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Synthetic Polling Data

poll.data.Rd

  • pid: party indicator, one of c('Democrat', 'Republican', 'Independent', 'Other')

  • educ: education level, one of c('High School or Less', 'Some college', 'College', 'Post-grad')

  • age: age of the individual

  • age_buckets: grouped age buckets, one of c('18to35', '36to50', '51to64', 'Over65')

  • bornagain: indicator for whether the individual identifies as born-again Christian, one of c('Yes', 'No')

  • gender: categorical gender, one of c('Men', 'Women')

  • race: categorical race, one of c('White', 'Black', 'Hispanic', 'Asian', 'Other')

  • vvweight_post: post-election verified voter weight for the individual

Usage

data('poll.data')

Details

A synthetically generated dataset that simulates polling data for a hypothetical support. The covariates are constructed to match commonly used demographic covariates in practice.

References

"Sensitivity analysis for survey weights," Political Analysis, 32(1) (2024), 1-16. #'

Examples

data('poll.data')