The book contains additional tables providing analyses of the results, and maps showing which party each county voted for in each covered election.
[1] In the American Political Science Review, Robert C. Brooks praised the book as "colossal" and "technically perfect", writing that it will be a useful tool for historians and political scientists.
[1] In The American Historical Review, Homer C. Hockett wrote that the book "will supply scholars with fundamental matter for many studies of local and sectional politics such as have become popular in recent decades", and that while it would be more useful to also have similar information on state and local elections, such a compilation would require a significant amount of work.
Hockett noted that the book itself was a significant effort, and the first document to contain all such results together.
[2] Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892, published in 1955 and written by Dean Burnham, built on Robinson's work by compiling results for even older elections.