ElectionMargin: Election Margin

In Lock5withR: Datasets for 'Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data'

Description

Approval rating and election margin for recent presidential elections

Format

A data frame with 11 observations on the following 5 variables.

• Year Certain election years from 1940-2004

• Candidate Incumbent US president

• Approval Presidential approval rating at time of election

• Margin margin of victory/defeat (as a percentage)

• Result Outcome of the election for the imbumbent: Lost or Won

Details

Data include US Presidential elections since 1940 in which an incumbent was running for president. The approval rating for the sitting president is comapred to the margin of victory/defeat in the election.

Source

Silver, Nate, "Approval Ratings and Re-Election Odds", fivethirtyeight.com, posted January 28, 2011.

Examples

data(ElectionMargin)

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