Polling data for each state for 2012 United States Presidential Election.

polls12

Format

A data frame with 1227 rows and 6 variables:

.row

integer: row number

state

character: abbreviated name of the state in which the poll was conducted

Obama

integer: predicted support for Obama (percentage)

Romney

integer: predicted support for Romney (percentage)

Pollster

character: name of the organization conducting the poll

middate

Date: middate of the period when the poll was conducted

Details

See QSS Table 4.2.

References

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  • Imai, Kosuke. 2017. Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction. Princeton University Press. URL.

  • Huffington Post: Pollster