iran: iran

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iran

Description

A data frame containing information about the 2009 Presidential Election in Iran. There were widespread claims of election fraud in this election both internationally and within Iran.

Usage

iran

Format

A data frame with 366 observations on the following 9 variables.

province

Iranian province where votes were cast.

city

City within province where votes were cast.

ahmadinejad

Number of votes received by Ahmadinejad.

rezai

Number of votes received by Rezai.

karrubi

Number of votes received by Karrubi.

mousavi

Number of votes received by Mousavi.

total_votes_cast

Total number of votes cast.

voided_votes

Number of votes that were not counted.

legitimate_votes

Number of votes that were counted.

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)
library(tidyr)
library(stringr)

plot_data <- iran |>
  summarize(
    ahmadinejad = sum(ahmadinejad) / 1000,
    rezai = sum(rezai) / 1000,
    karrubi = sum(karrubi) / 1000,
    mousavi = sum(mousavi) / 1000
  ) |>
  pivot_longer(
    cols = c(ahmadinejad, rezai, karrubi, mousavi),
    names_to = "candidate",
    values_to = "votes"
  ) |>
  mutate(candidate = str_to_title(candidate))

ggplot(plot_data, aes(votes, candidate)) +
  geom_col() +
  theme_minimal() +
  labs(
    title = "2009 Iranian Presidential Election",
    x = "Number of votes (in thousands)",
    y = ""
  )

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