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U.S. election state and county workbook, 1972-2016

Workbook with state and county presidential election results, popular vote shares, red/blue labels, candidates, and electoral votes.

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Rows
38,124
Columns
13
Format
xlsx
Size
2.0 MB

Grain
State-year rows and county-year rows by workbook sheet.

Teaching uses

  • Teach state versus county election geography.
  • Build red/blue map dashboards over time.
  • Compare popular vote, electoral vote, and party vote-share fields.

Columns 13

NameTypeNullUniqueExamples
yearint640%121972, 1976, 1980
Statestr0%51Minnesota, Illinois, District of Columbia
FIPS Codeint640%5127, 17, 11
Elec Voteint640%3710, 26, 3
Popular Votefloat64<0.1%5611741652.0, 4723236.0, 163421.0
Democraticint640%612802346, 1913472, 127627
Republicanint640%612898269, 2788179, 35226
Red-Bluestr0%3RED, Blue, Red
per_demfloat640%6120.471797556, 0.40697874, 0.783694497
per_repfloat640%6120.528202444, 0.59302126, 0.216305503
D_candidatestr0%8McGovern, Carter, Mondale
R_Candidatestr0%8Nixon, Ford, Reagan
titlestr0%121972 : McGovern (D) vs. Nixon (R) , 1976 : Carter (D) vs. Ford (R) , 1980 : Carter (D) vs. Reagan (R)

Source context: state/codebook-us-president-1976-2020.md · inferred from workbook sheets and local codebook