From ed1c798cf7a0b81fe10ea090bd14e72f0ca72c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dhrumil Mehta Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 21:17:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] README for new columns in forecast output --- election-forecasts-2020/README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/election-forecasts-2020/README.md b/election-forecasts-2020/README.md index 38a5e8e..ca2fd52 100644 --- a/election-forecasts-2020/README.md +++ b/election-forecasts-2020/README.md @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Column | Description ## Senate files `senate_national_toplines_2020.csv` contains the final national Senate topline on each day. This sheet contains the following additional columns: + Column | Description -------|------------ `branch` | Kind of race this forecast pertains to (senate) @@ -112,9 +113,11 @@ Column | Description `p90_seats_Dparty`,`p90_seats_Rparty`,`p10_seats_Dparty`,`p10_seats_Rparty` | 90th and 10th percentile for the number of seats for each party (D or R) `total_national_turnout`, `p90_total_national_turnout`, `p10_total_national_turnout` | Average, 90th percentile, and 10th percentile of national turnout in states with Senate races `popvote_margin`, `p90_popvote_margin`, `p10_popvote_margin` | Average, 90th percentile, and 10th percentile of popular vote margin (with positive being more Democratic and negative more Republican) in Senate races - +`statesmajority_Dparty`, `statesmajority_Rparty`, `statesmajority_noparty` | Forecasted chances that each party, or no party, controls a majority of state delegations in the house +`delegations_Dparty`, `delegations_Rparty`, `delegations_nomajority` | How many state delegations each party is expected to control in the house `senate_state_toplines_2020.csv` contains the final state-level Senate toplines on each day. This sheet contains the following additional columns: + Column | Description -------|------------ `seat` | Senate seat corresponding to this row, in the format XX-S#, where XX is the state postal code and # is the class of the seat being contested