governor_state_forecast

The raw data behind the story
'Forecasting the races for governor'
<a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/governor/">https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/governor/</a>

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governor_state_forecast function

A dataframe with 7743 rows representing state-level results of the classic, lite, and deluxe gubernatorial forecasts since Oct. 11, 2018. and 10 variables<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt>forecastdate</dt><dd>date of the forecast</dd>
<dt>state</dt><dd>state of the forecast</dd>
<dt>candidate</dt><dd>name of the candidate</dd>
<dt>party</dt><dd>party of the candidate</dd>
<dt>incumbent</dt><dd>whether the candidate is incumbent</dd>
<dt>model</dt><dd>the model of the forecast</dd>
<dt>win_probability</dt><dd>the probability of the corresponding party winning</dd>
<dt>voteshare</dt><dd>the voteshare of the corresponding party</dd>
<dt>p10_voteshare</dt><dd>the top 10 percentile of the voteshare</dd>
<dt>p90_voteshare</dt><dd>the top 00 percentile of the voteshare</dd>
</dl>

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The raw data behind the story
'Forecasting the races for governor'
<a href='https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/governor/'>https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/governor/</a>

2018 Governors Forecast — governor_state_forecast

A dataframe with 7743 rows representing state-level results of the classic, lite, and deluxe gubernatorial forecasts since Oct. 11, 2018. and 10 variables<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
<dt>forecastdate</dt><dd>date of the forecast</dd>
<dt>state</dt><dd>state of the forecast</dd>
<dt>candidate</dt><dd>name of the candidate</dd>
<dt>party</dt><dd>party of the candidate</dd>
<dt>incumbent</dt><dd>whether the candidate is incumbent</dd>
<dt>model</dt><dd>the model of the forecast</dd>
<dt>win_probability</dt><dd>the probability of the corresponding party winning</dd>
<dt>voteshare</dt><dd>the voteshare of the corresponding party</dd>
<dt>p10_voteshare</dt><dd>the top 10 percentile of the voteshare</dd>
<dt>p90_voteshare</dt><dd>the top 00 percentile of the voteshare</dd>
</dl>

2018 Governors Forecast

governor_state_forecast: 2018 Governors Forecast

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