A dataset of US presidential elections from 1824 to 2024, with information on the winner, runner up, and various measures of vote share. The variables are as follows:
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin.
Details
election. Number of the election counting from the first US presidential election. 1824 is the 10th election.
year. Year.
winner. Full name of winner.
win_party. Party affiliation of winner.
ec_votes. Electoral college votes for winner.
ec_denom. Number of votes in the electoral college.
ec_pct. Winner's share of electoral college vote. (A proportion. Range is 0 to 1.)
popular_pct. Winner's share of popular vote. (A proportion. Range is 0 to 1.)
popular_margin. Winner's margin of the popular vote, expressed as a proportion. Can be positive or negative.
votes. Total votes cast in the election.
margin. Winner's vote margin in the popular vote.
runner_up. Runner up candidate.
ru_part. Party affiliation of runner up candidate.
turnout_pct. Voter turnout as a proportion of eligible voters. (A proportion. Range is 0 to 1.)
winner_lname Last name of winner.
winner_label Winner's last name and election year.
ru_lastname. Runner up's last name.
ru_label. Runner up's last name and election year.
two_term. Is this a two term presidency? (TRUE/FALSE.) Note that F.D. Roosevelt was elected four times.