, not listed above, on the L2 Voter File party_unk Count of voters with unknown (null) party affiliation on the L2 Voter File eth1_eur Count of voters in the following broad ethnicity category, defined by L2: European eth1_hisp Count of voters in the following broad ethnicity category, defined by L2: Hispanic and Portuguese eth1_aa Count of voters in the following broad ethnicity category, defined by L2: Likely African-American eth1_esa Count of voters in the following broad ethnicity category, defined by L2: East and South Asian eth1_oth Count of voters in the following broad ethnicity category, defined by L2: Other eth1_unk Count of voters with unknown (null) broad ethnicity category eth2_euro Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Summed European narrow ethnicities (see notes for what is included) ** eth2_99 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: African or Af-Am Self Reported ** eth2_64 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Hispanic ** eth2_93 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Likely Af-Am (Modeled) ** eth2_81 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Native American ** eth2_23 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Indian/Hindu ** eth2_10 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Chinese ** eth2_30 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Arab ** eth2_21 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Vietnamese ** eth2_34 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Russian (omitting former Soviet States) ** eth2_14 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Korean ** eth2_12 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Japanese ** eth2_35 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Armenian ** eth2_32 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Persian ** eth2_61 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Serbian ** eth2_55 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Ukrainian ** eth2_29 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Pakistani ** eth2_66 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Portuguese ** eth2_85 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Filipino ** eth2_15 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Laotian ** eth2_33 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Turkish ** eth2_38 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Byelorussian ** eth2_26 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Unknown Asian ** eth2_19 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Thai ** eth2_59 Count of voters in the following narrow ethnicity category, defined by L2: Croatian ** eth2_unk Count of voters with unknown (null) narrow ethnicity category eth3_wsr Count of voters in the following state-reported ethnicity category, defined by L2: White Self Reported eth3_asr Count of voters in the following state-reported ethnicity category, defined by L2: African or Af-Am Self Reported eth3_hisp Count of voters in the following state-reported ethnicity category, defined by L2: Hispanic eth3_oth Count of voters in the following state-reported ethnicity category, defined by L2: Other Undefined Race eth3_esa Count of voters in the following state-reported ethnicity category, defined by L2: East Asian eth3_nsr Count of voters in the following state-reported ethnicity category, defined by L2: Native American (self reported) eth3_unk Count of voters with unknown (null) state-reported ethnicity category r20220726 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: runoff_2022_07_26 p20220517 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2022_05_17 g20201103 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: general_2020_11_03 s20200623 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: special_2020_06_23 pp20200303 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: presidential_primary_2020_03_03 p20200303 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2020_03_03 s20190910 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: special_2019_09_10 s20190723 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: special_2019_07_23 s20190709 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: special_2019_07_09 s20190129 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: special_2019_01_29 g20181106 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: general_2018_11_06 r20180626 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: runoff_2018_06_26 p20180508 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2018_05_08 g20161108 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: general_2016_11_08 p20160607 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2016_06_07 pp20160315 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: presidential_primary_2016_03_15 p20160315 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2016_03_15 s20150512 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: special_2015_05_12 r20141202 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: runoff_2014_12_02 g20141104 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: general_2014_11_04 r20140715 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: runoff_2014_07_15 p20140506 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2014_05_06 g20121106 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: general_2012_11_06 r20120717 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: runoff_2012_07_17 pp20120508 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: presidential_primary_2012_05_08 p20120508 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2012_05_08 g20101102 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: general_2010_11_02 r20100622 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: runoff_2010_06_22 p20100504 Count of voters who are registered as of the 9/28/2022 L2 Voter File who voted in the following election: primary_2010_05_04 ## Processing L2 assigns each voter to a 2010 Census Block on their Voter File. L2 provided the RDH with a file that has each individual and their corresponding 2020 Census Block, dated 9/28/2022. The RDH joined the L2 Voter File to this 2020 Census Block assignment file. The RDH then aggregated the individual level Voter File to the Census Block level. The fields were renamed to fit character length requirements (under 10 chars) for joining to a shapefile. Processing was completed using SQL. The RDH cannot certify the accuracy of any of the information contained within this file. ## Additional Notes * RDH is providing aggregates of the top 8 parties in the state. ** For the narrow ethnicity categories, RDH is providing an aggregate of all ethnicities that have more than 1000 individuals state-wide. L2 ethnicity categories use modeling techniques to infer an individual's ethnicity. Please see the attached PDF for more information about L2's ethnicity fields. European includes the following narrow-categories, that are not broken out on this file: Austrian, Basque, Belgian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Netherlands), English/Welsh, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgian, Maltese, Moldavian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Scots, Slovakian, Slovenian, Swedish, Swiss Please contact info@redistrictingdatahub.org for more information.