Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 398):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 55 rows and 30 columns.

In thousands (1,367 represents 1,367,000), except percent. D = Democratic, R = Republican, I = Independent

Footnotes

1. Includes minor party and scattered votes.
2. For 2004, as of April 11, 2006; for 2006, as of 13 August 2007. Source: National Governors Association,
   Washington, DC. See Internet site: < http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.5dbb9333fc52447ae8ebb856a11010a0/ >.
3. Recall election in 2003; Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor.
4. Voting year 2003.
5. Voting years 2001 and 2005.