| polls_us_election_2016 {dslabs} | R Documentation |
Fivethirtyeight 2016 Poll Data
Description
Poll results from US 2016 presidential elections aggregated from HuffPost Pollster, RealClearPolitics, polling firms, and news reports.
The dataset also includes election results (popular vote) and electoral college votes in results_us_election_2016.
Usage
polls_us_election_2016
Format
An object of class "data.frame".
Details
state. State in which poll was taken. 'U.S' is for national polls.
startdate. Poll's start date.
enddate. Poll's end date.
pollster. Pollster conducting the poll.
grade. Grade assigned by fivethirtyeight to pollster.
samplesize. Sample size.
population. Type of population being polled.
rawpoll_clinton. Percentage for Hillary Clinton.
rawpoll_trump. Percentage for Donald Trump
rawpoll_johnson. Percentage for Gary Johnson
rawpoll_mcmullin. Percentage for Evan McMullin.
adjpoll_clinton. Fivethirtyeight adjusted percentage for Hillary Clinton.
ajdpoll_trump. Fivethirtyeight adjusted percentage for Donald Trump
adjpoll_johnson. Fivethirtyeight adjusted percentage for Gary Johnson
adjpoll_mcmullin. Fivethirtyeight adjusted percentage for Evan McMullin.
Source
The original csv file used to create polls_us_election_2016 is here: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/general-model/president_general_polls_2016.csv
The data for results_us_election_2016 is from Ballotpedia and can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zxyOQDjNOJS_UkzerorUCf2OAdcMcIQEwRciKuYBIZ4/pubhtml?widget=true&headers=false#gid=658726802/
Examples
head(polls_us_election_2016)