2016 Alaska precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
10/04/2022

## Sources
This file was retrieved from VEST at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NH5S2I

Election results from Alaska Division of Elections (http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/16GENR/index.php)
Precinct shapefile from Alaska Division of Elections (http://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/districtmaps.php)

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G20PRERTRU
The first character is G for a general election, C for recount results, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COM - Comptroller
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number
HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number
INS - Commissioner of Insurance
LAB - Commissioner of Labor
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
LND - Commissioner of Public Lands
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner
RGT - State University Regent
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Court of Appeals
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
SSC - State Supreme Court
TRE - Treasurer
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields

G16PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party)
G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party)
G16PRECCAS - Darrell L. Castle (Constitution Party)
G16PREIFUE - Roque De La Fuente (Independent)
G16PREOWRI - Write-in Votes

G16USSRMUR - Lisa Murkowski (Republican Party)
G16USSDMET - Ray Metcalfe (Democratic Party)
G16USSLMIL - Joe Miller (Libertarian Party)
G16USSICRA - Breck A. Craig (Independent)
G16USSIGIA - Ted Gianoutsos (Independent)
G16USSISTO - Margaret Stock (Independent)
G16USSOWRI - Write-in Votes

G16HALRYOU - Don Young (Republican Party)
G16HALDLIN - Steve Lindbeck (Democratic Party)
G16HALLMCD - Jim C. McDermott (Libertarian Party)
G16HALISOU - Bernie Souphanavong (Independent)
G16HALOWRI - Write-in Votes

## Processing Steps

Early, absentee, and questioned votes are reported at the state house district level (since Alaska has portions of the state with no lower level of government, HDs serve a similar purpose as counties do in other states for the purpose of reporting votes). Overseas federal absentee ballots are reported at the statewide level. These votes are apportioned by candidate to precincts based on the precinct-level reported vote as weighted according to the number of ballots cast by vote type in each precinct.