2016 Kentucky precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
08/25/2022

## Sources
Election results primarily from Kentucky State Board of Elections (https://elect.ky.gov/results/2010-2019/Pages/2016primaryandgeneralelectionresults.aspx) Precinct shapefile from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program.

Election results for the following counties were sourced from the respective county canvass reports: Breckinridge, Campbell, Elliott, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson, Lee, Lewis, Mercer, Morgan, Nelson, Owsley, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Scott, Warren. 

## 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, 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
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 Rodham Clinton (Democratic Party)
G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party)
G16PREIMCM - Evan McMullin (Independent)
G16PREOFUE - Rocky Roque De La Fuente (American Delta Party)

G16USSRPAU - Rand Paul (Republican Party)
G16USSDGRA - Jim Gray (Democratic Party)

## Processing Steps
The precinct totals for the following counties differed by low single digits from the official state totals: Breathitt, Fayette, Kenton, Menifee, Pike, Scott, Trigg, Wayne.

Countywide absentee votes were distributed for most counties. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level reported vote. Absentee votes were reported by congressional district for Boyd, Harrison, Jessamine, Spencer, Washington and at both the congressional and legislative district level for Jefferson. These were distributed accordingly to the precincts within the respective reporting units.

The following modifications were made to the shapefile to reverse precinct changes since 2016:
Boone: Merge B130/B135
Boyd: Merge A106/A108, A105/A109; Adjust A108/A109, A109/A118, A109/A119, A119/A121
Bullitt: Split A104/A110
Calloway: Split A104/A105, C105/C106/C107, C109/C110, D102/D106, D103/D104; Adjust D105/D108
Daviess: Split A101/A104, A102/A112/A142, A105/A133, A107/A109/A118, A108/A116, A110/A147, A111/A141, A113/A126/A127, A114/A121/A124/A125, A119/A132, A120/A123/A137/A148, A128/A145, A129/A134, A130/A131, A140/A144, A146/H108, B103/E101, F101/F104, G101/G104, G103/G105, H103/H110, H104/H111, H105/H106
Fayette: Split A108/A175, A162/A178, B123/B228, B142/B154, B182/B229/B230, C102/C151; Merge A205 into A183/A191/A199; Adjust B204/B232, B170/B217/B231
Hardin: Merge E004/E007; Split G004/G005, H002/H007; Adjust B003/B005, H005/H006/H007, H006/H008
Madison: Merge B110/B111, D106/D108
Mason: Split A101/A102, B102/B103, B105/B106
McCracken: Merge A113/A134, C109/C129; Split A119/A133, B114/B118