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Polls for 2008 U.S. presidential election

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A dataset with 99 observations on the following 12 variables.

PollTaker Polling organization
PollDates Dates the poll data were collected
MidDate Midpoint of the polling period
Days Number of days after August 28th (end of Democratic convention)
n Sample size for the poll
Pop A=all, LV=likely voters, RV=registered voters
McCain Percent supporting John McCain
Obama Percent supporting Barack Obama
Margin Obama percent minus McCain percent
Charlie Indicator for polls after Charlie Gibson interview with VP candidate Sarah Palin (9/11)
Meltdown Indicator for polls after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy (9/15)

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2008 U.S.csv

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Downloaded from pollster.com

R Dataset Upload:

Use the following R code to directly access this dataset in R.

d <- read.csv("https://www.key2stats.com/2008_U_S.csv")

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