federal_election_results

A data set with information on Canadian federal election results, dating back to 1997

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A variety of functions that make it easy to plot standard choropleth maps as well as choropleth alternatives in 'ggplot2'.

Andrew McCormack

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Aaron Erlich

federal_election_results function

A data.frame with 37111 rows and 12 variables:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>riding_name_english</dt><dd>Federal electoral district name in English.</dd>
 <dt>riding_name_french</dt><dd>Federal electoral district name in French.</dd>
 <dt>riding_code</dt><dd>Uniquely identifies a federal electoral district (composed of the
 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the
 3-digit federal electoral district code).</dd>
 <dt>pr</dt><dd>Province or territory name (English and French).</dd>
 <dt>population</dt><dd>Population of federal riding.</dd>
 <dt>voter_turnout</dt><dd>Voter turnout</dd>
 <dt>candidate</dt><dd>Name of winning candidate</dd>
 <dt>election_year</dt><dd>Year of election (1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2015 election included.)</dd>
 <dt>party</dt><dd>Winning party in riding</dd>
 <dt>pr_alpha</dt><dd>Province or territory 2-letter identifier</dd>
 <dt>pr_french</dt><dd>Province or territory name (French).</dd>
 <dt>pr_english</dt><dd>Province or territory name (English).</dd>
 <dt>pr_sgc_code</dt><dd>Province Standard Geographical Classification
 (SGC) code.</dd>
</dl>

Format

Canadian federal election results data — federal_election_results

A data.frame with 37111 rows and 12 variables:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>riding_name_english</dt><dd>Federal electoral district name in English.</dd>
 <dt>riding_name_french</dt><dd>Federal electoral district name in French.</dd>
 <dt>riding_code</dt><dd>Uniquely identifies a federal electoral district (composed of the
 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the
 3-digit federal electoral district code).</dd>
 <dt>pr</dt><dd>Province or territory name (English and French).</dd>
 <dt>population</dt><dd>Population of federal riding.</dd>
 <dt>voter_turnout</dt><dd>Voter turnout</dd>
 <dt>candidate</dt><dd>Name of winning candidate</dd>
 <dt>election_year</dt><dd>Year of election (1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2015 election included.)</dd>
 <dt>party</dt><dd>Winning party in riding</dd>
 <dt>pr_alpha</dt><dd>Province or territory 2-letter identifier</dd>
 <dt>pr_french</dt><dd>Province or territory name (French).</dd>
 <dt>pr_english</dt><dd>Province or territory name (English).</dd>
 <dt>pr_sgc_code</dt><dd>Province Standard Geographical Classification
 (SGC) code.</dd>
</dl>

federal_election_results: Canadian federal election results data

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