U.S. President 1976–2020 (doi:10.7910/DVN/42MVDX)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

U.S. President 1976–2020

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/42MVDX

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2017-11-01

Version:

8

Bibliographic Citation:

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, 2017, "U.S. President 1976–2020", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/42MVDX, Harvard Dataverse, V8, UNF:6:F0opd1IRbeYI9QyVfzglUw== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

U.S. President 1976–2020

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/42MVDX

Authoring Entity:

MIT Election Data and Science Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Cameron Wimpy

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Charles Stewart III

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Stepehen Pettigrew

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

James Dunham

Producer:

MIT Election Data and Science Lab

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Samuel Baltz

Depositor:

Agadjanian, Alexander

Date of Deposit:

2019-04-24

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/42MVDX

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Elections

Topic Classification:

Election Returns

Abstract:

This data file contains constituency (state-level) returns for elections to the U.S. presidency from 1976 to 2020.

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

Other Study Description Materials

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File Description--f10244938

File: 1976-2020-president.tab

  • Number of cases: 4287

  • No. of variables per record: 15

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:a2yzwWNbv+Eff8aqVmkZKA==

Time series data set of presidential returns by state

File Description--f4304791

File: sources-president.tab

  • Number of cases: 51

  • No. of variables per record: 5

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:xpBppxfswpr+u9xZe7/u7w==

A csv of the sources for the elections data

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

year

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 4287.0; Mean 1999.0809423839507; Max. 2020.0; StDev 14.220014033456733; Min. 1976.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:q/WtaZdkwatU36esR/+3xA==

state

f10244938 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:DxtCayFwVNP8p0WrLwL9jw==

state_po

f10244938 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:aHMCjY4jfzWsvwRpt7jlYg==

state_fips

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 4287.0; Max. 56.0; Mean 28.616981572194994; Min. 1.0; StDev 15.616459093534724

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SvOo7x42XVpPyDlX318D2g==

state_cen

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 53.66503382318636; StDev 26.029188668790763; Max. 95.0; Min. 11.0; Valid 4287.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:z018PO5eRS1gWRP1TTrHbQ==

state_ic

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 82.0; Mean 39.75484021460227; Valid 4287.0; StDev 22.772215681867443; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fWOmDpE70MF8H1aSBeBFHw==

office

f10244938 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:COCCHzApW+RFNQ8K+ES42g==

candidate

f10244938 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:LkMVKIkHMC5GZ8v1QyXbMA==

party_detailed

f10244938 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:SvPSBP8kcrHhM0zLfZo46Q==

writein

f10244938 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:1VHILHSoulbzRYpBcIWbtg==

candidatevotes

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 4287.0; Mean 311907.59295544773; StDev 764801.1006530299; Max. 1.111025E7;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nAa2cbt8SAKa7WN8zuU5qw==

totalvotes

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 4287.0; Mean 2366924.1497550467; Max. 1.7500881E7; Min. 123574.0; StDev 2465008.311065051

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:cOGZ55PWvCNMflFdSL5h4Q==

version

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.0; Valid 4287.0; Mean 2.0210113E7; Min. 2.0210113E7; Max. 2.0210113E7;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9xipHwsyMo2amsVdez0UCw==

notes

f10244938 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev NaN; Min. NaN; Mean NaN; Max. NaN; Valid 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Viy1yuNH6xGEiMn8OxgLow==

party_simplified

f10244938 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:eaoAv4HTTS3frRoUQlsbRg==

State

f4304791 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:C1wQIsJGD6uqJBW0ePg2Mw==

Source

f4304791 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:oKgudrdmkFmxaDqCzeMX6Q==

Is certified?

f4304791 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:hzYCsqJzDnZfXFWWY4ZWdw==

notes

f4304791 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:eatrnxGKa/3NnqSbkBZxrA==

missing votes?

f4304791 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:wuL2uVP/kNR2d7MLto3LyQ==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

codebook-us-president-1976-2020.md

Text:

readme file for the presidential returns data

Notes:

text/markdown