| Pollster08 | R Documentation |
2008 U.S. Presidential Election Polls
Description
Polls for 2008 U.S. presidential election
Format
A dataset with 102 observations on the following 11 variables.
PollTaker | Polling organization |
PollDates | Dates the poll data were collected |
MidDate | Midpoint of the polling period |
Days | Number of days after August 28th (end of Democratic convention) |
n | Sample size for the poll |
Pop | A=all, LV=likely voters, RV=registered voters |
McCain | Percent supporting John McCain |
Obama | Percent supporting Barack Obama |
Margin | Obama percent minus McCain percent |
Charlie | Indicator for polls after Charlie Gibson interview with VP candidate Sarah Palin (9/11) |
Meltdown | Indicator for polls after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy (9/15) |
Details
The file Pollster08 contains data from 102 polls that were taken during the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign. These data include all presidential polls reported on the internet site pollster.com that were taken between August 29th, when John McCain announced that Sarah Palin would be his running mate as the Republican nominee for vice president, and the end of September.
Source
Downloaded from pollster.com