This folder contains data behind the story Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner.
This data includes something we call "endorsement points," an attempt to quantify the importance of endorsements by weighting each one according to the position held by the endorser: 10 points for each governor, 5 points for each senator and 1 point for each representative.
| Header | Definition |
|---|---|
year |
Election year |
party |
Political party |
candidate |
Candidate running in primary |
endorsement_points |
Weighted endorsements through June 30th of the year before the primary |
percentage_endorsement_points |
Percentage of total weighted endorsement points for the candidate's political party through June 30th of the year before the primary |
money_raised |
Money raised through June 30th of the year before the primary |
percentage_of_money |
Percentage of total money raised by the candidate's political party through June 30th of the year before the primary |
primary_vote_percentage |
Percentage of votes won in the primary |
won_primary |
Did the candidate win the primary? |