2018 Delaware precinct and election shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 07/12/2020 ## Sources Election results from Delaware Department of Elections (https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect18/elect18_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, 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 A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court 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 - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent SAC - State Appeals Court SBE - State Board of Education SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors 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 G18USSDCAR - Thomas R. Carper (Democratic Party) G18USSRARL - Robert B. Arlett (Republican Party) G18USSGTHE - Emitri G. Theodoropoulos (Green Party) G18USSLFRO - Nadine M. Frost (Libertarian Party) G18HALDROC - Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic Party) G18HALRWAL - Scott Walker (Republican Party) G18ATGDJEN - Kathleen Jennings (Democratic Party) G18ATGRPEP - Bernard V. Pepukayi, Sr. (Republican Party) G18TREDDAV - Colleen Davis (Democratic Party) G18TRERSIM - Kenneth A. Simpler (Republican Party) G18TREGCHA - David B. Chandler (Green Party) G18AUDDMCG - Kathleen K. McGuiness (Democratic Party) G18AUDRSPA - James Spadola (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. Precincts 02-09/10-09, 05-09/11-09, 08-09/12-09/13-09 were split in the shapefile to reflect changes made prior to the 2018 election.