Results of a election in Germany 2013 in different federal states
data(election)A data frame with 16 observations and 8 variables
Petra Klynclova, Matthias Templ
Votes for the political parties in the elections (compositional variables), and their relation to the unemployment rate and the average monthly income (external non-compositional variables). Votes are for the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union of Bavaria, also called The Union (CDU/CSU), Social Democratic Party (SDP), The Left (DIE LINKE), Alliance '90/The Greens (GRUNE), Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the rest of the parties participated in the elections (other parties). The votes are examined in absolute values (number of valid votes). The unemployment in the federal states is reported in percentages, and the average monthly income in Euros.
CDU_CSU Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union of Bavaria, also
called The Union
SDP Social Democratic Party
GRUENE Alliance '90/The Greens
FDP Free Democratic Party
DIE_LINKE The Left
other_parties Votes for the rest of the
parties participated in the elections
unemployment Unemployment in the federal states in percentages
income Average monthly income in Euros
Eurostat, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data