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New page: == SOCR Data - Faculty Research Publications, Hirsch-Index and Citation Impact== ===Data Description=== [[Image:SOCR_Data_Dinov_PresidentialElections.png|150px|thumbnail|ri...

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== [[SOCR_Data |SOCR Data]] - Faculty Research Publications, Hirsch-Index and Citation Impact==

===Data Description===
[[Image:SOCR_Data_Dinov_PresidentialElections.png|150px|thumbnail|right| [http://www.electoral-vote.com/ Presidential Electoral Vote] ]]

These data represent the margin of victory in the popular vote in percentage points (explanatory variable) vs the margin of victory in the Electoral College in percentage points (response variable, of course) for the leading two candidates in all Elections since 1828.

=== '''Source'''===
* [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/mandates.php Presidential Election Mandates]

===Data Table===

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:75%" border="1"
|-
| ! rowspan="2" align="center"| President || rowspan="2" align="center"| Election Year || colspan="2" align="center"| popular vote || colspan="2" align="center"| electoral vote || rowspan="2" align="center"| Difference between popular & electoral vote %
|-
| % || advantage || % || advantage
|-
| Andrew Jackson || 1828 || 56.1 || 12.5 || 68.2 || 36.4 || 12.1
|-
| Andrew Jackson || 1832 || 54.2 || 16.8 || 76.0 || 59.0 || 21.8
|-
| Martin van Buren || 1836 || 50.8 || 14.2 || 57.8 || 33.0 || 7.0
|-
| William Henry Harrison || 1840 || 52.9 || 6.1 || 79.6 || 59.2 || 26.7
|-
| James K. Polk || 1844 || 49.5 || 1.4 || 61.8 || 23.6 || 12.3
|-
| Zachary Taylor || 1848 || 47.3 || 4.8 || 56.2 || 12.4 || 8.9
|-
| Franklin Pierce || 1852 || 50.8 || 6.9 || 85.8 || 71.6 || 35.0
|-
| James Buchanan || 1856 || 45.3 || 12.2 || 58.8 || 20.3 || 13.5
|-
| Abraham Lincoln || 1860 || 39.9 || 10.4 || 59.4 || 35.6 || 19.5
|-
| Abraham Lincoln || 1864 || 55.1 || 10.2 || 90.6 || 81.6 || 35.5
|-
| Ulysses S. Grant || 1868 || 52.7 || 5.4 || 72.8 || 45.6 || 20.1
|-
| Ulysses S. Grant || 1872 || 55.6 || 11.8 || 81.9 || 63.8 || 26.3
|-
| Rutherford B. Hayes || 1876 || 48.0 || -3.0 || 50.1 || 0.2 || 2.1
|-
| James Garfield || 1880 || 48.3 || 0.1 || 58.0 || 16.0 || 9.7
|-
| Grover Cleveland - I || 1884 || 48.9 || 0.7 || 54.6 || 9.2 || 5.7
|-
| Benjamin Harrison || 1888 || 47.8 || -0.8 || 58.1 || 16.2 || 10.3
|-
| Grover Cleveland - II || 1892 || 46.0 || 3.0 || 62.4 || 29.7 || 16.4
|-
| William McKinley || 1896 || 51.1 || 5.3 || 61.0 || 21.4 || 9.9
|-
| || 1900 || 51.7 || 6.2 || 65.3 || 30.6 || 13.6
|-
| Theodore Roosevelt || 1904 || 56.4 || 18.8 || 70.6 || 41.2 || 14.2
|-
| William Howard Taft || 1908 || 51.6 || 8.6 || 66.5 || 33.0 || 14.9
|-
| Woodrow Wilson || 1912 || 41.8 || 14.4 || 81.9 || 65.3 || 40.1
|-
| || 1916 || 49.2 || 3.1 || 52.2 || 4.4 || 3.0
|-
| Warren G. Harding || 1920 || 60.3 || 26.2 || 76.1 || 52.2 || 15.8
|-
| Calvin Coolidge || 1924 || 54.0 || 25.2 || 71.9 || 46.3 || 17.9
|-
| Herbert Hoover || 1928 || 58.2 || 17.4 || 83.6 || 67.2 || 25.4
|-
| Franklin D. Roosevelt || 1932 || 57.4 || 17.8 || 88.9 || 77.8 || 31.5
|-
| || 1936 || 60.8 || 24.3 || 98.5 || 97.0 || 37.7
|-
| || 1940 || 54.7 || 9.9 || 84.6 || 69.2 || 29.9
|-
| || 1944 || 53.4 || 7.5 || 81.4 || 62.8 || 28.0
|-
| Harry S. Truman || 1948 || 49.5 || 4.4 || 57.1 || 21.5 || 7.6
|-
| Dwight D. Eisenhower || 1952 || 54.9 || 10.5 || 83.2 || 66.4 || 28.3
|-
| || 1956 || 57.4 || 15.4 || 86.1 || 72.4 || 28.7
|-
| John F. Kennedy || 1960 || 49.7 || 0.2 || 56.4 || 15.6 || 6.7
|-
| Lyndon B. Johnson || 1964 || 61.1 || 22.6 || 90.3 || 80.6 || 29.2
|-
| Richard Nixon || 1968 || 43.4 || 0.7 || 55.9 || 20.4 || 12.5
|-
| || 1972 || 60.7 || 23.2 || 96.7 || 93.5 || 36.0
|-
| Jimmy Carter || 1976 || 50.1 || 2.1 || 55.2 || 10.6 || 5.1
|-
| Ronald Reagan || 1980 || 50.7 || 9.7 || 90.9 || 81.8 || 40.2
|-
| || 1984 || 58.8 || 18.2 || 97.6 || 95.2 || 38.8
|-
| George Bush || 1988 || 53.4 || 7.8 || 79.2 || 58.6 || 25.8
|-
| William J. Clinton || 1992 || 43.0 || 5.6 || 68.8 || 37.6 || 25.8
|-
| || 1996 || 49.2 || 8.5 || 70.4 || 40.8 || 21.2
|-
| George W. Bush || 2000 || 47.9 || -0.5 || 50.4 || 1.0 || 2.5
|-
| || 2004 || 50.7 || 2.4 || 53.2 || 6.5 || 2.5
|-
| Barack Obama || 2008 || 52.6 || 6.44 || 69.3 || 37.55 || 16.7
|}
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 ===Example: [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_BubbleChart | Bubble Chart]]===
-You can paste these data in any of the SOCR [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Analyses.html Analyses] or [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Charts.html Charts] to obtain quantitative results of explore the data graphically. For instance, you can paste these data in the [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_BubbleChart | SOCR Bubble Chart]], map the variables (''Year'' --> '''X''', ''ElectoralVote'' --> '''Y''', ''Diff(Popular-Electoral)Vote'' --> '''Z''') and click UPDATE Graph to obtain the image below.
+You can paste these data in any of the SOCR [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Analyses.html Analyses] or [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Charts.html Charts] to obtain quantitative results of explore the data graphically. For instance, you can paste these data in the [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_BubbleChart | SOCR Bubble Chart]], map the variables (''Year'' --> '''X''', ''ElectoralVote'' --> '''Y''', ''Diff(Popular-Electoral)Vote'' --> '''Z''') and click UPDATE Graph to obtain the image below. Notice how the close elections are represented by smaller bubbles near the 50% of the electoral vote line, as the difference between the popular and the electoral votes for tight elections are small.
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 ===Example: [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_BubbleChart | Bubble Chart]]===
-You can paste these data in any of the SOCR [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Analyses.html Analyses] or [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Charts.html Charts] to obtain quantitative results of explore the data graphically. For instance, you can paste these data in the [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_BubbleChart | SOCR Bubble Chart]], map and click UPDATE Graph to obtain the image below.
+You can paste these data in any of the SOCR [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Analyses.html Analyses] or [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Charts.html Charts] to obtain quantitative results of explore the data graphically. For instance, you can paste these data in the [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_BubbleChart | SOCR Bubble Chart]], map the variables (''Year'' --> '''X''', ''ElectoralVote'' --> '''Y''', ''Diff(Popular-Electoral)Vote'' --> '''Z''') and click UPDATE Graph to obtain the image below.
 <center>[[Image:SOCR_Data_Dinov_PresidentialElectionsBubbleChart.jpg|500px]]
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 | Barack_Obama  || 2008 || 52.6 || 6.44 || 69.3 || 37.55 || 16.7
 |}
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 | James_Garfield || 1880 || 48.3 || 0.1 || 58.0 || 16.0 || 9.7
 |-
-| Grover_Cleveland - I || 1884 || 48.9 || 0.7 || 54.6 || 9.2 || 5.7
+| Grover_Cleveland_I || 1884 || 48.9 || 0.7 || 54.6 || 9.2 || 5.7
 |-
 | Benjamin_Harrison || 1888 || 47.8 || -0.8 || 58.1 || 16.2 || 10.3
 |-
-| Grover_Cleveland - II || 1892 || 46.0 || 3.0 || 62.4 || 29.7 || 16.4
+| Grover_Cleveland_II || 1892 || 46.0 || 3.0 || 62.4 || 29.7 || 16.4
 |-
 | William_McKinley || 1896 || 51.1 || 5.3 || 61.0 || 21.4 || 9.9

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−	== [[SOCR_Data \|SOCR Data]] - ~~Faculty Research Publications, Hirsch~~-~~Index and Citation Impact~~==	+	== [[SOCR_Data \|SOCR Data]] - Popular vs. Electoral Vote in US Presidential Elections (1828-2008)==

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 | % || advantage || % || advantage
 |-
-| Andrew Jackson || 1828 || 56.1 || 12.5 || 68.2 || 36.4 || 12.1
+| Andrew_Jackson || 1828 || 56.1 || 12.5 || 68.2 || 36.4 || 12.1
 |-
-| Andrew Jackson || 1832 || 54.2 || 16.8 || 76.0 || 59.0 || 21.8
+| Andrew_Jackson || 1832 || 54.2 || 16.8 || 76.0 || 59.0 || 21.8
 |-
-| Martin van Buren || 1836 || 50.8 || 14.2 || 57.8 || 33.0 || 7.0
+| Martin_van_Buren || 1836 || 50.8 || 14.2 || 57.8 || 33.0 || 7.0
 |-
-| William Henry Harrison || 1840 || 52.9 || 6.1 || 79.6 || 59.2 || 26.7
+| William_Henry_Harrison || 1840 || 52.9 || 6.1 || 79.6 || 59.2 || 26.7
 |-
-| James K. Polk || 1844 || 49.5 || 1.4 || 61.8 || 23.6 || 12.3
+| James_K_Polk || 1844 || 49.5 || 1.4 || 61.8 || 23.6 || 12.3
 |-
-| Zachary Taylor || 1848 || 47.3 || 4.8 || 56.2 || 12.4 || 8.9
+| Zachary_Taylor || 1848 || 47.3 || 4.8 || 56.2 || 12.4 || 8.9
 |-
-| Franklin Pierce || 1852 || 50.8 || 6.9 || 85.8 || 71.6 || 35.0
+| Franklin_Pierce || 1852 || 50.8 || 6.9 || 85.8 || 71.6 || 35.0
 |-
-| James Buchanan || 1856 || 45.3 || 12.2 || 58.8 || 20.3 || 13.5
+| James_Buchanan || 1856 || 45.3 || 12.2 || 58.8 || 20.3 || 13.5
 |-
-| Abraham Lincoln || 1860 || 39.9 || 10.4 || 59.4 || 35.6 || 19.5
+| Abraham_Lincoln || 1860 || 39.9 || 10.4 || 59.4 || 35.6 || 19.5
 |-
-| Abraham Lincoln || 1864 || 55.1 || 10.2 || 90.6 || 81.6 || 35.5
+| Abraham_Lincoln || 1864 || 55.1 || 10.2 || 90.6 || 81.6 || 35.5
 |-
-| Ulysses S. Grant || 1868 || 52.7 || 5.4 || 72.8 || 45.6 || 20.1
+| Ulysses_S_Grant || 1868 || 52.7 || 5.4 || 72.8 || 45.6 || 20.1
 |-
-| Ulysses S. Grant || 1872 || 55.6 || 11.8 || 81.9 || 63.8 || 26.3
+| Ulysses_S_Grant || 1872 || 55.6 || 11.8 || 81.9 || 63.8 || 26.3
 |-
-| Rutherford B. Hayes || 1876 || 48.0 || -3.0 || 50.1 || 0.2 || 2.1
+| Rutherford_B_Hayes || 1876 || 48.0 || -3.0 || 50.1 || 0.2 || 2.1
 |-
-| James Garfield || 1880 || 48.3 || 0.1 || 58.0 || 16.0 || 9.7
+| James_Garfield || 1880 || 48.3 || 0.1 || 58.0 || 16.0 || 9.7
 |-
-| Grover Cleveland - I || 1884 || 48.9 || 0.7 || 54.6 || 9.2 || 5.7
+| Grover_Cleveland - I || 1884 || 48.9 || 0.7 || 54.6 || 9.2 || 5.7
 |-
-| Benjamin Harrison || 1888 || 47.8 || -0.8 || 58.1 || 16.2 || 10.3
+| Benjamin_Harrison || 1888 || 47.8 || -0.8 || 58.1 || 16.2 || 10.3
 |-
-| Grover Cleveland - II || 1892 || 46.0 || 3.0 || 62.4 || 29.7 || 16.4
+| Grover_Cleveland - II || 1892 || 46.0 || 3.0 || 62.4 || 29.7 || 16.4
 |-
-| William McKinley || 1896 || 51.1 || 5.3 || 61.0 || 21.4 || 9.9
+| William_McKinley || 1896 || 51.1 || 5.3 || 61.0 || 21.4 || 9.9
 |-
-|   || 1900 || 51.7 || 6.2 || 65.3 || 30.6 || 13.6
+| William_McKinley || 1900 || 51.7 || 6.2 || 65.3 || 30.6 || 13.6
 |-
-| Theodore Roosevelt || 1904 || 56.4 || 18.8 || 70.6 || 41.2 || 14.2
+| Theodore_Roosevelt || 1904 || 56.4 || 18.8 || 70.6 || 41.2 || 14.2
 |-
-| William Howard Taft || 1908 || 51.6 || 8.6 || 66.5 || 33.0 || 14.9
+| William_Howard_Taft || 1908 || 51.6 || 8.6 || 66.5 || 33.0 || 14.9
 |-
-| Woodrow Wilson || 1912 || 41.8 || 14.4 || 81.9 || 65.3 || 40.1
+| Woodrow_Wilson || 1912 || 41.8 || 14.4 || 81.9 || 65.3 || 40.1
 |-
-|   || 1916 || 49.2 || 3.1 || 52.2 || 4.4 || 3.0
+| Woodrow_Wilson || 1916 || 49.2 || 3.1 || 52.2 || 4.4 || 3.0
 |-
-| Warren G. Harding || 1920 || 60.3 || 26.2 || 76.1 || 52.2 || 15.8
+| Warren_G_Harding || 1920 || 60.3 || 26.2 || 76.1 || 52.2 || 15.8
 |-
-| Calvin Coolidge || 1924 || 54.0 || 25.2 || 71.9 || 46.3 || 17.9
+| Calvin_Coolidge || 1924 || 54.0 || 25.2 || 71.9 || 46.3 || 17.9
 |-
-| Herbert Hoover || 1928 || 58.2 || 17.4 || 83.6 || 67.2 || 25.4
+| Herbert_Hoover || 1928 || 58.2 || 17.4 || 83.6 || 67.2 || 25.4
 |-
-| Franklin D. Roosevelt || 1932 || 57.4 || 17.8 || 88.9 || 77.8 || 31.5
+| Franklin_D_Roosevelt || 1932 || 57.4 || 17.8 || 88.9 || 77.8 || 31.5
 |-
-|   || 1936 || 60.8 || 24.3 || 98.5 || 97.0 || 37.7
+| Franklin_D_Roosevelt || 1936 || 60.8 || 24.3 || 98.5 || 97.0 || 37.7
 |-
-|   || 1940 || 54.7 || 9.9 || 84.6 || 69.2 || 29.9
+| Franklin_D_Roosevelt || 1940 || 54.7 || 9.9 || 84.6 || 69.2 || 29.9
 |-
-|   || 1944 || 53.4 || 7.5 || 81.4 || 62.8 || 28.0
+| Franklin_D_Roosevelt || 1944 || 53.4 || 7.5 || 81.4 || 62.8 || 28.0
 |-
-| Harry S. Truman || 1948 || 49.5 || 4.4 || 57.1 || 21.5 || 7.6
+| Harry_S_Truman || 1948 || 49.5 || 4.4 || 57.1 || 21.5 || 7.6
 |-
-| Dwight D. Eisenhower || 1952 || 54.9 || 10.5 || 83.2 || 66.4 || 28.3
+| Dwight_D_Eisenhower || 1952 || 54.9 || 10.5 || 83.2 || 66.4 || 28.3
 |-
-|   || 1956 || 57.4 || 15.4 || 86.1 || 72.4 || 28.7
+| Dwight_D_Eisenhower || 1956 || 57.4 || 15.4 || 86.1 || 72.4 || 28.7
 |-
-| John F. Kennedy || 1960 || 49.7 || 0.2 || 56.4 || 15.6 || 6.7
+| John_F_Kennedy || 1960 || 49.7 || 0.2 || 56.4 || 15.6 || 6.7
 |-
-| Lyndon B. Johnson || 1964 || 61.1 || 22.6 || 90.3 || 80.6 || 29.2
+| Lyndon_B_Johnson || 1964 || 61.1 || 22.6 || 90.3 || 80.6 || 29.2
 |-
-| Richard Nixon || 1968 || 43.4 || 0.7 || 55.9 || 20.4 || 12.5
+| Richard_Nixon || 1968 || 43.4 || 0.7 || 55.9 || 20.4 || 12.5
 |-
-|   || 1972 || 60.7 || 23.2 || 96.7 || 93.5 || 36.0
+| Richard_Nixon || 1972 || 60.7 || 23.2 || 96.7 || 93.5 || 36.0
 |-
-| Jimmy Carter || 1976 || 50.1 || 2.1 || 55.2 || 10.6 || 5.1
+| Jimmy_Carter || 1976 || 50.1 || 2.1 || 55.2 || 10.6 || 5.1
 |-
-| Ronald Reagan || 1980 || 50.7 || 9.7 || 90.9 || 81.8 || 40.2
+| Ronald_Reagan || 1980 || 50.7 || 9.7 || 90.9 || 81.8 || 40.2
 |-
-|   || 1984 || 58.8 || 18.2 || 97.6 || 95.2 || 38.8
+| Ronald_Reagan || 1984 || 58.8 || 18.2 || 97.6 || 95.2 || 38.8
 |-
-| George Bush || 1988 || 53.4 || 7.8 || 79.2 || 58.6 || 25.8
+| George_HW_Bush || 1988 || 53.4 || 7.8 || 79.2 || 58.6 || 25.8
 |-
-| William J. Clinton || 1992 || 43.0 || 5.6 || 68.8 || 37.6 || 25.8
+| William_J_Clinton || 1992 || 43.0 || 5.6 || 68.8 || 37.6 || 25.8
 |-
-|   || 1996 || 49.2 || 8.5 || 70.4 || 40.8 || 21.2
+| William_J_Clinton || 1996 || 49.2 || 8.5 || 70.4 || 40.8 || 21.2
 |-
-| George W. Bush || 2000 || 47.9 || -0.5 || 50.4 || 1.0 || 2.5
+| George_W_Bush || 2000 || 47.9 || -0.5 || 50.4 || 1.0 || 2.5
 |-
-|   || 2004 || 50.7 || 2.4 || 53.2 || 6.5 || 2.5
+| George_W_Bush || 2004 || 50.7 || 2.4 || 53.2 || 6.5 || 2.5
 |-
-| Barack Obama  || 2008 || 52.6 || 6.44 || 69.3 || 37.55 || 16.7
+| Barack_Obama  || 2008 || 52.6 || 6.44 || 69.3 || 37.55 || 16.7
 |}
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 [[Image:SOCR_Data_Dinov_PresidentialElections.png|150px|thumbnail|right| [http://www.electoral-vote.com/ Presidential Electoral Vote] ]]
-These data represent the margin of victory in the popular vote in percentage points (explanatory variable) vs the margin of victory in the Electoral College in percentage points (response variable, of course) for the leading two candidates in all Elections since 1828.
+These data represent the margin of victory in the popular vote in percentage points (e.g., explanatory variable) vs the margin of victory in the Electoral College in percentage points (e.g., response variable) for the winner in all Presidential Elections since 1828.
 === '''Source'''===