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California Congressional Districts in 2006
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Description
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Election returns and identifying information, California's 53
congressional districts in the 2006 Congresisonal elections.

Usage
~~~~~

::

    data(ca2006)

Format
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A data frame with 53 observations on the following 11 variables.

``district``
    numeric, number of Congressional district

``D``
    numeric, number of votes for the Democratic candidate

``R``
    numeric, votes for the Republican candidate

``Other``
    numeric, votes for other candidates

``IncParty``
    character, party of the incumbent (or retiring member), ``D`` or
    ``R``

``IncName``
    character, last name of the incumbent, character ``NA`` if no
    incumbent running

``open``
    logical, ``TRUE`` if no incumbent running

``contested``
    logical, ``TRUE`` if both major parties ran candidates

``Bush2004``
    numeric, votes for George W. Bush (R) in the district in the 2004
    presidential election

``Kerry2004``
    numeric, votes for John Kerry (D) in 2004

``Other2004``
    numeric votes for other candidates in 2004

``Bush2000``
    numeric, votes for George W. Bush in 2000

``Gore2000``
    numeric, votes for Al Gore (D) in 2000

Source
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2006 data from the California Secretary of State's web site,
`http://vote2006.sos.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/all.htm <http://vote2006.sos.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/all.htm>`_;
Excel data at
`http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006\_general/congress.xls <http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/congress.xls>`_.
2004 and 2000 presidential vote in congressional districts from the 2006
*Almanac of American Politics*.

Thanks to Arthur Aguirre for the updated links, above.

References
~~~~~~~~~~

Michael Baraon and Richard E. Cohen. 2006. *The Almanac of American
Politics, 2006.* National Journal Group: Washington, D.C.

Examples
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::

    data(ca2006)

    ## 2006 CA congressional vote against 2004 pvote
    y <- ca2006$D/(ca2006$D+ca2006$R)
    x <- ca2006$Kerry2004/(ca2006$Kerry2004+ca2006$Bush2004)

    pch <- rep(19,length(y))
    pch[ca2006$open] <- 1
    col <- rep("black",length(y))
    col[11] <- "red"    ## Pembo (R) loses to McNerney (D)
    plot(y~x,pch=pch,
         col=col,
         xlim=range(x,y,na.rm=TRUE),
         ylim=range(x,y,na.rm=TRUE),
         xlab="Kerry Two-Party Vote, 2004",
         ylab="Democratic Two-Party Vote Share, 2006")
    abline(0,1)
    abline(h=.5,lty=2)
    abline(v=.5,lty=2)
    legend(x="topleft",
           bty="n",
           col=c("red","black","black"),
           pch=c(19,19,1),
           legend=c("Seat Changing Hands",
             "Seat Retained by Incumbent Party",
             "Open Seat (no incumbent running)")
           )

