2016 Delaware precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 11/26/2020 ## Sources Election results from Delaware Department of Elections (https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect16/elect16_general/html/index.shtml) Precinct shapefile from State of Delaware FirstMap GIS (http://opendata.firstmap.delaware.gov/datasets/delaware-election-boundaries) ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special. 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 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 G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party) G16PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party) G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) G16HALDROC - Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic Party) G16HALRREI - Hans Reigle (Republican Party) G16HALGPER - Mark J. Perri (Green Party) G16HALLGES - Scott A. Gesty (Libertarian Party) G16GOVDCAR - John Carney (Democratic Party) G16GOVRBON - Colin Bonini (Republican Party) G16GOVGGRO - Andrew Groff (Green Party) G16GOVLGOW - Sean Louis Goward (Libertarian Party) G16LTGDHAL - Bethany Hall-Long (Democratic Party) G16LTGRGUN - La Mar Gunn (Republican Party) G16INSDNAV - Trinidad Navarro (Democratic Party) G16INSRCRA - Jeffrey E. Cragg (Republican Party) ## Processing Steps Precincts 17-02, 16-31, and 16-41 are the reporting units for UOCAVA votes from New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties, respectively. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level reported vote.