2012 Kansas precinct and elections results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
12/29/2020

## Sources
Election results from OpenElections.
Precinct shapefile from the Kansas Legislative Research Department.

## Fields metadata
Vote Column Label Format
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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.
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
PRE - President

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

G12PREDOba - Barack Obama (Democratic Party)
G12PRERRom - Mitt Romney (Republican Party)
G12PRELJoh - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G12PREIBal - Chuck Baldwin (Reform Party)
G12PREOth - Other Candidates

## Processing Steps
Corrections to Johnson and Sedgwick Counties based on PDF map from counties. Some precincts split based on legislative district lines.