2018 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: Bartholomew, Clark, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Grant, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard, Huntington, Jasper, Kosciusko, Lawrence, Newton, Ohio, Parke, Pulaski, Randolph, Ripley, St. Joseph, Steuben, Switzerland, Tipton, White. 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 However, many counties featured outdated precinct boundaries mostly related to changes in corporate boundaries. 2018 precinct boundaries were reviewed using GIS maps or shapefiles from each county. 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 2018 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. ## 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, 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 LAN - Commissioner of General Land Office 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 RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals 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 G18USSRBRA - Mike Braun (Republican Party) G18USSDDON - Joe Donnelly (Democratic Party) G18USSLBRE - Lucy M. Brenton (Libertarian Party) G18SOSRLAW - Connie Lawson (Republican Party) G18SOSDHAR - Jim Harper (Democratic Party) G18SOSLRUT - Mark W. Rutherford (Libertarian Party) G18AUDRKLU - Tera Klutz (Republican Party) G18AUDDWHI - Joselyn Whitticker (Democratic Party) G18AUDLSCH - John Schick (Libertarian Party) G18TRERMIT - Kelly Mitchell (Republican Party) G18TREDAGU - John C. Aguilera (Democratic Party) ## Processing Steps Provisional votes and/or overseas ballots were reported countywide in Cass and Monroe. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level reported vote.