fl250: Florida 250 Precinct Shape File
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fl250

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Florida 250 Precinct Shape File

Description

This data set contains the 250 Precinct shapefile and related data for each precinct.

Usage

data("fl250")

Format

sf data.frame containing columns for useful data related to the redistricting process, subsetted from real data in Florida, and sf geometry column.

geoid: Contains unique identifier for each precinct which can be matched to the full Florida dataset.
pop: Contains the population of each precinct.
vap: Contains the voting age population of each precinct.
obama: Contains the 2012 presidential vote for Obama.
mccain: Contains the 2012 presidential vote for McCain.
TotPop: Contains the population of each precinct. Identical to pop.
BlackPop: Contains the black population of each precinct.
HispPop: Contains the Hispanic population of each precinct.
VAP: Contains the voting age population of each precinct. Identical to vap.
BlackVAP: Contains the voting age population of black constituents of each precinct.
HispVAP: Contains the voting age population of hispanic constituents of each precinct.
geometry: Contains sf geometry of each precinct.

Details

It is a random 70 precinct connected subset from Florida's precincts. This was introduced by \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1080/2330443X.2020.1791773")}

References

Benjamin Fifield, Kosuke Imai, Jun Kawahara & Christopher T. Kenny (2020) The Essential Role of Empirical Validation in Legislative Redistricting Simulation, Statistics and Public Policy, 7:1, 52-68, doi:10.1080/2330443X.2020.1791773