2016 Indiana precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Retrieval Date 09/10/2021 ## Sources Election results primarily from individual county canvass reports via OpenElections (https://github.com/openelections/openelections-data-in/). Incorrect or incomplete data was replaced using the county canvass reports for the following counties: Clark, Clinton, Dearborn, DeKalb, Delaware, Grant, Greene, Hancock, Howard, Huntington, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Noble, Perry, Posey, Putnam, Steuben, Switzerland, Tipton, Vermillion, Vigo. Initial precinct shapefile provided by the Indiana Secretary of State Election Division (https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/). However, many counties featured outdated precinct boundaries mostly related to changes in corporate boundaries. 2016 precinct boundaries were reviewed using GIS maps or shapefiles from each county. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ 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 Clinton (Democratic Party) G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) G16PREOWRI - Write-in Votes G16USSRYOU - Todd Young (Republican Party) G16USSDBAY - Evan Bayh (Democratic Party) G16USSLBRE - Lucy Brenton (Libertarian Party) G16USSOWRI - Write-in Votes G16GOVRHOL - Eric Holcomb (Republican Party) G16GOVDGRE - John R. Gregg (Democratic Party) G16GOVLBEL - Rex Bell (Libertarian Party) G16GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes G16ATGRHIL - Curtis T. Hill, Jr. (Republican Party) G16ATGDARR - Lorenzo Arredondo (Democratic Party) G16SPIRMCC - Jennifer McCormick (Republican Party) G16SPIDRIT - Glenda Ritz (Democratic Party) ## Processing Steps Provisional votes and/or overseas ballots were reported countywide in Cass, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Monroe, and Wayne. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level reported vote. As appropriate, precinct boundaries for the following counties were replaced using shapefiles from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program or from the respective counties. Wherever necessary, boundaries were further edited to align with 2016 corporate boundaries as determined via county parcel records. Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, DeKalb, Delaware, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Kosciusko, Lake, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Ohio, Perry, Posey, Rush, Scott, Shelby, St. Joseph, Sullivan, Tipton, Vigo, Warrick, Wayne, Wells, Whitley.