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Data Dictionary:
U.S. Presidential Elections 1980
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U.S. Presidential Elections 1980
Data Source:
Data set:
Social Explorer Tables (SE)
Table:
T7. Election Competitiveness [2]
Universe:
Variable Details
T7.
Election Competitiveness
Universe:
T007_001
Total votes cast:
T007_002
Election Competitiveness: Vote % Difference Between Democratic and Republican Candidates
Percent base:
None - percentages not computed
Aggregation method:
None -- No totals are displayed for this variable when multiple geographies are aggregated.
Formula used to compute this variable:
#ReturnType oretval = new #ReturnType(); if (
SE:T006_001
>= 20) { oretval = 2; } else if (
SE:T006_001
>= 10 &
SE:T006_001
< 20) { oretval = 3; } else if (
SE:T006_001
>= 5 &
SE:T006_001
< 10) { oretval = 4; } else if (
SE:T006_001
>= 0 &
SE:T006_001
< 5) { oretval = 5; } else if (
SE:T006_002
>= 20) { oretval = 7; } else if (
SE:T006_002
>= 10 &
SE:T006_002
< 20) { oretval = 8; } else if (
SE:T006_002
>= 5 &
SE:T006_002
< 10) { oretval = 9; } else if (
SE:T006_002
>= 0 &
SE:T006_002
< 5) { oretval = 10; } else { oretval = 0; } return oretval;
Variables used in the formula:
SE:T006_001
Democratic margin
SE:T006_002
Republican margin