Election results for the 2008 U.S. Presidential race

Description

The dataset name has been changed to 'prrace08_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other packages in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the 'usdatasets' package and identifies it as a tibble. The original content of the dataset has not been modified.

Usage

data(prrace08_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 51 observations and 7 variables:

state

Factor indicating the U.S. state (including Washington D.C.) where the election took place.

state_full

Factor providing the full name of the U.S. state corresponding to the abbreviation.

n_obama

Integer representing the number of votes received by Barack Obama in the state.

p_obama

Numeric representing the percentage of total votes received by Barack Obama in the state.

n_mc_cain

Integer representing the number of votes received by John McCain in the state.

p_mc_cain

Numeric representing the percentage of total votes received by John McCain in the state.

el_votes

Integer indicating the number of electoral votes allocated to the state.

Source

Data on the 2008 U.S. presidential race results by state.