Georgia 2016 precinct shapefile with 2016 senate and presidential election results.

## RDH Date retrieval
08/12/2020

## Sources
Precinct and district shapefiles were downloaded from the Georgia General Assembly Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office’s website. Precinct level election data was obtained from the MIT Elections Data and Science Lab. Block level demographic data for the 2010 Decennial Census were retrieved using the Census API. 

## Fields
ID: Unique identifier
DISTRICT: County FIPS code and precinct identifier
PRECINCT_I: Precinct identifier
PRECINCT_N: Precinct name
CTYNAME: County name
FIPS1: State and county FIPS code
FIPS2: County FIPS code
COUNTY_NAM: County name
PRES16D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate
PRES16R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican presidential candidate
PRES16L: Number of votes for 2016 Libertarian presidential candidate
SEN16D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic senate candidate
SEN16R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican senate candidate
SEN16L: Number of votes for 2016 Libertarian senate candidate
TOTPOP: Total population 
NH_WHITE: White, non-hispanic, population
NH_BLACK: Black, non-hispanic, population
NH_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, population
NH_ASIAN: Asian, non-hispanic, population
NH_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, population
NH_OTHER: Other race, non-hispanic, population
NH_2MORE: Two or more races, non-hispanic, population
HISP: Hispanic population
H_WHITE: White, hispanic, population
H_BLACK: Black, hispanic, population
H_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, hispanic, population
H_ASIAN: Asian, hispanic, population
H_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, hispanic, population
H_OTHER: Other race, hispanic, population
H_2MORE: Two or more races, hispanic, population
VAP: Total voting age population
HVAP: Hispanic voting age population
WVAP: White, non-hispanic, voting age population
BVAP: Black, non-hispanic, voting age population
AMINVAP: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, voting age population
ASIANVAP: Asian, non-hispanic, voting age population
NHPIVAP: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, voting age population
OTHERVAP: Other race, non-hispanic, voting age population
2MOREVAP: Two or more races, non-hispanic, voting age population
CD: US Congressional district
HDIST: Georgia House district
SEND: Georgia Senate district

Projection
This shapefile uses EPSG: 4019.

## Processing Steps
Election data from the MIT Elections Data and Science Lab was cleaned by MGGG staff in order to join it to the 2016 precinct shapefile. Demographic data were aggregated from the census block level and precincts were assigned to districts using MGGG's proration software.

## Additional Notes
Rating from MGGG: We give this shapefile an A rating. All data was obtained from the state government and was processed by MGGG staff.