election_data: Election data from 5 countries

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Election data from 5 countries

Description

A dataset containing the results of 3 elections for parliamentary houses from Russia, Australia, Germany, UK and USA. The variables are as follows:

Usage

data(election_data)

Format

A data frame with 167 rows and 8 variables

Details

• year. The year of the election (1990-2017)

• country. The country the election took place within (Russia, Australia, Germany, UK, USA)

• house. The parliamentary house of the election

• party_long. The full name of a party which had elected representatives

• party_short. The abbreviated name of a party which had elected representatives

• seats. The number of seats won by each party

• government. Whether or not that party was a part of the government following the election (1, NA)

• colour. A hex code indicating the colours of each party

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