Highlands: Highlands County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

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Highlands County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Highlands County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Highlands

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 22,237 rows (voters) across 20 precincts and 27 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Highlands").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR12

Unites States Representative Congressional District 12. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

USR16

Unites States Representative Congressional District 16. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH77

State Representative - House District 77. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

CCC2

Clerk of the Circuit Court. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC3HIG

County Commissioner District 3. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D21

Shall Judge John R. Blue of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D22

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D23

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis, Jr. of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D24

Shall Judge Oliver L. Green of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D25

Shall Judge E. J. Salcines of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D26

Shall Judge Thomas E. Stringer of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D27

Shall Judge Edward F. Threadgill of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

LPTRE1

City of Lake Placid. Amendent charter section 404. Options: N, Y, A.

AVON

City of Avon Park. City Council. Multi-member race (vote for 3); candidates: Dickerson, Eason, Gray, Handley, Hinson, McKenzie, Wood, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: EaGrHi, GrHiWo, Hi, Wo, A.

AVRE1

City of Avon Park. Referendum additional residency requerements for city council candidates and members. Options: N, Y, A.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Race Eligible voters Precincts
PRE 22,237 20
USS 22,237 20
USR12 1,088 2
USR16 20,964 17
TRE 22,237 20
EDU 22,237 20
SRH77 20,538 17
CCC2 22,237 20
COC3HIG 22,237 20
SC1 22,237 20
SC2 22,237 20
SC3 22,237 20
D21 22,237 20
D22 22,237 20
D23 22,237 20
D24 22,237 20
D25 22,237 20
D26 22,237 20
D27 22,237 20
A01 22,237 20
A02 22,237 20
A03 22,237 20
LPTRE1 22,237 20
AVON 7,536 5
AVRE1 7,536 5

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B")}.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Highlands


# Load the full microdata
highlands_data <- get_county_data("Highlands")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
highlands_data <- as.data.frame(Highlands)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Highlands))


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