Election08: Election08
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State-by-state information from the 2008 U.S. presidential election

A dataset with 51 observations on the following 7 variables.

`State`	Name of the state
`Abr`	Abbreviation for the state
`Income`	Per capita income in the state as of 2007 (in dollars)
`HS`	Percentage of adults with at least a high school education
`BA`	Percentage of adults with at least a college education
`Dem.Rep`	Difference in %Democrat-%Republican (according to 2008 Gallup survey)
`ObamaWin`	`1`= Obama (Democrat) wins state in 2008 or `0`=McCain (Republican wins)

This dataset contains information from all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

State income data from: Census Bureau Table 659. Personal INcome Per Capita (in 2007)
High school data from: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census of Population, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d08/tables/dt08_011.asp
College data from: Census Bureau Table 225. Educational Attainment by State (in 2007)
% Democrat and % Republican: http://www.gallup.com/poll/114016/state-states-political-party-affiliation.aspx#1

Stat2Data documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:50 p.m.