| partisan_lean_state {fivethirtyeight} | R Documentation |
FiveThirtyEight's Partisan Lean
Description
This directory contains the data for FiveThirtyEight's partisan lean, which is used in our [House] https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/house [Senate] https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/senate and [Governor] https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/governor/ forecasts.
Usage
partisan_lean_state
Format
A dataset with 50 rows representing states and 3 variables
- state
the state
- pvi_party
the party of the vote
- pvi_amount
the Cook Partisan Voting Index of the vote
Note
The original dataset only has 2 columns: "state" and "pvi_538". I separated the "pvi_538" columns into two. For example, in row 1 of the dataset, the original "pvi_538" = "R+27", and I separated it into “pvi_party" = "R" and "pvi_amount" = "27".
Source
Partisan lean is the average difference between how a state or district votes and how the country votes overall, with 2016 presidential election results weighted 50 percent, 2012 presidential election results weighted 25 percent and results from elections for the state legislature weighted 25 percent.