votes.repub             package:cluster             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A data frame with the percents of votes given to the republican
     candidate in presidential elections from 1856 to 1976.  Rows
     represent the 50 states, and columns the 31 elections.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(votes.repub)

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     S. Peterson (1973): _A Statistical History of the American
     Presidential Elections_. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.

     Data from 1964 to 1976 is from R. M. Scammon,  _American Votes
     12_, Congressional Quarterly.