Sarasota: Sarasota County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

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Sarasota County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

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

Usage

Sarasota

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 163,750 rows (voters) across 159 precincts and 39 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Sarasota").

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.

USR13

Unites States Representative Congressional District 13. 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.

SRH

State Representative - House District 69_70_71_74. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SUP3

Supervisor of elections. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC1SAR

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

COC5SAR

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

CRB5

Charter Review Board. District 5. Observed options: D, R, 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.

SCB3

Member School Board District 3. Observed options: Ko, Zu, A, I.

EWF4

Englewood Area Fire Control District Seat 4. Observed options: Ka, Ke, A, I.

EWF5

Englewood Area Fire Control District Seat 5. Observed options: Cy, Ha, A, I.

EWW1

Englewood Water District Seat 1. Observed options: Ma, Mo, A, I.

EWW2

Englewood Water District Seat 2. Observed options: Hu, Ma, Tr, 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.

SARRE1

Shall Chapter 00-480, Laws of Florida, providing for the appointment of board members of the Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority, be approved?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE2

Charter Compliance with state law requirements for recall of county commissioners. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE3

Removal of unconstitutional definition of 'Political Committee'. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE4

Limitation on Political Committee Campaign Contributions. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE5

Compliance with U.S. supreme court ruling on total campaign contribution caps. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE6

Adoption of six-month county residency requirement for candidates. Options: N, Y, A, I.

NPC3

City North Port. Commissioner. Seat 3. Observed options: Fi, Mc, A, I.

VEN3

City of Venice. Council member. Seat 3. Observed options: Fa, Mi, A, I.

VEN4

City of Venice. Council member. Seat 4. Observed options: Fa, Mi, 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	163,750	159
USS	163,750	159
USR13	163,750	159
TRE	163,750	159
EDU	163,750	159
SRH	153,448	146
SUP3	163,750	159
COC1SAR	163,750	159
COC5SAR	163,750	159
CRB5	163,750	159
SC1	163,750	159
SC2	163,750	159
SC3	163,750	159
D21	163,750	159
D22	163,750	159
D23	163,750	159
D24	163,750	159
D25	163,750	159
D26	163,750	159
D27	163,750	159
SCB3	163,750	159
EWF4	7,724	8
EWF5	7,724	8
EWW1	8,668	13
EWW2	8,668	13
A01	163,750	159
A02	163,750	159
A03	163,750	159
SARRE1	163,750	159
SARRE2	163,750	159
SARRE3	163,750	159
SARRE4	163,750	159
SARRE5	163,750	159
SARRE6	163,750	159
NPC3	9,350	9
VEN3	10,438	10
VEN4	10,438	10

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
Sarasota


# Load the full microdata
sarasota_data <- get_county_data("Sarasota")

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

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

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