2020 Alaska precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
10/04/2022

## Sources
This file was retrieved from VEST at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/K7760H

Election results from Alaska Division of Elections (http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/20GENR/index.php)
Precinct shapefile from Alaska Division of Elections (http://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/districtmaps.php)

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G20PRERTRU
The first character is G for a general election, C for recount results, 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

ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COC - Corporation Commissioner
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.
INS - Insurance Commissioner
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals)
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
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

G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party)
G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party)
G20PREGJAN - James G. "Jesse Ventura" Janos (Green Party)
G20PRECBLA - Don Blankenship (Conservative Party)
G20PREIPIE - Brock Pierce (Independent)
G20PREOFUE - Rocque "Rocky" De La Fuente (Alliance Party)

G20USSRSUL - Dan Sullivan (Republican Party)
G20USSDGRO - Al Gross (Democratic Party)
G20USSOHOW - John Wayne Howe (Alaskan Independence Party)

G20HALRYOU - Don Young (Republican Party)
G20HALDGAL - Alyse S. Galvin (Democratic Party)

## Processing Steps

Early, absentee, and questioned votes are reported at the state house district level (since Alaska has portions of the state with no lower level of government, HDs serve a similar purpose as counties do in other states for the purpose of reporting votes). Overseas federal absentee ballots are reported at the statewide level. These votes are apportioned by candidate to precincts based on the precinct-level reported vote as weighted according to the number of ballots cast by vote type in each precinct.