2016 Utah precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
11/26/2020

## Sources
Election results from OpenElections.
Shapefile from the Utah Geographic Reference Center (https://gis.utah.gov/data/political/voter-precincts/).

## 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 Rodham Clinton (Democratic Party)
G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREISTE - Jill Stein (Unaffiliated)
G16PREIMCM - Evan McMullen (Unaffiliated)
G16PREOOTH - Other candidates on ballot

G16USSRLEE - Mike Lee (Republican Party)
G16USSDSNO - Misty K. Snow (Democratic Party)
G16USSAFON - Stoney Fonua (Independent American Party)
G16USSIBAR - Bill Barron (Unaffiliated)

G16GOVRHER - Gary R. Herbert (Republican Party)
G16GOVDWEI - Mike Weinholtz (Democratic Party)
G16GOVLKAM - Brian E. Kamerath (Libertarian Party)
G16GOVASCH - Superdell Schanze (Independent American Party)

G16ATGRREY - Sean D. Reyes (Republican Party)
G16ATGDHAR - Jon V. Harper (Democratic Party)
G16ATGLMCC - W. Andrew McCullogh (Libertarian Party)
G16ATGAISB - Michael W. IsBell (Independent American Party)

G16AUDRDOU - John Rougall (Republican Party)
G16AUDDMIT - Mike Mitchell (Democratic Party)
G16AUDAGRE - Jared Green (Independent American Party)

G16TRERDAM - David Damschen (Republican Party)
G16TREDHAN - Neil A. Hansen (Democratic Party)
G16TRECPRO - Richard Proctor (Constitution Party)

## Processing Steps
The shapefile from the UGRC is of subprecincts, breaking down precincts in cases of district splits. In some cases, results are reported at the subprecinct level, in most cases, they weren't, so merging was done where necessary.