Polling data for each state for 2008 United States Presidential Election.

polls08

Format

A data frame with 1332 rows and 5 variables:

state

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

Pollster

character: name of the organization conducting the poll

Obama

integer: predicted support for Obama (percentage)

McCain

integer: predicted support for McCain (percentage)

middate

Date: middate of the period when the poll was conducted

Details

See QSS Table 4.2.

References

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

  • Huffington Post: Pollster