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How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In?
Description
The raw data behind the story "How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In?" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-trouble-is-ted-cruz-really-in/.
Usage
august_senate_polls
Format
A data frame with 594 rows representing senate polls, and 11 variables:
- cycle
the election year
- state
the state of the poll
- senate_class
the class of the senate
- start_date
the start date of the poll
- end_date
the end odate of the poll
- dem_poll
the percent of support for the Democrat during the poll
- rep_poll
the percent of support for the Republican during the poll
- dem_result
the result percent of support for the Democrat during the election
- rep_result
the result percent of support for the Republican during the election
- error
the difference between the percent of support of one party during the poll and the result percent of support for the same party during the election
- absolute_error
the absolute value of the error value
Source
Emerson College’s poll of registered voters