gavote: Undercounted votes in Georgia in 2000 presidential election
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Undercounted votes in Georgia in 2000 presidential election
Description
The data comes from the US presidential election in the state of Georgia.
The undercount is the difference between the number of ballots cast and
votes recorded. Voters may have chosen not to vote for president, voted for
more than one candidate (disqualified) or the equipment may have failed to
register their choice.
Format
A data frame with 159 observations on the following 10 variables.
Each case represents a county in Georgia.
- equip
The voting equipment used: LEVER, OS-CC
(optical, central count), OS-PC (optical, precinct count)
PAPER, PUNCH
- econ
economic status of county:
middle poor rich
- perAA
percent of
African Americans in county
- rural
indicator of whether
county is rural or urban
- atlanta
indicator of
whether county is in Atlanta or not: notAtlanta
- gore
number of votes for Gore
- bush
number of
votes for Bush
- other
number of votes for other candidates
- votes
number of votes
- ballots
number of
ballots
Source
Meyer M. (2002) Uncounted Votes: Does Voting Equipment Matter?
Chance, 15(4), 33-38
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Undercounted votes in Georgia in 2000 presidential election
Description
The data comes from the US presidential election in the state of Georgia. The undercount is the difference between the number of ballots cast and votes recorded. Voters may have chosen not to vote for president, voted for more than one candidate (disqualified) or the equipment may have failed to register their choice.
Format
A data frame with 159 observations on the following 10 variables. Each case represents a county in Georgia.
- equip
The voting equipment used:
LEVER,OS-CC(optical, central count),OS-PC(optical, precinct count)PAPER,PUNCH- econ
economic status of county:
middlepoorrich- perAA
percent of African Americans in county
- rural
indicator of whether county is
ruralorurban- atlanta
indicator of whether county is in
Atlantaor not:notAtlanta- gore
number of votes for Gore
- bush
number of votes for Bush
- other
number of votes for other candidates
- votes
number of votes
- ballots
number of ballots
Source
Meyer M. (2002) Uncounted Votes: Does Voting Equipment Matter? Chance, 15(4), 33-38
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