data-raw/endorsements-june-30/README.md

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Endorsements through June 30

This folder contains data behind the story Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner.

This data includes something we call "endorsement points," an attempt to quantify the importance of endorsements by weighting each one according to the position held by the endorser: 10 points for each governor, 5 points for each senator and 1 point for each representative.

Header | Definition ---|--------- year | Election year party | Political party candidate | Candidate running in primary endorsement_points | Weighted endorsements through June 30th of the year before the primary percentage_endorsement_points | Percentage of total weighted endorsement points for the candidate's political party through June 30th of the year before the primary money_raised | Money raised through June 30th of the year before the primary percentage_of_money | Percentage of total money raised by the candidate's political party through June 30th of the year before the primary primary_vote_percentage | Percentage of votes won in the primary won_primary | Did the candidate win the primary?

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