Package {eiballots}

Title:	Ballot-Level Microdata and Summaries for Ecological Inference (Florida 2000)
Version:	0.1.0-1
Description:	Provides access to ballot-level electoral microdata from the Florida 2000 general election and tools for computing summaries suitable for ecological inference. Includes functions to load data by county or race (election), compute marginal distributions at the precinct level, and build joint contingency arrays across multiple races for use with ecological inference packages. Data files are stored in a remote repository and downloaded on demand; local copies are supported via the 'data_dir' option. Acknowledgements: We thank Jaime Ventura (ANES, University of Michigan) and Dan Keating (The Washington Post) for providing the raw data that serve as the starting point for the construction of this package. We also acknowledge funding from the Conselleria de Educación, Cultura y Universidades (grant CIACIO/2023/031).
URL:	https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B
License:	GPL (≥ 3)
Encoding:	UTF-8
RoxygenNote:	7.3.2
LazyData:	true
Depends:	R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports:	stats
Suggests:	testthat (≥ 3.0.0), usethis
Config/testthat/edition:	3
NeedsCompilation:	no
Packaged:	2026-09-15 18:36:55 UTC; pavia
Author:	Cristina Aybar [aut], Jose M. Pavía [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Jose M. Pavía <jose.m.pavia@uv.es>
Repository:	CRAN
Date/Publication:	2026-09-26 17:00:08 UTC

Broward County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Broward County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Broward

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 588,007 rows (voters) across 747 precincts and 61 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Broward").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR19

Unites States Representative Congressional District 19. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

USR20

Unites States Representative Congressional District 20. Observed options: D, O, A, I.

USR22

Unites States Representative Congressional District 22. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR23

Unites States Representative Congressional District 23. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STS31

State Senator - Senatorial District 31. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

STS32

State Senator - Senatorial District 32. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH91

State Representative - House District 91. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH92

State Representative - House District 92. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH96

State Representative - House District 96. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH97

State Representative - House District 97. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH98

State Representative - House District 98. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH100

State Representative - House District 100. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

CCC1

Clerk of the Circuit Court. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

PAP1

Property appraiser. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SUP1

Supervisor of elections. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC3BRO

County Commissioner District 3. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

COC7BRO

County Commissioner District 7. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D41

Shall Judge John W. Dell 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D42

Shall Judge Bobby W. Gunter 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D43

Shall Judge Fred A. Hazouri 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D44

Shall Judge Larry A. Klein 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D45

Shall Judge Barry J. Stone 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D46

Shall Judge Carole Y. Taylor 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

CICJ31

Circuit Judge Group 31. Observed options: B, F, A, I.

SCB5

Member School Board District 5. Observed options: WBa, WBe, A, I.

WCD

Central Broward Water Control District. Observed options: B, L, A, I.

CDD

Community Development District. Supervisor. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Bourdin, Horn, Shore, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: B, BH, BS, H, HS, S, A, I.

PAID

Plantation Acres Improvement District. Supervisor. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Davis, Hawkins, Petti, Uria, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: D, DH, DP, DU, H, HP, HU, P, PU, U, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

BONRE1

Bond Referendum. Options: N, Y, A, I.

BRORE1

Increasing number of commissioners needed to call a special meeting of the county commission. Options: N, Y, A, I.

BRORE2

Increasing number of commissioners votes needed to propose amendments to the charter. Options: N, Y, A, I.

ANNA

Annexation of Unincorporated Area Described as 'Area A'. Options: D, H, A.

ANNB

Annexation of Unincorporated Area Described as 'Area B'. Options: D, H, A.

ANNC

Annexation of Unincorporated Area Described as 'Area C'. Options: D, H, A.

ANND

Annexation of Unincorporated Area Described as 'Area D'. Options: D, H, A, I.

WERE1

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Filling of Vacances on Commission. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE2

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Go-Day Filling Period for Initiative and Referendum Petitions. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE3

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Signatures Required for Charter Amemdment Petition. Options: N, Y, A, I.

DEERE1

Authority to lease 30% of city owned 4.6 acre parcel. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PEMRE1

City of Pembroke Park. Mobile home park zoning preservation. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE4

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Commission Approval of Site Plans. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PEMRE2

City of Pembroke Park. Election of commissioners and appointment of mayor following annexation. Options: N, Y, A.

WERE5

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Removal of Obsolete Transitional Provisions. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE6

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Removal of Certain Budgetary Provisions. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE7

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Technical Changes - Modernizing and Clarifying Language. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE8

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Residential Area Boundaries. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE9

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Interim Residence Provision. Options: N, Y, A, I.

WERE10

City of Weston. Charter Amendments. Anti-discrimination. Options: N, Y, A, I.

TAMRE1

City of Tamarac. Elimination of aditional referendum reqirements from the tamarac charter and requiring compliance with state law. Options: N, Y, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Broward


# Load the full microdata
broward_data <- get_county_data("Broward")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
broward_data <- as.data.frame(Broward)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Broward))

Highlands County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Highlands County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Highlands

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 22,237 rows (voters) across 20 precincts and 27 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Highlands").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR12

Unites States Representative Congressional District 12. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

USR16

Unites States Representative Congressional District 16. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH77

State Representative - House District 77. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

CCC2

Clerk of the Circuit Court. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC3HIG

County Commissioner District 3. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D21

Shall Judge John R. Blue of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D22

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D23

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis, Jr. of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D24

Shall Judge Oliver L. Green of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D25

Shall Judge E. J. Salcines of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D26

Shall Judge Thomas E. Stringer of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D27

Shall Judge Edward F. Threadgill of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

LPTRE1

City of Lake Placid. Amendent charter section 404. Options: N, Y, A.

AVON

City of Avon Park. City Council. Multi-member race (vote for 3); candidates: Dickerson, Eason, Gray, Handley, Hinson, McKenzie, Wood, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: EaGrHi, GrHiWo, Hi, Wo, A.

AVRE1

City of Avon Park. Referendum additional residency requerements for city council candidates and members. Options: N, Y, A.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Highlands


# Load the full microdata
highlands_data <- get_county_data("Highlands")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
highlands_data <- as.data.frame(Highlands)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Highlands))

Hillsborough County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Hillsborough County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Hillsborough

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 356,659 rows (voters) across 376 precincts and 56 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Hillsborough").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR9

Unites States Representative Congressional District 9. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

USR11

Unites States Representative Congressional District 11. Observed options: D, O, A, I.

USR12

Unites States Representative Congressional District 12. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

USR30

Unites States Representative Congressional District 30. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STA13

State Attorney Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

PUB1

Public Defender Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

STS13

State Senator - Senatorial District 13. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

STS21

State Senator - Senatorial District 21. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH47

State Representative - House District 47. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH48

State Representative - House District 48. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SRH56

State Representative - House District 56. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH57

State Representative - House District 57. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SRH58

State Representative - House District 58. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH60

State Representative - House District 60. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH61

State Representative - House District 61. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH62

State Representative - House District 62. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH66

State Representative - House District 66. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

CCC3

Clerk of the Circuit Court. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SHE1

Sheriff. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

PAP2

Property appraiser. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SUP2

Supervisor of elections. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC1HIL

County Commissioner District 1. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC3HIL

County Commissioner District 3. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

COC6HIL

County Commissioner District 6. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D21

Shall Judge John R. Blue of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D22

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D23

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis, Jr. of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D24

Shall Judge Oliver L. Green of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D25

Shall Judge E. J. Salcines of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D26

Shall Judge Thomas E. Stringer of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D27

Shall Judge Edward F. Threadgill of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

CICJ25

Circuit Judge Group 25. Observed options: B, F, A, I.

COCJ3

County Court Judge Group 3. Observed options: Na, Ob, A, I.

SCB7HIL

Member School Board District 7. Observed options: Ku, WI, A, I.

TTE

Temple Terrace. City Council. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Chillura, Curry, Jeter, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Ch, ChCu, ChJe, Cu, CuJe, Je, A, I.

STP

Supervisor, Tampa Palms Community Development District. Multi-member race (vote for 3); candidates: Cameron, Copeland, Fitzpatrick, Miller, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Ca, CaCo, CaCoFi, CaCoMi, CaFi, CaFiMi, CaMi, Co, CoFi, CoFiMi, CoMi, Fi, Mi, MiFi, A, I.

SCW

Supervisor, Cheval West Community Deelopment District. Multi-member race (vote for 3); candidates: Burley, Lencioni, Miller, Rankin, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Bu, BuLeMi, BuLeRa, Le, LeMiRa, Mi, Ra, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A.

HILRE2

Referendum N0. 2 Circuit Court Judge. Options: N, Y, A, I.

HILRE3

Referendum N0. 3 Circuit Court Judge. Options: N, Y, A, I.

TAM3

City of Tampa Charter Amendments. NO. 3. Options: N, Y, A, I.

TAM1

City of Tampa Charter Amendments. NO. 1. Options: N, Y, A, I.

TAM2

City of Tampa Charter Amendments. NO. 2. Options: N, Y, A, I.

TAM4

City of Tampa Charter Amendments. NO. 4. Options: N, Y, A, I.

TAM5

City of Tampa Charter Amendments. NO. 5. Options: N, Y, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Hillsborough


# Load the full microdata
hillsborough_data <- get_county_data("Hillsborough")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
hillsborough_data <- as.data.frame(Hillsborough)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Hillsborough))

Lee County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Lee County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Lee

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 188,857 rows (voters) across 194 precincts and 33 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Lee").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR14

Unites States Representative Congressional District 14. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STS35

State Senator - Senatorial District 35. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH72

State Representative - House District 72. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SHE2

Sheriff. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

TAX1

Tax Collector. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC1LEE

County Commissioner District 1. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

COC5LEE

County Commissioner District 5. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

HOS3

Hospital Board of Directors Lee County District 3. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Barret, Bauchert, Berkowitz, Brown, Duff, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Bar, BarBau, BarBer, BarBro, BarDuf, Bau, BauBer, BauBro, BauDuf, Ber, BerBro, BerDuf, Bro, BroDuf, Duf, A, I.

HOS5

Hospital Board of Directors Lee County District 5. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Doragh, Farabee, Green, Smith, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Dor, DorFar, DorGre, DorSmi, Far, FarGre, FarSmi, Gre, GreSmi, Smi, A, I.

MOS1

Lee County Mosquito Control. Mosquito Board Area 1. Observed options: Mu, So, A, I.

MOS3

Lee County Mosquito Control. Mosquito Board Area 3. Observed options: Ga, Mc, A, I.

MOS7

Lee County Mosquito Control. Mosquito Board Area 7. Observed options: As, Sa, A, I.

SCB2

Member School Board District 2. Observed options: Do, Mo, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D21

Shall Judge John R. Blue of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D22

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D23

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis, Jr. of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D24

Shall Judge Oliver L. Green of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D25

Shall Judge E. J. Salcines of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D26

Shall Judge Thomas E. Stringer of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D27

Shall Judge Edward F. Threadgill of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

CCR

County Charter Revisions to Adoption of County Ordinances by Citizen Initiative. Options: N, Y, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Lee


# Load the full microdata
lee_data <- get_county_data("Lee")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
lee_data <- as.data.frame(Lee)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Lee))

Marion County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Marion County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Marion

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 105,831 rows (voters) across 115 precincts and 30 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Marion").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR5

Unites States Representative Congressional District 5. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR6

Unites States Representative Congressional District 6. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STS5

State Senator - Senatorial District 5. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

STS11

State Senator - Senatorial District 11. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH10

State Representative - House District 10. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH21

State Representative - House District 21. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH22

State Representative - House District 22. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH23

State Representative - House District 23. Observed options: D, O, A, I.

SRH24

State Representative - House District 24. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH25

State Representative - House District 25. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH42

State Representative - House District 42. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SHE3

Sheriff. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SSC

Superintendent of Schools. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC1MRN

County Commissioner District 1. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC3MRN

County Commissioner District 3. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC5MRN

County Commissioner District 5. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D51

Shall Judge Emerson R. Thompson, Jr. Of the 5TH DISTRICT COURT APPEAL be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SSS

Silver Springs Shores Tax District, Advisory Council. Multi-member race (vote for 3); candidates: Calkins, Cimjotti, Hodges, Popejoy, Scott, Walker, Warburton, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Cal, CalCimHod, CalCimPop, CalCimSco, CalCimWal, CalCimWar, CalHodPop, CalHodSco, CalHodWal, CalHodWar, CalPopSco, CalPopWal, CalPopWar, CalScoWal, CalWalWar, Cim, CimHodPop, CimHodSco, CimPopSco, CimPopWal, CimPopWar, CimScoWal, CimScoWar, CimWalWar, Hod, HodPopSco, HodPopWal, HodPopWar, HodScoWal, HodScoWar, HodWalWar, Pop, PopScoWal, PopScoWar, PopWalWar, Sco, ScoWalWar, Wal, War, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Marion


# Load the full microdata
marion_data <- get_county_data("Marion")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
marion_data <- as.data.frame(Marion)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Marion))

Miami_Dade County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Miami_Dade County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Miami_Dade

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 651,650 rows (voters) across 762 precincts and 57 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Miami_Dade").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR17

Unites States Representative Congressional District 17. Observed options: D, A.

USR18

Unites States Representative Congressional District 18. Observed options: R, A.

USR20

Unites States Representative Congressional District 20. Observed options: D, A.

USR21

Unites States Representative Congressional District 21. Observed options: R, A.

USR22

Unites States Representative Congressional District 22. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

USR23

Unites States Representative Congressional District 23. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STA11

State Attorney Eleventh Judicial. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STS39

State Senator - Senatorial District 39. Observed options: R, A.

STS32

State Senator - Senatorial District 32. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH106

State Representative - House District 106. Observed options: D, O, A, I.

SRH108

State Representative - House District 108. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH116

State Representative - House District 116. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH119

State Representative - House District 119. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH120

State Representative - House District 120. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH109

State Representative - House District 109. Observed options: D, A.

SRH115

State Representative - House District 115. Observed options: R, A.

SRH117

State Representative - House District 117. Observed options: R, A.

SRH118

State Representative - House District 118. Observed options: D, A.

SRH113

State Representative - House District 113. Observed options: R, A.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D31

Shall Justice James R. Jorgerson 3RD DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

CICJ8

Circuit Judge Group 8. Observed options: M, P, A, I.

CICJ4

Circuit Judge Group 4. Observed options: Me, Mu, A, I.

COCJ4

County Court Judge Group 4. Observed options: H, Ri, A, I.

SCB7MD

Member School Board District 7. Observed options: Pp, Pr, A, I.

NBMY

City of North Bay. Mayor. Observed options: Di, Do, A, I.

OLMY

City of Opa Locka. Mayor. Observed options: H, M, A, I.

KBMY

City of Key Biscayne. Mayor. Observed options: P, Ra, A, I.

NBALC

City of North Bay. At Large Commissioner. Observed options: L, S, A, I.

OLC

City of Opa Locka. Commissioner. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Barret, Cobbs, Kelley, Tydus, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: B, BC, BK, BT, C, CK, CT, K, KT, T, A, I.

NBC3

City of Nort Bay (Harbor Island). Commissioner. Observed options: Br, Os, Te, A, I.

KBCO

City of Key Biscayne. Village Council. Multi-member race (vote for 2); candidates: Broucek, Fried, Garcia, Guillen, Abstention, Invalid vote. Each observed combination is an atomic category (e.g. BauDuf). Observed options: Br, BrFr, BrGa, BrGu, Fr, FrGa, FrGu, Ga, GaGu, Gu, A, I.

NBC1

City of Nort Bay. Commissioner. Observed options: Du, Is, A, I.

NBC2

City of Nort Bay (Treasure Island). Commissioner. Observed options: Ab, S, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

DADRE1

Limited Public Financing for Candidates. Options: N, Y, A, I.

DADRE2

Improve Fire and Rescue Service. Options: N, Y, A, I.

HIRE1

Non-biding straw ballot question. Hialeah Special Election. Options: N, Y, A, I.

NMRE1

City of North Miami. Amendment building height. Options: N, Y, A, I.

MIARE1

City of Miami. Amendment assets transfer. Options: N, Y, A, I.

NMRE2

City of North Miami. Amendment poll watchers. Observed options: N, Y, A, I.

MBRE1

Miami Beach. Lease of Park Land. Observed options: N, Y, A, I.

NBRE1

City of North Bay Village. Amendment general revisions. Observed options: N, Y, A.

MIARE2

City of Miami. Amendment board composition. Options: N, Y, A, I.

OLRE1

City of Opa Locka. Question. Options: N, Y, A.

NBRE2

City of North Bay Village. Amendment election date. Observed options: N, Y, A, I.

NBRE3

City of North Bay Village. Amendment term limits. Observed options: N, Y, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Miami_Dade


# Load the full microdata
miami_dade_data <- get_county_data("Miami_Dade")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
miami_dade_data <- as.data.frame(Miami_Dade)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Miami_Dade))

Palm_Beach County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Palm_Beach County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Palm_Beach

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 447,946 rows (voters) across 600 precincts and 47 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Palm_Beach").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR16

Unites States Representative Congressional District 16. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR19

Unites States Representative Congressional District 19. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR22

Unites States Representative Congressional District 22. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR23

Unites States Representative Congressional District 23. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

PUB2

Public Defender Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

STS27

State Senator - Senatorial District 27. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

STS31

State Senator - Senatorial District 31. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

STS35

State Senator - Senatorial District 35. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH82

State Representative - House District 82. Observed options: O, R, A.

SRH83

State Representative - House District 83. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH84

State Representative - House District 84. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH85

State Representative - House District 85. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH87

State Representative - House District 87. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH88

State Representative - House District 88. Observed options: D, O, A, I.

SRH89

State Representative - House District 89. Observed options: D, O, A, I.

SRH91

State Representative - House District 91. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

CCC4

Clerk of the Circuit Court. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SHE5

Sheriff. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

TAX2

Tax Collector. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

PPB1

Port of Palm Beach. Group 1. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

PPB3

Port of Palm Beach. Group 3. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D41

Shall Judge John W. Dell 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D42

Shall Judge Bobby W. Gunter 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D43

Shall Judge Fred A. Hazouri 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D44

Shall Judge Larry A. Klein 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D45

Shall Judge Barry J. Stone 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D46

Shall Judge Carole Y. Taylor 4TH DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SCB7PB

Member School Board District 7. Observed options: Cu, Ri, A, I.

SWC

Palm Beach Soil and Water Conservation District. Observed options: L, M, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PALRE

Children's Service Council. Options: N, Y, A, I.

BBRE1

City of Boynton Beach. Ordinance 000-41. Options: N, Y, A, I.

MPRE1

Town of Mangonia Park. Clarify operation. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PBSRE1

Town of Palm Beach Shores. Height variance request. Options: N, Y, A, I.

BBRE2

City of Boynton Beach. Ordinance 000-43. Options: N, Y, A, I.

LARE1

Town of Lantana. Sale real property. Options: N, Y, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Palm_Beach


# Load the full microdata
palm_beach_data <- get_county_data("Palm_Beach")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
palm_beach_data <- as.data.frame(Palm_Beach)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Palm_Beach))

Pasco County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Pasco County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Pasco

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 146,648 rows (voters) across 148 precincts and 29 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Pasco").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR12

Unites States Representative Congressional District 12. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

USR5

Unites States Representative Congressional District 5. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

USR9

Unites States Representative Congressional District 9. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STS13

State Senator - Senatorial District 13. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH45

State Representative - House District 45. Observed options: R, A.

SRH46

State Representative - House District 46. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH61

State Representative - House District 61. Observed options: D, R, A.

SHE4

Sheriff. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC1PAS

County Commissioner District 1. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC5PAS

County Commissioner District 5. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D21

Shall Judge John R. Blue of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D22

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D23

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis, Jr. of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D24

Shall Judge Oliver L. Green of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D25

Shall Judge E. J. Salcines of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D26

Shall Judge Thomas E. Stringer of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D27

Shall Judge Edward F. Threadgill of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Pasco


# Load the full microdata
pasco_data <- get_county_data("Pasco")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
pasco_data <- as.data.frame(Pasco)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Pasco))

Pinellas County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Pinellas County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Pinellas

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 406,956 rows (voters) across 377 precincts and 44 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Pinellas").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR9

Unites States Representative Congressional District 9. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

USR10

Unites States Representative Congressional District 10. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

STS21

State Senator - Senatorial District 21. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH47

State Representative - House District 47. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH48

State Representative - House District 48. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

SRH49

State Representative - House District 49. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH50

State Representative - House District 50. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH51

State Representative - House District 51. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH52

State Representative - House District 52. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SRH53

State Representative - House District 53. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC3PIN

County Commissioner District 3. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

COC6PIN

County Commissioner District 6. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC7PIN

County Commissioner District 7. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D21

Shall Judge John R. Blue of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D22

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D23

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis, Jr. of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D24

Shall Judge Oliver L. Green of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D25

Shall Judge E. J. Salcines of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D26

Shall Judge Thomas E. Stringer of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D27

Shall Judge Edward F. Threadgill of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

ELTC3

East Lake Tarpon. Special Fire Control District. Commissioner seat 3. Observed options: Bo, Sc, A, I.

LEAC1

Lealman. Special Fire Control District. Commissioner seat 1. Observed options: Ca, Ha, A, I.

PAHC2

Palm Habor. Special Fire Control District. Commissioner seat 2. Observed options: An, He, Pe, Si, St, A, I.

ELTC4

East Lake Tarpon. Special Fire Control District. Commissioner seat 4. Observed options: De, Ho, A, I.

LEAC5

Lealman. Special Fire Control District. Commissioner seat 5. Observed options: Su, A, I.

PINC1

Pinellas Precint 419. Special Fire Control District. Commissioner seat 1. Observed options: Ho, Mc, A, I.

PINC2

Pinellas Precint 419. Special Fire Control District. Commissioner seat 2. Observed options: Pi, Ri, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PINRE1

Amends Charter to Provide Voting Standards Regarding County Administrato's Employment Based on Seven Member Board. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PINRE2

Pinellas County Charter Amendment Modifying Restriccions on Citizens' Initiative Process. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PINRE3

Authorizes the County to Establish Exclusive Methods, Criteria, and Geographic Boundaries for Voluntary Municipal Annexation. Options: N, Y, A, I.

PAHRE1

Palm Habor. Senior recreational programs and facilities. Options: N, Y, A, I.

LEARE2

Lealman. Fire suppression service. Options: N, Y, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Pinellas


# Load the full microdata
pinellas_data <- get_county_data("Pinellas")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
pinellas_data <- as.data.frame(Pinellas)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Pinellas))

Sarasota County ballot microdata (Florida 2000)

Description

Ballot-level microdata for Sarasota County, Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Each row represents one voter.

Usage

Sarasota

Format

A county metadata object. The underlying microdata has 163,750 rows (voters) across 159 precincts and 39 columns:

COUNTY

County identifier ("Sarasota").

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier within the county.

PRE

President and Vice President of the United States. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USS

United States Senator. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

USR13

Unites States Representative Congressional District 13. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

TRE

State Treasurer. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

EDU

Commissioner of Education. Observed options: D, O, R, A, I.

SRH

State Representative - House District 69_70_71_74. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SUP3

Supervisor of elections. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC1SAR

County Commissioner District 1. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

COC5SAR

County Commissioner District 5. Observed options: O, R, A, I.

CRB5

Charter Review Board. District 5. Observed options: D, R, A, I.

SC1

Justice of the Supreme Court R. Fred Lewis. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC2

Justice of the Supreme Court Barbara J. Pariente. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SC3

Justice of the Supreme Court Peggy A. Quince. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D21

Shall Judge John R. Blue of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D22

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D23

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis, Jr. of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D24

Shall Judge Oliver L. Green of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D25

Shall Judge E. J. Salcines of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D26

Shall Judge Thomas E. Stringer of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

D27

Shall Judge Edward F. Threadgill of the 2ND DISTRICT court of appeal be retained in office?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SCB3

Member School Board District 3. Observed options: Ko, Zu, A, I.

EWF4

Englewood Area Fire Control District Seat 4. Observed options: Ka, Ke, A, I.

EWF5

Englewood Area Fire Control District Seat 5. Observed options: Cy, Ha, A, I.

EWW1

Englewood Water District Seat 1. Observed options: Ma, Mo, A, I.

EWW2

Englewood Water District Seat 2. Observed options: Hu, Ma, Tr, A, I.

A01

Florida Transportation Initiative for statewide high speed monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation system. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A02

Shall Circuit Court Judges for selection circuit judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

A03

Shall County Court Judges be appointed by the Governor with retention by vote of the people?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE1

Shall Chapter 00-480, Laws of Florida, providing for the appointment of board members of the Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority, be approved?. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE2

Charter Compliance with state law requirements for recall of county commissioners. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE3

Removal of unconstitutional definition of 'Political Committee'. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE4

Limitation on Political Committee Campaign Contributions. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE5

Compliance with U.S. supreme court ruling on total campaign contribution caps. Options: N, Y, A, I.

SARRE6

Adoption of six-month county residency requirement for candidates. Options: N, Y, A, I.

NPC3

City North Port. Commissioner. Seat 3. Observed options: Fi, Mc, A, I.

VEN3

City of Venice. Council member. Seat 3. Observed options: Fa, Mi, A, I.

VEN4

City of Venice. Council member. Seat 4. Observed options: Fa, Mi, A, I.

Voting-code conventions:

NA in a race column means that the voter was not eligible to vote in that race. A = blank vote; I = invalid vote.

For partisan races, D = Democratic candidate and R = Republican candidate and O = candidate from another party. In some races, however, these codes may have a different meaning (e.g., candidate initials) and should be interpreted according o the coding of the specific race. to the coding of the specific race.

For referendums, Y = yes and N = no.

Eligible voters and precincts by race:

Source

Own elaboration from raw ballot data made available to the authors through personal communication by Dan Keating (data reporter, The Washington Post) and the American National Election Studies (ANES, University of Michigan). Florida general election, November 7, 2000. Full data available at doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/NP73B.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary(), election_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

# Inspect metadata
Sarasota


# Load the full microdata
sarasota_data <- get_county_data("Sarasota")

# Alternatively, using the county object directly
sarasota_data <- as.data.frame(Sarasota)

# Pass directly to ei_summary
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = get_county_data(Sarasota))

Load the full microdata for a county object

Description

Calls get_county_data() using the county code stored in the object. This is the data counterpart to county_meta(): it converts the lightweight metadata object into the full voter-level data.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'county'
as.data.frame(x, ..., source = NULL)

Arguments

Details

To avoid specifying source in every call, set options(data_dir) once at the start of your session or in your .Rprofile:

options(data_dir = "~/my_data/")   # local files
# or leave unset to use the online OSF repository

Value

A data.frame with one row per voter.

See Also

county, county_meta(), get_county_data()

Examples

lee <- as.data.frame(Lee)

The county class

Description

A county object is a lightweight metadata summary for a single county's ballot data file. It does not contain the microdata itself (one row per voter); it only stores precomputed statistics about that county's races, used to build help pages and to give a quick overview before downloading the full dataset.

Details

One such object exists per county (e.g. Lee), stored as a small package data object. Use county_meta() to retrieve one by county code, or get_county_data() / as.data.frame() to load the actual microdata.

Structure

A county object is a named list with the class attribute c("county", "list") and the following elements:

county

Character. The county code (e.g. "Lee").

n_voters_total

Integer. Total number of voters (rows) in the county's microdata file, regardless of eligibility in any particular race.

n_precincts_total

Integer. Total number of distinct precincts in the county.

elections

Character vector. Race codes present in this county's data file (a subset of election_catalog).

voters_by_election

Named integer vector. Number of eligible (non-NA) voters for each race in elections.

precincts_by_election

Named integer vector. Number of precincts with at least one eligible voter, for each race.

options_by_election

Named list of character vectors. The vote options observed in the data for each race (candidate codes or combinations, plus "A"/"I" when present).

See Also

Lee, county_meta(), get_county_data(), list_counties(), election_catalog

County catalog

Description

A named list mapping each county data file to the race codes it contains. Used internally to determine which county files must be loaded for a given set of races.

Usage

county_catalog

Format

A named list. Each element is named by the county code (matching the .RData filename without extension) and contains a character vector of the race codes present in that county's file.

Details

The county code is used to construct the filename: county "Lee" maps to Lee.RData. This list is consulted by get_election_data() and ei_summary() to determine which files to load.

See Also

election_catalog, list_counties(), get_county_data()

Examples

# Races available in Lee county
county_catalog[["Lee"]]

# All counties in the dataset
names(county_catalog)

Retrieve county metadata

Description

Returns the county metadata object for a given county. This is the metadata counterpart to get_county_data(): where get_county_data() loads the full microdata (heavy), county_meta() returns the lightweight summary (counts, races, observed vote options).

Usage

county_meta(county)

Arguments

Value

An object of class county. See county for its structure.

See Also

county, get_county_data(), list_counties()

Examples

county_meta("Lee")
county_meta(Lee)      # pass-through: already a county object

Compute ecological inference summaries from ballot microdata

Description

Builds the objects needed for ecological inference over a set of races: marginal distributions per precinct for each race, a joint contingency array across all races and precincts, and its precinct-aggregated versions.

Usage

ei_summary(
  elections,
  data = NULL,
  source = NULL,
  format = c("lphom", "eipack")
)

Arguments

Details

All summaries share a common intersection universe: voters who were eligible to vote in every race in elections (i.e. non-NA in all selected columns). To obtain the full universe of a single race, pass only that race.

Vote codes

In the microdata, "A" denotes a blank vote and "I" an invalid vote; both are included as active categories. NA means the voter was not eligible in that race and defines the universe boundary.

Multi-member races

For races where voters could select more than one candidate (e.g. "HOS3"), each observed combination (e.g. "BauDuf") is treated as an atomic category. See election_catalog for the candidates field listing the individual candidates on the ballot.

Subsetting

Use the [ operator to extract a subset of races from an existing ei_summary object without reloading data:

obj3 <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS", "HOS3"))
obj2 <- obj3[c("PRE", "USS")]   # subset to 2 races

Value

An object of class "ei_summary" (a named list) with components:

margins

Marginal distributions per precinct. A named list of data.frames (format "lphom") or a single wide data.frame (format "eipack"). Each data.frame contains columns precinct_id, county_id, n_voters, and one column per vote option. n_voters is identical across all races because the universe is shared.

joint_precinct

Integer array of dimensions ⁠[opt_1 x ... x opt_k x precincts]⁠. NULL when only one race is requested. Summing over any race dimension reproduces the corresponding margin.

joint_total

Same array collapsed over precincts: ⁠[opt_1 x ... x opt_k]⁠. NULL when only one race is requested.

meta

Named list of metadata: elections, counties, n_precincts, n_voters, opt_levels, format, precinct_info, created_at.

See Also

ei_summary_random()] get_election_data(), get_county_data(), to_lphom(), to_eipack(), list_elections()

Examples

# Using the built-in example dataset
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = example_ballots)
print(obj)
summary(obj)


# Single race: margins only, no joint array
pres <- ei_summary("PRE")
summary(pres)

# Two races: margins + 3-D joint array [PRE x USS x precinct]
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"))
print(obj)
summary(obj)
dim(obj$joint_precinct)

# Three races
obj3 <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS", "HOS3"))
dim(obj3$joint_precinct)   # [opts_PRE x opts_USS x opts_HOS3 x n_precincts]

# Wide format for eipack-style packages
obj_wide <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), format = "eipack")

Compute ecological inference summaries with random voter aggregation

Description

Randomly assigns voters to artificial units and computes ecological inference summaries, ignoring the geographic boundaries of real precincts. This allows assessing how sensitive the results are to the specific way voters are grouped — a concern known in the literature as the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP).

Usage

ei_summary_random(
  elections,
  data = NULL,
  source = NULL,
  format = c("lphom", "eipack"),
  n_units = NULL,
  unit_size = NULL,
  size_range = NULL,
  seed = NULL
)

Arguments

Details

The total number of votes for each option is identical to that returned by ei_summary() on the same data — only the distribution of votes across units changes.

The function returns a standard ei_summary object, fully compatible with to_lphom(), to_eipack(), and subset_elections(). The randomisation parameters are stored in meta$random for reproducibility and auditing.

To repeat the randomisation n times (e.g. for a sensitivity analysis), call the function inside lapply(), varying seed each time:

results <- lapply(1:100, function(i)
  ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "USS"), data = d, seed = i))

Value

An object of class "ei_summary" with the same structure as ei_summary(), which contains the components: margins, joint_precinct, joint_total and meta; see ei_summary() for details. To document the randomisation the meta component includes, in addition to the fields elections, counties, n_precincts, n_voters, opt_levels, format, precinct_info, created_at the field random, with the following components:

method

Character string describing the aggregation method used and the resulting unit structure.

n_units

Integer. Number of random units created.

unit_sizes

Integer vector of length n_units. Size (number of voters) of each unit. Always sums to meta$n_voters.

seed

The seed supplied to seed, or NULL if none.

n_units_arg

Value of the n_units argument as supplied by the user.

unit_size_arg

Value of the unit_size argument as supplied by the user.

size_range_arg

Value of the size_range argument as supplied by the user.

Argument precedence

When multiple sizing arguments are supplied simultaneously, they are resolved in this order (highest to lowest priority):

1. unit_size — fixed size per unit; n_units and size_range are ignored with a warning.

2. size_range — random sizes within bounds; if n_units is also supplied, the effective sampling interval is the largest symmetric interval around the required mean (N / n_units) that fits within ⁠[min, max]⁠. The last unit absorbs the residual and may fall slightly outside the effective interval. A warning is issued if the required mean falls outside ⁠[min, max]⁠, in which case all units are assigned approximately equal sizes.

3. n_units — number of units; sizes are drawn proportionally from the real precinct size distribution.

4. Default (no sizing argument) — same number of units as real precincts; sizes match the real precinct size distribution; voters are randomly shuffled across units.

Universe

As in ei_summary(), only voters non-NA in all elections simultaneously are included (the intersection universe). The randomisation is applied to this universe, not to the full dataset. The meta$n_voters field of the returned object always refers to this intersection count.

Relationship to ei_summary()

ei_summary_random() produces an object of the same class and structure as ei_summary(), and is fully compatible with to_lphom(), to_eipack(), and subset_elections(). The only difference is that voters are grouped into random units rather than real (geographic) precincts. To compare random and real aggregations directly, run both functions on the same data object:

d    <- get_election_data(c("PRE", "STS35"))
real <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "STS35"), data = d)
rnd  <- ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "STS35"), data = d, seed = 1)

See Also

ei_summary(), subset_elections(), to_lphom(), to_eipack(), get_election_data()

Examples

# Using the built-in example dataset
obj <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS"), data = example_ballots)
print(obj)
summary(obj)


# Default: same number and size distribution as real precincts
obj <- ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "STS35"), seed = 42)

# 200 units with sizes proportional to the real precinct distribution
obj <- ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "STS35"), n_units = 200, seed = 42)

# Fixed size of 500 voters per unit (residual unit if N not divisible)
obj <- ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "STS35"), unit_size = 500, seed = 42)

# Random size between 200 and 800 voters per unit
obj <- ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "STS35"),
                         size_range = c(200, 800), seed = 42)

# 200 units with random sizes between 100 and 600
obj <- ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "STS35"),
                         n_units = 200, size_range = c(100, 600),
                         seed = 42)

# Sensitivity analysis: 100 random aggregations
results <- lapply(1:100, function(i)
  ei_summary_random(c("PRE", "USS"), seed = i))

Election catalog

Description

A named list documenting all races available in the Florida 2000 general election dataset. Each element is named by the election code used as a column name in the county microdata files.

Usage

election_catalog

Format

A named list. Each element contains:

type

Race type: "single_member", "multi_member", or "referendum".

office

Full name of the office or ballot measure.

level

Scope of the election: "federal", "state", "county", "district", or "local".

counties

Character vector of county codes/names that include this race, or the string "all" if every county in the dataset participates.

vote_for

Maximum number of candidates the voter could select.

options

Character vector of individual candidate (voting options) abbreviations as they appear in the data (e.g. c("Bau", "Duf")), including observed combinations (e.g. "BauDuf") as derived automatically from the microdata.

candidates

Character vector of individual candidate (voting options) (e.g. c("Barret", "Bauchert", "Berkowitz", "Brown", "Duff", "Abstention", "Invalid vote")). This field documents the individual candidates (options) on the ballot.

Details

In the microdata files, votes are recorded as follows:

• A candidate code or combination (e.g. "R", "D", "BauDuf", "Y") for a valid vote cast.

• "A" for a blank vote: the voter was eligible but did not mark a choice in this race. Treated as an active category in all summaries.

• "I" for an invalid vote: the voter's mark(s) was not counted. Treated as an active category in all summaries.

• NA for structural non-participation: the voter was not eligible to vote in this race (e.g. a race restricted to a specific district). NA values exclude the voter from the universe of that race.

The distinction between "A", "I", and NA is critical for ecological inference: only NA values define the universe boundary.

See Also

county_catalog, list_elections(), list_counties(), ei_summary()

Examples

# Inspect the presidential race entry
election_catalog[["PRE"]]

# List all federal races
list_elections(level = "federal")

Example ballot-level data

Description

A small simulated dataset used in examples and tests. The dataset contains 100 simulated observations from five simulated precincts in Lee county, with pre-election and U.S. Senate vote categories.

Usage

data(example_ballots)

Format

A data frame with 100 rows and 4 variables:

COUNTY

County name.

PRECINCT

Precinct identifier.

PRE

Pre-election vote category.

USS

U.S. Senate vote category; may contain missing values.

Source

Simulated data generated for examples.

Load raw microdata for a single county

Description

Reads a county-level .RData file and returns its contents as a data.frame. The data source is resolved in this order:

1. The source argument (if not NULL).

2. getOption("data_dir") (set once with options(data_dir = ...)).

3. The default OSF repository (online).

Usage

get_county_data(county, source = NULL)

Arguments

Details

To avoid specifying source in every call, set options(data_dir) once at the start of your session or in your .Rprofile:

options(data_dir = "~/my_data/")   # local files
# or leave unset to use the online OSF repository

Value

A data.frame with one row per voter and columns:

• COUNTY: county code.

• PRECINCT: precinct identifier within the county.

• One column per race on the ballot (see election_catalog for the code-to-office mapping).

See Also

get_election_data(), ei_summary(), list_counties()

Examples

# From the online repository
lee <- get_county_data("Lee")

# From a local directory
lee <- get_county_data("Lee", source = "~/local_data/")

Load raw microdata for one or more races

Description

Determines which county files are needed for the requested races, loads them (downloading if necessary), and returns a combined data.frame with only the relevant columns.

Usage

get_election_data(elections, source = NULL)

Arguments

Details

The counties to load are determined automatically from election_catalog. For races spanning all counties (counties = "all"), every county in county_catalog is loaded. For district-level races, only the relevant counties are loaded.

To avoid specifying source in every call, set options(data_dir) once at the start of your session or in your .Rprofile:

options(data_dir = "~/my_data/")   # local files
# or leave unset to use the online OSF repository

Value

A data.frame with columns COUNTY, PRECINCT, and one column per requested race. Rows from all relevant counties are combined via rbind. Voters not eligible for a given race have NA in that column.

See Also

get_county_data(), ei_summary()

Examples

# Presidential and Senate races (all counties)
df <- get_election_data(c("PRE", "USS"))

# Including a district-level race (only counties with that race)
df <- get_election_data(c("PRE", "HOS3"))

List available counties

Description

Returns a data.frame with each county in the dataset and the number of races in its data file.

Usage

list_counties()

Value

A data.frame with columns county and n_elections.

See Also

county_catalog, list_elections()

Examples

list_counties()

List available races

Description

Returns a summary data.frame of the races available in the dataset, optionally filtered by type or level.

Usage

list_elections(type = NULL, level = NULL)

Arguments

Value

A data.frame with columns code, office, type, level, and counties.

See Also

election_catalog, list_counties()

Examples

list_elections()
list_elections(level = "federal")
list_elections(type = "referendum")

Print a county metadata object

Description

Displays the schema and summary statistics for the county's ballot data: races present, vote options observed in each race, total voters, precincts, and per-race eligibility counts.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'county'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

Value

The input object x, returned invisibly. Called for its side effect of printing a structured metadata summary to the console.

See Also

county, county_meta(), as.data.frame.county

Print an ei_summary object

Description

Print an ei_summary object

Usage

## S3 method for class 'ei_summary'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

Value

The input object x, returned invisibly. Called for its side effect of printing a structured summary to the console.

Subset an ei_summary to fewer races

Description

Extracts a subset of races from an existing "ei_summary" object without reloading or recomputing from raw data. Vote counts remain exactly as in the original object because the universe is unchanged.

Usage

subset_elections(x, elections)

## S3 method for class 'ei_summary'
x[elections]

Arguments

Details

The [ operator is also available as a shorthand: x[elections] is equivalent to subset_elections(x, elections).

Value

A new "ei_summary" object restricted to elections.

Examples

obj3 <- ei_summary(c("PRE", "USS", "HOS3"))

# Equivalent ways to extract a 2-race subset
obj2 <- subset_elections(obj3, c("PRE", "USS"))
obj2 <- obj3[c("PRE", "USS")]

obj1 <- obj3["PRE"]   # single race: no joint array

Summarise an ei_summary object

Description

Prints aggregate vote totals and percentages for each race, and (when there are exactly two races) the full joint contingency table.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'ei_summary'
summary(object, ...)

Arguments

Value

The input object object, returned invisibly. Called for its side effect of printing aggregate vote totals and the joint contingency table (when two races are present) to the console.

Convert an ei_summary to eipack wide format

Description

Converts the margins element to a single wide data.frame where columns are named ⁠<RACE>_<OPTION>⁠ (e.g. PRE_R, PRE_D).

Usage

to_eipack(x)

Arguments

Value

An "ei_summary" object with margins as a wide data.frame and meta$format == "eipack".

See Also

to_lphom(), ei_summary()

Convert an ei_summary to lphom list format

Description

Converts the margins element to a named list of data.frames (one per race). This is the default format of ei_summary() and the input format expected by lphom and related ecological inference functions.

Usage

to_lphom(x)

Arguments

Value

An "ei_summary" object with margins as a named list of data.frames and meta$format == "lphom".

See Also

to_eipack(), ei_summary()