Variable Names Used in the ROAD Data
This page lays out variable conventions used in the ROAD data.
All data contains election results by precinct along with with
legislative district numbers for each precinct. You can download
this page as a pdf file (.pdf 16.4kB). This file is included in the very large
zip file containing all 198 Excel files.The following data is available:
US House and state legislative data for all 50 states plus Washington DC , 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1990 except:
- AK84
- CA84-90
- DC86-90
- IN90
- TX84, 86, 90
- VA85, 87, 89
- NJ85, 87, 89
ROAD Variable names
Additional documentation of this data.
Gyy[Race]_[party]v
Letters for races
Q Registration
P President
S US Senate
G Governor
H US House
X State legislature (lower house), XA, XB,
etc for posts, X_D1U, X_D2U for multi-seat
Y State senate, YA, YB, for posts, Y_D1U,
Y_D2U for multi-seat districts
L Lt gov
T Sec of State
A Attorney general
J Treasurer
M Public service commission (Format M_RTU,
M_DTU for multi-seat)
K,O,Z Other state elections (Format K_RTU, K_DTU
for multi-seat)
I Auditor
C Comptroller
B Education commissioner
F Agriculture commissioner
N Insurance commissioner
U Labor
Example of fields: PA 90 Precinct data fields
st state
cy county
mcd
mcdgrp
wd
pr
prs
af
sf
bb
cd congressional district
sd state senate district
ld legislative (lower house) district
lds
pname
g90g_dv Dem votes for gov
g90g_rv Rep votes for gov
g90g_tv Total votes for gov
g90h_dv Dem votes for US House
g90h_rv Rep votes for US House
g90h_tv Total votes for US House
g90q_dv Dem Party registration
g90q_o1v Other registration
g90q_rv Republican Party registration
g90q_tv Total in-party enrollment
g90r Total registration
g90v Total turnout
g90x_dv Dem state house
g90x_o1v Other state house
g90x_rv Rep state house
g90x_tv Total votes for state house
g90y_dv Dem state senate
g90y_rv Rep state senate
g90y_tv Total state senate