Lee: Lee County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

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Lee County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

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

Usage

Lee

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 188,857 rows (voters) across 194 precincts and 33 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Lee").

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.

USR14

Unites States Representative Congressional District 14. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

TRE

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

EDU

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

STS35

State Senator - Senatorial District 35. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH72

State Representative - House District 72. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SHE2

Sheriff. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

TAX1

Tax Collector. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC1LEE

County Commissioner District 1. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

COC5LEE

County Commissioner District 5. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

HOS3

Hospital Board of Directors Lee County District 3. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Barret, Bauchert, Berkowitz, Brown, Duff, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Bar, BarBau, BarBer, BarBro, BarDuf, Bau, BauBer, BauBro, BauDuf, Ber, BerBro, BerDuf, Bro, BroDuf, Duf, A, I.

HOS5

Hospital Board of Directors Lee County District 5. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Doragh, Farabee, Green, Smith, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Dor, DorFar, DorGre, DorSmi, Far, FarGre, FarSmi, Gre, GreSmi, Smi, A, I.

MOS1

Lee County Mosquito Control. Mosquito Board Area 1. Observed options: Mu, So, A, I.

MOS3

Lee County Mosquito Control. Mosquito Board Area 3. Observed options: Ga, Mc, A, I.

MOS7

Lee County Mosquito Control. Mosquito Board Area 7. Observed options: As, Sa, A, I.

SCB2

Member School Board District 2. Observed options: Do, Mo, A, I.

SC1

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

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.

CCR

County Charter Revisions to Adoption of County Ordinances by Citizen Initiative. Options: N, Y, A, I.

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	188,857	194
USS	188,857	194
USR14	188,857	194
TRE	188,857	194
EDU	188,857	194
STS35	41,349	57
SRH72	188,857	194
SHE2	188,857	194
TAX1	188,857	194
COC1LEE	188,857	194
COC5LEE	188,857	194
HOS3	188,857	194
HOS5	188,857	194
MOS1	188,857	194
MOS3	188,857	194
MOS7	188,857	194
SCB2	188,857	194
SC1	188,857	194
SC2	188,857	194
SC3	188,857	194
D21	188,857	194
D22	188,857	194
D23	188,857	194
D24	188,857	194
D25	188,857	194
D26	188,857	194
D27	188,857	194
A01	188,857	194
A02	188,857	194
A03	188,857	194
CCR	188,857	194

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
Lee


# Load the full microdata
lee_data <- get_county_data("Lee")

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

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

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