2008 US Presidential National Polls Data

Contains national polling data for 2008 United States Presidential Election

pollsUS08

Format

A data frame with 526 rows and 4 variables:

Pollster

character: name of the organization conducting the poll

McCain

integer: predicted support for McCain (percentage)

Obama

integer: predicted support for Obama (percentage)

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