How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In? — august_senate

august_senate_polls

Format

A data frame with 594 rows representing senate polls, and 11 variables:

cycle: the election year
state: the state of the poll
senate_class: the class of the senate
start_date: the start date of the poll
end_date: the end odate of the poll
dem_poll: the percent of support for the Democrat during the poll
rep_poll: the percent of support for the Republican during the poll
dem_result: the result percent of support for the Democrat during the election
rep_result: the result percent of support for the Republican during the election
error: the difference between the percent of support of one party during the poll and the result percent of support for the same party during the election
absolute_error: the absolute value of the error value

Emerson College’s poll of registered voters