2020 AL General Precinct Boundary and Election Results ## RDH Date Retrieval 06/10/2022 ## Sources The RDH retrieved the VEST 2020 general precinct boundary and election results shapefile from [VEST's Harvard Dataverse](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=4751074&version=35.0) The RDH retrieved raw 2020 general election results from Election results come from the [Alabama Secretary of State](https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/voter/election-data) and precinct shapefiles from VEST's Alabama 2020 file. ## Notes on Field Names (adapted from VEST): Columns reporting votes generally follow the pattern: 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. One example is: G16PREDCLI To fit within the GIS 10 character limit for field names, the naming convention is slightly different for the State Legislature and US House of Representatives. All fields are listed below with definitions. Office Codes Used: PRE - President of the United States USS - U.S. Senate CON## - U.S. House, accompanied by a CONG_DIST column indicating district number SSC - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court SAC - Court of Civil Appeals Judge PSC - President, Public Service Commission ## Fields: Field Name Description UNIQUE_ID Unique ID for the precinct, which takes into account splits if applicable COUNTYFP 3-Digit county FIPS Code STATEFP20 States 2-Digit FIPS Code COUNTYFP20 3-Digit county FIPS Code VTDST20 Voting District number GEOID20 GEOID number NAME20 Precinct Name from VEST Precinct Precinct Name geometry geometry field ***va_gen_20_st_prec.shp*** G20PRERTRU Donald J. Trump G20PREDBID Joseph R. Biden G20PRELJOR Jo Jorgensen G20PREOWRI Write-In votes G20USSRTUB Tommy Tuberville G20USSDJON Doug Jones G20USSOWRI Write-In votes G20SSCRSHA Greg Shaw G20SSCOWRI Write-In votes G20SSCRMEN Brad Mendheim G20SSCOWR2 Write-In votes G20SACRTHO William C. "Bill" Thompson G20SACOWRI Write-In votes G20SACRFRI Matt Fridy G20SACOWR2 Write-In votes G20SCCRWIN Mary Windom G20SCCOWRI Write-In votes G20SCCRKEL Beth Kellum G20SCCOWR2 Write-In votes G20PSCRCAV Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh G20PSCDCAS Laura Casey G20PSCOWRI Write-In votes ***va_gen_20_cong_prec.shp*** CONG_DIST Congressional District Number GCON01DAVE James Averhart GCON01RCAR Jerry Carl GCON01OWRI Write-In votes GCON02DHAR Phyllis Harvey-Hall GCON02RMOO Barry Moore GCON02OWRI Write-In votes GCON03DWIN Adia Winfrey GCON03RROG Mike Rogers GCON03OWRI Write-In votes GCON04DNEI Rick Neighbors GCON04RADE Robert Aderholt GCON04OWRI Write-In votes GCON05RBRO Mo Brooks GCON05OWRI Write-In votes GCON06RPAL Gary Palmer GCON06OWRI Write-In votes GCON07DSEW Terri A. Sewell GCON07OWRI Write-In votes ## Processing Steps The RDH joined additional election results to VEST's existing precinct shapefile, including U.S. House using Python. For more information on the processing completed, visit our Github repository(https://github.com/nonpartisan-redistricting-datahub/erj-al) for Election Result Joins (ERJ) for Alabama. Where possible, the RDH validated the election results we processed against VEST's election results. For additional races the RDH manually checked state totals. For more information on this comparison, please see our processing on Github (https://github.com/nonpartisan-redistricting-datahub/erj-al). ## Additional Notes Election Results matched State Wide totals. Please contact info@redistrictingdatahub.org for more information.