| ca2006 {pscl} | R Documentation |
Election returns and identifying information, California's 53 congressional districts in the 2006 Congresisonal elections.
data(ca2006)
A data frame with 53 observations on the following 11 variables.
districtDROtherIncPartyD or RIncNameNA if no incumbent runningopenTRUE if no incumbent runningcontestedTRUE if both major parties
ran candidatesBush2004Kerry2004Other2004Bush2000Gore20002006 data from the California Secretary of State's web site, http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/all.htm (last updated Tuesday November 14, 2006). 2004 and 2000 presidential vote in congressional districts from the 2006 Almanac of American Politics.
Michael Baraon and Richard E. Cohen. 2006. The Almanac of American Politics, 2006. National Journal Group: Washington, D.C.
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)")
)