polls2016: 2016 Pollster Polls

In balexanderstats/bayesurvey: Bayesian Conjugate Prior Analysis of Survey Data

Description

A dataset containing state level poll data from Huffington's Post Pollster. The data also contains new variables added

Usage

data(polls2016)

Format

A data frame with 2650 rows and 28 variables

Details

• X. An ID Variable

• Trump. The support in a poll for Trump (on a scale of 0 to 100 with 100 being 100

• Clinton. The support in a poll for Clinton (on a scale of 0 to 100 with 100 being 100

• Other. The support in a poll for Other (on a scale of 0 to 100 with 100 being 100

• Undecided. The percent of undecided in a poll (on a scale of 0 to 100 with 100 being 100

• poll-slug another ID variable

• survey_house. The survey house who conducted the poll

• start_date. the start date of the poll

• end_date. the end date of the poll

• question_text. the question used in the survey

• sample_subpopulation. whether the poll was Registered Voters, Likely Voters or Adults

• observation. The sample size of the poll

• margin_of_error The provided margin of error of the poll

• mode. How the poll was conducted

• partisanship. If the poll was conducted by a partisan group

• partisian_affiliation. The affiliation of the partisan group

• year. The year the poll was conducted (2016 for all values)

• state. The state in which the poll was conducted

• enddaysuntil. The days until the election at the end date of the poll. This variable was added to the original pollster data set.

• startdaysuntil. The days until the election at the start date of the poll. This variable was added to the original pollster data set.

• middaysuntil. The midpoint between endddaysuntil and startdaysuntil. This variable was added to the dataset.

• Dem2P. the proportionally normalized support for Clinton so that Dem2P+Rep2P=1

• Rep2P. the proportionally normalized support for Trump so that Dem2P+Rep2P = 1

• DemVote. the proportionally normalized election result for Clinton so that DemVote+RepVote = 1

• RepVote. the proportionally normalized election results for Trump so that DemVote + RepVote = 1

• Error. the difference between Dem2P and DemVote or the error of the poll

• Johnson. The support for Gary Johnson if provided

• McMullin. The support for McMUllin if provied

balexanderstats/bayesurvey documentation built on Sept. 20, 2020, 11:40 a.m.