Election results for the 2008 U.S. Presidential race
Description
Election results for the 2008 U.S. Presidential race
Usage
prrace08
Format
A data frame with 51 observations on the following 7 variables.
- state
State name abbreviation
- state_full
Full state name
- n_obama
Number of votes for Barack Obama
- p_obama
Proportion of votes for Barack Obama
- n_mc_cain
Number of votes for John McCain
- p_mc_cain
Proportion of votes for John McCain
- el_votes
Number of electoral votes for a state
Details
In Nebraska, 4 electoral votes went to McCain and 1 to Obama. Otherwise the electoral votes were a winner-take-all.
Source
Presidential Election of 2008, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary, retrieved 2011-04-21.