forecast_results_2018: How FiveThirtyEight's 2018 Midterm Forecasts Did
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The raw data behind the story
'How FiveThirtyEight's 2018 Midterm Forecasts Did'
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-fivethirtyeights-2018-midterm-forecasts-did/
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A dataframe with 1518 rows representing forecast results (as of December 3, 2018) and 11 variables:
- cycle
cycle of the election
- branch
branch of the election
- race
election forecast for the gubernatorial race
- forecastdate
the date of the forecast
- version
version of the election forecast
- dem_win_prob
the probability of winning for the Democrat
- rep_win_prob
the probability of winning for the Republican
- category
the predicted political affiliation of the forecast
- democrat_won
whether the Democrat won
- republican_won
whether the Republican won
- uncalled
if a race was uncalled
Source
FiveThirtyEight's 2018 House Forecast https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/house/
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Description Usage Format Source
Description
The raw data behind the story 'How FiveThirtyEight's 2018 Midterm Forecasts Did' https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-fivethirtyeights-2018-midterm-forecasts-did/
Usage
1 |
Format
A dataframe with 1518 rows representing forecast results (as of December 3, 2018) and 11 variables:
- cycle
cycle of the election
- branch
branch of the election
- race
election forecast for the gubernatorial race
- forecastdate
the date of the forecast
- version
version of the election forecast
- dem_win_prob
the probability of winning for the Democrat
- rep_win_prob
the probability of winning for the Republican
- category
the predicted political affiliation of the forecast
- democrat_won
whether the Democrat won
- republican_won
whether the Republican won
- uncalled
if a race was uncalled
Source
FiveThirtyEight's 2018 House Forecast https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/house/
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