pscl (version 1.02)

ca2006: California Congressional Districts in 2006

Description

Election returns and identifying information, California's 53 congressional districts in the 2006 Congresisonal elections.

Usage

data(ca2006)

source

2006 data from the California Secretary of State's web site, http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/all.htm (last updated Tuesday November 14, 2006). 2004 and 2000 presidential vote in congressional districts from the 2006 Almanac of American Politics.

References

Michael Baraon and Richard E. Cohen. 2006. The Almanac of American Politics, 2006. National Journal Group: Washington, D.C.

Examples

data(ca2006)

## 2006 CA congressional vote against 2004 pvote
y <- ca2006$D/(ca2006$D+ca2006$R)
x <- ca2006$Kerry2004/(ca2006$Kerry2004+ca2006$Bush2004)

pch <- rep(19,length(y))
pch[ca2006$open] <- 1
col <- rep("black",length(y))
col[11] <- "red"    ## Pembo (R) loses to McNerney (D)
plot(y~x,pch=pch,
     col=col,
     xlim=range(x,y,na.rm=TRUE),
     ylim=range(x,y,na.rm=TRUE),
     xlab="Kerry Two-Party Vote, 2004",
     ylab="Democratic Two-Party Vote Share, 2006")
abline(0,1)
abline(h=.5,lty=2)
abline(v=.5,lty=2)
legend(x="topleft",
       bty="n",
       col=c("red","black","black"),
       pch=c(19,19,1),
       legend=c("Seat Changing Hands",
         "Seat Retained by Incumbent Party",
         "Open Seat (no incumbent running)")
       )