endorsements_2020 {fivethirtyeight}R Documentation

The 2020 Endorsement Primary - Which Democratic candidates are receiving the most support from prominent members of their party?

Description

The raw data behind the story "The 2020 Endorsement Primary - Which Democratic candidates are receiving the most support from prominent members of their party?" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-endorsements/democratic-primary/.

Usage

endorsements_2020

Format

A data frame with 1000 rows representing endorsements and 13 variables:

date

date of the endorsement

position

position of the endorser

city

city of the endorser

state

state of the endorser

endorser

name of the endorser

endorsee

name of the endorsee

endorser_party

party of the endorser

source

source link of the endorsement

order

order of the endorsement

category

category of the endorsement

body

body of the endorsement

district

district

points

points the endorsement counts for

Source

2020 endorsement tracker. Methodology: https://fivethirtyeight.com/methodology/how-our-presidential-endorsement-tracker-works/.


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