U.S. House constituency elections returns data, 1976 - 2020 (doi:10.7910/DVN/QUUABJ)

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Document Description
Citation
Title:	U.S. House constituency elections returns data, 1976 - 2020
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/QUUABJ
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2022-01-23
Version:	1
Bibliographic Citation:	MIT Election Data and Science Lab, 2022, "U.S. House constituency elections returns data, 1976 - 2020", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QUUABJ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:hzVpcAdIOKr72+68419/Yw== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	U.S. House constituency elections returns data, 1976 - 2020
Subtitle:	Election returns for the U.S. House at the constituency level, 1976 - 2020
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/QUUABJ
Authoring Entity:	MIT Election Data and Science Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Other identifications and acknowledgements:	Charles Stewart III
Other identifications and acknowledgements:	Samuel Baltz
Other identifications and acknowledgements:	John Curiel
Producer:	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Access Authority:	Baltz, Samuel
Depositor:	Samuel Baltz
Date of Deposit:	2022-01-23
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QUUABJ
Study Scope
Keywords:	Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Elections
Topic Classification:	Election Returns
Abstract:	This data set comprises of election returns gathered for the office of xxx at the county/constituency/precinct level for the year(s) ... . Please see the associated readme file and meta-csv file for source information and important notes on accuracy and the nature of the fields.
Kind of Data:	Elections
Methodology and Processing
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Data Access
Notes:	CC0 Waiver
Other Study Description Materials
File Description--f5767902
File: 1976-2020-house.tab
	Number of cases: 31101 No. of variables per record: 20 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:6:hzVpcAdIOKr72+68419/Yw==
Variable Description
List of Variables:	year - year state - state state_po - state_po state_fips - state_fips state_cen - state_cen state_ic - state_ic office - office district - district stage - stage runoff - runoff special - special candidate - candidate party - party writein - writein mode - mode candidatevotes - candidatevotes totalvotes - totalvotes unofficial - unofficial version - version fusion_ticket - fusion_ticket
Variables
year
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 1976.0; Max. 2020.0; Valid 31101.0; StDev 13.094240379743484; Mean 1998.7736085656372 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:IOYY1BOSKscxRAdgZCL4Cw==
state
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:ngoqi5kY3OKkL7t73X5pWg==
state_po
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:bDh7p2Z5feIzBJoy3v/P7Q==
state_fips
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 28.758078518375427; Max. 56.0; Valid 31101.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 15.211416620010679; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:IqCVHpQ3VJAM4qXqDL6IWQ==
state_cen
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 31101.0; Mean 50.887592038840836; Max. 95.0; Min. 11.0; StDev 26.311850436043915; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:Me8DXy43HXGssginxGPsTg==
state_ic
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 37.04700813478646; Min. 1.0; StDev 21.800121886814345; Max. 82.0; Valid 31101.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:dx7cuw0ITP1GkpAwI1PORA==
office
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:Efuwx4eUJF4C4rclKb9waw==
district
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 9.982292847982688; Max. 53.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 31101.0; Mean 9.87627407478855; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:JPsQVknkIpdwLZST+MoV0A==
stage
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:/nc1AWE76ZZfN66BuqVVKg==
runoff
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:+6hlcfaKF1x+cXTDNU+B1Q==
special
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:Bv7E/+FQV5Hc9lc0PvMyeg==
candidate
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:pIYGbf5d8RpDTJm69Hii1A==
party
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:KuaCggbeaXI0ayvf+RtZAw==
writein
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:x2uJC0bJ4HGIZhIatU1+wA==
mode
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:avoJCGo0gVRCTUwHsmP+2g==
candidatevotes
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. -1.0; StDev 64177.71515117731; Valid 31101.0; Max. 387109.0; Mean 66173.95064467532; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:R0ch/0PzwFISPq8Dor4kZQ==
totalvotes
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 31101.0; Min. -1.0; StDev 78037.1363806264; Mean 213529.93710811104; Max. 716149.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:u+ot3Qz1eKUvQEG04YTpMg==
unofficial
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:B74RdPTokvroESUM8dU0fw==
version
f5767902 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 2.0210604E7; Min. 2.0210604E7; Max. 2.0210604E7; Valid 31101.0; StDev 0.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:tMZ6UO3nTX23RNK5EUXe5w==
fusion_ticket
f5767902 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:j4H3IJIQcFC+JuByPW5hJQ==
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Label:	codebook-us-house-1976–2020.md
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