election: Presidential Election Data

electionR Documentation

Presidential Election Data

Description

The data set election has the results of the first three US presidential races of the 2000's (2000, 2004, 2008). The observations are the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, and the values are the (D - R)/(D + R) for each state and each year, where D is the number of votes the Democrat received, and R is the number the Republican received.

Usage

election

Format

A double matrix with 51 observations on the following 3 variables.

2000

Results for 51 States in Year 2000

2004

Results for 51 States in Year 2004

2008

Results for 51 States in Year 2008

Source

Calculated by Prof. John Marden, data source to be announced.


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