pres_election: US Presidential Election Data 2000-2016

pres_electionR Documentation

US Presidential Election Data 2000-2016

Description

County level results for presidential elections in the USA from 2000-2016.

Usage

pres_election

Format

A data frame with 50524 observations of 9 variables.

year

Year of election.

state

State of results.

state_po

State postal abbreviation.

county

County within state.

FIPS

FIPS code for the county. Useful due to non-standard abbreviations of counties.

candidate

Name of candidate.

party

Political party of the candidate.

candidatevotes

Votes that candidate received in the county.

totalvotes

Total votes cast in the county.

Source

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, 2018, "County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ, Harvard Dataverse, V6, UNF:6:ZZe1xuZ5H2l4NUiSRcRf8Q== [fileUNF]


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