DC1912 {GmooG} | R Documentation |
The number of votes by each state for each candidate on each ballot for the Democratic nomination for president.
data(DC1912)
A data frame with 3939 observations on the following 4 variables.
State
State or territory name (there were 52)
Candidate
Name of one of the 13 candidates or 'NotVoting'
Ballot
Ballot number (1 to 46)
Votes
Number of votes for the candidate on that ballot from the state
Two other smaller datasets are used in combination with this one for the final plot of Chapter 4 (Figure 4.7), "Voting 46 times to choose a Presidential candidate", the estimated times of the ballots (DC1912ballots) and the adjournment times (DC1912adjourns).
Woodson, Urey. 1912. Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention. Chicago: Peterson linotyping Company
data(DC1912, package="GmooG")
with(DC1912, table(State))