Data on the number of LGBTQ+ equality laws (as of 2019) and demographics in each U.S. state.
equality_index
A data frame with 50 observations, one per state, and 6 variables:
state name
region in which the state falls
percent of the 2016 presidential election vote earned by the Republican ("GOP") candidate
number of LGBTQ+ rights laws (as of 2019)
political leaning of the state over time (gop = Republican, dem = Democrat, swing = swing state)
percent of state's residents that live in urban areas (by the 2010 census)