R: California Congressional Districts in 2006

ca2006 {pscl} | R Documentation

## California Congressional Districts in 2006

### Description

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

### Usage

    data(ca2006)

### Format

A data frame with 53 observations on the following 11 variables.

`district`

  numeric, number of Congressional district

`D`

  numeric, number of votes for the Democratic candidate

`R`

  numeric, votes for the Republican candidate

`Other`

  numeric, votes for other candidates

`IncParty`

  character, party of the incumbent (or retiring member), `D` or `R`

`IncName`

  character, last name of the incumbent, character `NA` if no incumbent running

`open`

  logical, `TRUE` if no incumbent running

`contested`

  logical, `TRUE` if both major parties ran candidates

`Bush2004`

  numeric, votes for George W. Bush (R) in the district in the 2004 presidential election

`Kerry2004`

  numeric, votes for John Kerry (D) in 2004

`Other2004`

  numeric votes for other candidates in 2004

`Bush2000`

  numeric, votes for George W. Bush in 2000

`Gore2000`

  numeric, votes for Al Gore (D) in 2000

### Source

2006 data from the California Secretary of State's web site, http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/general-election-november-7-2006/statement-vote/. 2004 and 2000 presidential vote in congressional districts from the 2006 Almanac of American Politics.

Thanks to Arthur Aguirre for the updated links, above.

### 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)")
           )

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