# Codebook for 2000-2016 County Presidential Data

The data file `countypres_2000-2016` contains county-level returns for presidential elections from 2000 to 2016. The data source is official state election data records.

Note: County results in Alaska for 2004 are based on official Alaska data, but it is clear the district returns significantly overstate the number of votes cast.

## Variables
The variables are listed as they appear in the data file. 

### year
- **Description**: election year	

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### state 
- **Description**: state name 

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### state_po
- **Description**: U.S. postal code state abbreviation

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### county
- **Description**: county name

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### FIPS
- **Description**: county FIPS code

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### office
- **Description**: President

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### candidate
- **Description**: name of the candidate

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### party
- **Description**: party of the candidate

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### candidatevotes 
 - **Description**: votes received by this candidate for this particular party

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### totalvotes
 - **Description**: total number of votes cast in this county-year

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### version
- **Description**: date when dataset was finalized

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