ElectionMargin

<p>Approval rating and election margin for recent presidential elections</p>

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ElectionMargin function

<p>A dataset with 11 observations on the following 5 variables.</p><table><tr><td>
    <code>Year</code> </td>
<td> Certain election years from 1940-2004</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Candidate</code> </td>
<td> Incumbent US president</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Approval</code> </td>
<td> Presidential approval rating at time of election</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Margin</code> </td>
<td> margin of victory/defeat (as a percentage)</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Result</code> </td>
<td> Outcome of the election for the imbumbent: <code>Lost</code> or <code>Won</code></td>
</tr></table>

`Year`	Certain election years from 1940-2004
`Candidate`	Incumbent US president
`Approval`	Presidential approval rating at time of election
`Margin`	margin of victory/defeat (as a percentage)
`Result`	Outcome of the election for the imbumbent: `Lost` or `Won`

ElectionMargin: Election Margin

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