2018 New Hampshire precinct and election shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
07/12/2020

## 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.

## 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, 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
G18GOVRSUN - Chris Sununu (Republican Party)
G18GOVDKEL - Molly Kelly (Democratic Party)
G18GOVIJAR - Jilletta Jarvis (Libertarian Party)
G18GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes

## Processing Steps
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.