govRace10: Election results for 2010 Governor races in the U.S.

Description

Election results for 2010 Governor races in the U.S.

data(govRace10)

A data frame with 37 observations on the following 23 variables.

id: Unique identifier for the race, which does not overlap with other 2010 races (see houseRace10 and senateRace10)
state: State name
abbr: State name abbreviation
name1: Name of the winning candidate
perc1: Percentage of vote for winning candidate (if more than one candidate)
party1: Party of winning candidate
votes1: Number of votes for winning candidate
name2: Name of candidate with second most votes
perc2: Percentage of vote for candidate who came in second
party2: Party of candidate with second most votes
votes2: Number of votes for candidate who came in second
name3: Name of candidate with third most votes
perc3: Percentage of vote for candidate who came in third
party3: Party of candidate with third most votes
votes3: Number of votes for candidate who came in third
name4: Name of candidate with fourth most votes
perc4: Percentage of vote for candidate who came in fourth
party4: Party of candidate with fourth most votes
votes4: Number of votes for candidate who came in fourth
name5: Name of candidate with fifth most votes
perc5: Percentage of vote for candidate who came in fifth
party5: Party of candidate with fifth most votes
votes5: Number of votes for candidate who came in fifth

# NOT RUN {
data(govRace10)
table(govRace10[,c("party1", "party2")])
# }

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