Pollster08 dataset

2008 U.S. Presidential Election Polls

Polls for 2008 U.S. presidential election data

Format

A dataset with 102 observations on the following 11 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)

Details

The file Pollster08 contains data from 102 polls that were taken during the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign. These data include all presidential polls reported on the internet site pollster.com that were taken between August 29th, when John McCain announced that Sarah Palin would be his running mate as the Republican nominee for vice president, and the end of September.

Source

Downloaded from pollster.com