Election08 R Documentation

## 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

### Description

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

### Format

A dataframe 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 and %Republican (according to 2008 Gallup survey) ObamaWin 1= Obama (Democrat) wins state in 2008 or 0=McCain (Republican) wins

### Details

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

### Source

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