2016 New Hampshire precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
11/26/2020

## Sources
Election results from New Hampshire Secretary of State (https://sos.nh.gov/2016GenResults.aspx)

Precinct shapefile from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release.

The Census VTD shapefile includes wards for the Town of Berlin and the Town of Derry that are only used for municipal elections. These were merged to match the statewide election returns. The wards for the Town of Laconia were revised to match the 2012 municipal redistricting map.

Results reported across two files, one for the general, one for the presidential primary.

## 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
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 Clinton (Democratic Party)
G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party)
G16PREOFUE - Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente (American Delta Party)
G16PREOWRI - Write-in Votes

G16USSRAYO - Kelly Ayotte (Republican Party)
G16USSDHAS - Maggie Hassan (Democratic Party)
G16USSLCHA - Brian Chabot (Libertarian Party)
G16USSIDAY - Aaron Day (Independent)
G16USSOWRI - Write-in Votes

G16GOVRSUN - Chris Sununu (Republican Party)
G16GOVDVAN - Colin Van Ostern (Democratic Party)
G16GOVLABR - Max Abramson (Libertarian Party)
G16GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes