elasticity_by_state {fivethirtyeight}

Political Elasticity Scores

Description

This folder contains the data behind the story 'Election Update: The House Districts That Swing The Most (And Least) With The National Mood' https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-the-house-districts-that-swing-the-most-and-least-with-the-national-mood/

Usage

elasticity_by_state

Format

A dataset with 435 rows representing each state and the District of Columbia and 2 variables

state

state

pvi_538

pvi

Note

I used the full names for all states instead of abbreviations.

Source

An elasticity score measures how sensitive a state or district it is to changes in the national political environment.

See Also

elasticity_by_district