august_senate_polls

The raw data behind the story
"How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In?"
<a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-trouble-is-ted-cruz-really-in/">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-trouble-is-ted-cruz-really-in/</a>.

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Chester Ismay

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Maggie Shea

Starry Yujia Zhou

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Jonathan Bouchet

G. Elliott Morris

Adam Spannbauer

Pradeep Adhokshaja

Olivia Barrows

Jojo Miller

Jayla Nakayama

Ben Baumer

Rana Gahwagy

Natalia Iannucci

Marium Tapal

Irene Ryan

Alina Barylsky

Danica Miguel

Sunni Raleigh

Anna Ballou

Jane Bang

Jordan Moody

Kara Van Allen

Jessica Keast

Lizette Carpenter

Fatima Keita

august_senate_polls function

A data frame with 594 rows representing senate polls, and 11 variables:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>cycle</dt><dd>the election year</dd>
 <dt>state</dt><dd>the state of the poll</dd>
 <dt>senate_class</dt><dd>the class of the senate</dd>
 <dt>start_date</dt><dd>the start date of the poll</dd>
 <dt>end_date</dt><dd>the end odate of the poll</dd>
 <dt>dem_poll</dt><dd>the percent of support for the Democrat during the poll</dd>
 <dt>rep_poll</dt><dd>the percent of support for the Republican during the poll</dd>
 <dt>dem_result</dt><dd>the result percent of support for the Democrat during the election</dd>
 <dt>rep_result</dt><dd>the result percent of support for the Republican during the election</dd>
 <dt>error</dt><dd>the difference between the percent of support of one party during the poll and the result percent of support for the same party during the election</dd>
 <dt>absolute_error</dt><dd>the absolute value of the error value</dd>
 </dl>

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The raw data behind the story
"How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In?"
<a href='https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-trouble-is-ted-cruz-really-in/'>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-trouble-is-ted-cruz-really-in/</a>.

How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In? — august_senate_polls

A data frame with 594 rows representing senate polls, and 11 variables:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>cycle</dt><dd>the election year</dd>
 <dt>state</dt><dd>the state of the poll</dd>
 <dt>senate_class</dt><dd>the class of the senate</dd>
 <dt>start_date</dt><dd>the start date of the poll</dd>
 <dt>end_date</dt><dd>the end odate of the poll</dd>
 <dt>dem_poll</dt><dd>the percent of support for the Democrat during the poll</dd>
 <dt>rep_poll</dt><dd>the percent of support for the Republican during the poll</dd>
 <dt>dem_result</dt><dd>the result percent of support for the Democrat during the election</dd>
 <dt>rep_result</dt><dd>the result percent of support for the Republican during the election</dd>
 <dt>error</dt><dd>the difference between the percent of support of one party during the poll and the result percent of support for the same party during the election</dd>
 <dt>absolute_error</dt><dd>the absolute value of the error value</dd>
 </dl>

How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In?

august_senate_polls: How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In?

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