R/data.R

In Psepho/toVotes: Data from the mayoral and Federal elections in Toronto

#' Data from the mayoral elections in Toronto.
#'
#' Cleaned and packaged poll by poll results from the 2003, 2006,
#' 2010, and 2014 mayoral elections in Toronto.
#'
#' \itemize{
#'   \item year. The year of the election as a factor
#'   \item candidate. The name of the candidate as last name first name
#'   \item votes. The number of votes received
#'   \item ward. The ward for the polling station
#'   \item area. The area for the polling station
#'   \item type. The type of election, currently only Mayor
#'   ...
#' }
#'
#' @format A data frame with 388586 rows and 12 variables
#' @source \url{http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=834689fe9c18b210VgnVCM1000003dd60f89RCRD}
#' @name toVotes
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#' Geographic data for the polling stations in Toronto municipal elections.
#'
#' Geocoded poll locations from the 2003, 2006,
#' 2010, and 2014 municipal elections in Toronto.
#'
#' \itemize{
#'   \item long. The longitude of the polling station
#'   \item lat. The latitude of the polling station
#'   \item order. Geocoding of the polling station
#'   \item hole. Geocoding of the polling station
#'   \item piece. Geocoding of the polling station
#'   \item group. Geocoding of the polling station
#'   \item id. A character string with two characters for ward and three for area
#'   \item year. The year in which the polling station was used
#'   \item ward. The ward of the polling station
#'   \item area. The area of the polling station
#'   \item ward name. The name of the ward containing the polling station
#'   ...
#' }
#'
#' @format A data frame with 387422 rows and 12 variables
#' @name toPollGeo
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#' Data from the 2006, 2008, and 2011 federal elections in Toronto.
#'
#' Cleaned and packaged poll by poll results from the 2006, 2008, and 2011 general federal elections for electoral districts in Toronto.
#'
#' \itemize{
#'   \item year. The year of the election as a factor
#'   \item candidate. The name of the candidate as last name first name
#'   \item votes. The number of votes received
#'   \item district. electoral district for the polling station
#'   \item poll. poll number for the polling station
#'   \item type. type of election as federal
#'   \item party. the party affiliation of the candidate as a factor
#'   \item incumbent. a logical value indicating if the candidate was the incumbent
#'   ...
#' }
#'
#' @format A data frame with 65869 rows and 8 variables
#' @source \url{http://www.elections.ca/}
#' @name toFederalVotes
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#' Turnout data from the mayoral elections in Toronto.
#'
#' Cleaned and packaged turnout statistics from from the 2003, 2006,
#' 2010, and 2014 mayoral elections in Toronto.
#'
#' \itemize{
#'   \item year. The year of the election as a factor
#'   \item ward. The ward of the polling station
#'   \item area. The area of the polling station
#'   \item prop_voted. The proportion of eligible votes that voted
#'   \item type. type of election as mayoral
#'   ...
#' }
#'
#' @format A data frame with 6494 rows and 5 variables
#' @source \url{http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=9979040a8d88d310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD}
#' @name toTurnout
NULL
#' Votes from the 2006 Federal general election converted to census tracts.
#'
#' Geocoded votes by census tract for the 2006 Federal general election.
#' Votes are grouped into Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Other
#'
#' @format A Spatial object with 579 observations of four variables
#' @source \url{http://www.elections.ca}
#' @name fed_votes_2006_geo
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#' Votes from the 2008 Federal general election converted to census tracts.
#'
#' Geocoded votes by census tract for the 2008 Federal general election.
#' Votes are grouped into Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Other
#'
#' @format A Spatial object with 579 observations of four variables
#' @source \url{http://www.elections.ca}
#' @name fed_votes_2008_geo
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#' Votes from the 2011 Federal general election converted to census tracts.
#'
#' Geocoded votes by census tract for the 2011 Federal general election.
#' Votes are grouped into Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Other
#'
#' @format A Spatial object with 579 observations of four variables
#' @source \url{http://www.elections.ca}
#' @name fed_votes_2011_geo
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#' Votes from the 2006 Federal general election by poll boundary.
#'
#' Geocoded votes by poll boundary for the 2006 Federal general election.
#' Votes are grouped into Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Other
#'
#' @format A Spatial object with 3,907 observations of four variables
#' @source \url{http://www.elections.ca}
#' @name to_poll_boundaries_2006
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#' Votes from the 2008 Federal general election by poll boundary.
#'
#' Geocoded votes by poll boundary for the 2008 Federal general election.
#' Votes are grouped into Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Other
#'
#' @format A Spatial object with 3,911 observations of four variables
#' @source \url{http://www.elections.ca}
#' @name to_poll_boundaries_2008
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#' Votes from the 2011 Federal general election by poll boundary.
#'
#' Geocoded votes by poll boundary for the 2011 Federal general election.
#' Votes are grouped into Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Other
#'
#' @format A Spatial object with 3,868 observations of four variables
#' @source \url{http://www.elections.ca}
#' @name to_poll_boundaries_2011
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#' Attributes of candidates, aggregated to census tracts.
#'
#' Incumbency and star candiate status by census tract.
#' Values are aggreagated from the federal poll boundary files
#'
#' @format A dataframe with 6,948 observations of five variables
#' @name candidate_attr
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