2020 MS General Precinct Boundary and Election Results ## RDH Date Retrieval 02/07/2022 ## 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=5706487&version=33.0) The RDH retrieved raw 2020 general election results from the [Mississippi Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/election-results/2020-election-results/2020-general-election). ## 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 CON_DIST column indicating district number BM - Ballot Measure SSC - State Supreme Court SL## - State Legislative Lower District, accompanied by a SLDL_DIST column indicating district number ## Fields: Field Name Description UNIQUE_ID Unique ID for each precinct, taking into account splits if applicable COUNTYFP 3-Digit county FIPS Code STATEFP20 2-Digit state FIPS Code COUNTYFP20 3-Digit county FIPS Code VTDST20 6-digit voting district code GEOID20 11-digit geographic identifier code NAME20 Precinct name ***ms_gen_20_st_prec.shp*** SLDL_DIST State Legislative District Lower, District Assignment G20PRERTRU Donald Trump / Mike Pence (Republican Party) G20PREDBID Joe Biden / Kamala Harris (Democratic Party) G20PRELJOR Jo Jorgensen / Spike Cohen (Libertarian Party) G20PREGHAW Howie Hawkins / Angela Nicole Walker (Green Party) G20PREABLA Don Blankenship / William Mohr (American Constitution Party) G20PREOCAR Brian T. Carroll / Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party) G20PREIWES Kanye West / Michelle Tidball (Independent) G20PREICOL Phil Collins / Billy Joe Parker (Independent) G20PREIPIE Brock Pierce / Karla Ballard (Independent) G20USSRHYD Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican Party) G20USSDESP Mike Espy (Democratic Party) G20USSLEDW Jimmy Edwards (Libertarian Party) G20BM1AAPR Ballot Measure 1, Initiative 65 and Alternative 65A, Medical Marijuana Amendment - Either Measure G20BM1ADIS Ballot Measure 1, Initiative 65 and Alternative 65A, Medical Marijuana Amendment - Neither Measure G20BM1B65 Ballot Measure 1, Initiative 65 and Alternative 65A, Medical Marijuana Amendment - 65 G20BM1B65A Ballot Measure 1, Initiative 65 and Alternative 65A, Medical Marijuana Amendment - 65A G20BM2YES Ballot Measure 2, Remove Electoral Vote Requirement and Establish Runoffs for Gubernatorial and State Office Elections Amendment - Yes G20BM2NO Ballot Measure 2, Remove Electoral Vote Requirement and Establish Runoffs for Gubernatorial and State Office Elections Amendment - No G20BM3YES Ballot Measure 3, State Flag Referendum - Yes G20BM3NO Ballot Measure 3, State Flag Referendum - No GSSCD1P1GR T. Kenneth Griffis (Nonpartisan) GSSCD1P1WE Latrice Westbrooks (Nonpartisan) GSSCD1P2KI Leslie King (Nonpartisan) GSSCD2P3RA Mike Randolph (Nonpartisan) GSSCD3P3CO Josiah Coleman (Nonpartisan) GSSCD3P3LY Percy L. Lynchard Jr. (Nonpartisan) GSL087NCON Matthew Conoly (Nonpartisan) GSL087NMOR David Wayne Morgan (Nonpartisan) GSL087NTUB Joseph 'Bubba' Tubb (Nonpartisan) ***ms_gen_20_cong_prec.shp*** CONG_DIST Congressional District Assignment GCON01DELI Antonia Eliason (Democratic Party) GCON01RKEL Trent Kelly (Republican Party) GCON02RFLO Brian Flowers (Republican Party) GCON02DTHO Bennie Thompson (Democratic Party) GCON03DBEN Dorothy Benford (Democratic Party) GCON03RGUE Michael Guest (Republican Party) GCON04RPAL Steven Palazzo (Republican Party) ## Processing Steps The RDH joined additional election results to VEST's existing precinct shapefile, including State Supreme Court Justice, Ballot Measures, U.S. House, State House Special Election using Python. For more information on the processing completed, visit our [Github repository](https://github.com/nonpartisan-redistricting-datahub/erj-ms) for Election Result Joins (ERJ) for Mississippi. 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-ms). Two shapefiles were created as Congressional lines in Mississippi cross precinct lines. These precincts were separated in the Congressional file. ## Additional Notes Election Results matched State Wide totals except for two cases one was the Ballot Measures in Quitman County which matched the County Recapitulation Report but did not match the Statewide Recapitulation Report or the Statewide Certified Results. The second instance was the State Supreme Court Race in District 3 place 3 where the results matched the County and Statewide Recapitulation Reports but did not match the Statewide Certified Results. In the State file, the SLDL_DIST column only has values for State Legislative districts where an election occurred at that level. Please contact info@redistrictingdatahub.org for more information.