Extracting the first digit II
There are different levels at which we could consider looking at vote totals. We could look at precincts, or counties, or states, and each level might give us a slightly different picture of what's going on.
For this analysis, look at totals at the county level in Iowa and focus on the votes for the two major party candidates: Republicans Trump / Pence and Democrats Clinton / Kaine.
This exercise is part of the course
Inference for Categorical Data in R
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Get Iowa county vote totals
iowa_county <- ___ %>%
# Filter for rep/dem
___(candidate %in% c(___, ___)) %>%
# Group by county
___
# Compute total votes in each county
___(dem_rep_votes = ___)
# See the result
iowa_county