dslabs (version 0.7.1)

polls_2008: Poll data for popular vote in 2008 presidential election

Description

Data from different pollsters for the popular vote between Obama and McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

Usage

data(polls_2008)

Format

An object of class data.frame.

Details

• day. Days until election day. Negative numbers are reported so that days can increase up to 0, which is election day.

• margin. Average difference between Obama and McCain for that day.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data(polls_2008)
with(polls_2008, plot(day, margin))

# }