wallace: Black voting rates for Wallace for President, 1968
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Black voting rates for Wallace for President, 1968
Description
This data set contains, on a county level, the proportion of county
residents who are Black and the proportion of presidential votes cast for
Wallace. Demographic data is based on the 1960 census. Presidential returns
are from ICPSR study 13. County data from 10 southern states (Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas) are included. (Virginia is excluded due to the
difficulty of matching counties between the datasets.) This data is
analyzed in Wallace and Segal (1973).
Format
A data frame containing 3 variables and 1009 observations
X numeric proportion of the population that is Black
Y numeric proportion presidential votes cast for Wallace
FIPS numeric the FIPS county code
References
Wasserman, Ira M. and David R. Segal (1973). “Aggregation
Effects in the Ecological Study of Presidential Voting.” American Journal
of Political Science. vol. 17, pp. 177-81.
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Black voting rates for Wallace for President, 1968
Description
This data set contains, on a county level, the proportion of county residents who are Black and the proportion of presidential votes cast for Wallace. Demographic data is based on the 1960 census. Presidential returns are from ICPSR study 13. County data from 10 southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas) are included. (Virginia is excluded due to the difficulty of matching counties between the datasets.) This data is analyzed in Wallace and Segal (1973).
Format
A data frame containing 3 variables and 1009 observations
| X | numeric | proportion of the population that is Black |
| Y | numeric | proportion presidential votes cast for Wallace |
| FIPS | numeric | the FIPS county code |
References
Wasserman, Ira M. and David R. Segal (1973). “Aggregation Effects in the Ecological Study of Presidential Voting.” American Journal of Political Science. vol. 17, pp. 177-81.
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