Indiana 2016 precinct shapefile with 2016 election results.

## RDH Date retrieval
02/10/2021

## Sources
This data was processed by members of the MGGG Redistricting Lab and student research assistant, Rachel Herman.

The 2016 precinct boundary shapefile was obtained by contacting the Indiana Secretary of State Election Division. The 2016 election data was downloaded from MIT Election and Data Science Lab, except for attorney general results for Hancock County, Jefferson County, and Madison County. Hancock County election results are from a contact in the County Clerk's Election Department, Jefferson County results are from a contact in the County Clerk's Office of Voter Registration, and Madison County Results are from the county's Election Board.

The 2010 Decennial Census block shapefile and demographic data were downloaded from the National Historic GIS.


## Fields
STATE: State
STATEFP: State FIPS code
COUNTYFP: County FIPS code
Precinct: Precinct name
PRES16D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate
PRES16R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican presidential candidate
SEN16D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic senate candidate
SEN16R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican senate candidate
SEN16L: Number of votes for 2016 Libertarian senate candidate
AG16D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic attorney general candidate
AG16R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican attorney general candidate
GOV16D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic gubernatorial candidate
GOV16R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican gubernatorial candidate
TOTPOP: Total population from 2010 Decennial Census
NH_WHITE: White, non-hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
NH_BLACK: Black, non-hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
NH_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
NH_ASIAN: Asian, non-hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
NH_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
NH_OTHER: Other race, non-hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
NH_2MORE: Two or more races, non-hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
HISP: Hispanic population from 2010 Decennial Census
H_WHITE: White, hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
H_BLACK: Black, hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
H_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
H_ASIAN: Asian, hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
H_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
H_OTHER: Other race, hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
H_2MORE: Two or more races, hispanic, population from 2010 Decennial Census
VAP: Total voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
HVAP: Hispanic voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
WVAP: White, non-hispanic, voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
BVAP: Black, non-hispanic, voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
AMINVAP: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
ASIANVAP: Asian, non-hispanic, voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
NHPIVAP: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
OTHERVAP: Other race, non-hispanic, voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
2MOREVAP: Two or more races, non-hispanic, voting age population from 2010 Decennial Census
CD: Congressional district
HDIST: State House district
SEND: State Senate district

Projection
This shapefile uses a NAD83/Indiana East (ft) projection (ESPG:2965).


## Processing Steps
This shapefile required minimal processing. No digitizing, merging, or splitting of precincts was required. Demographic data were aggregated from the block level using MGGG’s geospatial toolkit.


## Additional Notes
Rating from MGGG: We give the shapefile an A- rating. Precinct data were obtained from the state government and election results data required only minor corrections in three counties to reduce discrepancies. Discrepancies from state-reported totals are at most 0.1%.