cand_events_20150114 {fivethirtyeight}

Looking For Clues: Who Is Going To Run For President In 2016?

Description

The raw data behind the story "Looking For Clues: Who Is Going To Run For President In 2016?" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2016-president-who-is-going-to-run/.

Usage

cand_events_20150114

Format

A data frame with 42 rows representing events attended in Iowa and New Hampshire by potential presidential primary candidates and 8 variables:

person

Potential presidential candidate

party

Political party

state

State of event

event

Name of event

type

Type of event

date

Date of event

link

Link to event

snippet

Snippet of event description

Source

See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/potential-candidates

See Also

cand_state_20150114, cand_events_20150130, and cand_state_20150130