Ohio 2022 General Precinct Boundaries and Election Results Joined with Healthcare Estimates

## RDH Date Retrieval
05/14/22

## Sources
2022 Ohio PBER disaggregated to block-level file from the RDH website.

Healthcare coverage data from census tables B27015 via the census website.

## Notes on Field Names (adapted from VEST):
Columns reporting votes generally follow the 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.

*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:
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor of State
CJU - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
GOV - Governor and Lieutenant Governor
JUS - Justice of the Supreme Court
TRE - Treasurer of State
SOS - Secretary Of State

## Fields:
Field Name Description
PRECINCTID Unique precinct name/identifier                                                      
Pub_Cov    Public coverage total                                                     
Pri_Cov    Private coverage total                                                    
No_Cov     No coverage total                                                     
Pub_CovPct Percent public coverage                                                     
Pri_CovPct Percent private coverage                                                      
No_CovPct  Percent no coverage
VAP_MOD    Total Voting Age Population minus Correctional Facility population from Census PL file (+see description below) 
G22ATGDCRO Attorney General  Jeffrey A. Crossman (D)                                          
G22ATGRYOS Attorney General  Dave Yost (R)                                                    
G22AUDDSAP Auditor of State  Taylor Sappington (D)                                            
G22AUDRFAB Auditor of State  Keith Faber (R)                                                  
G22CJUDBRU Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Term Commencing 01/01/2023 Jennifer Brunner (D) 
G22CJURKEN Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Term Commencing 01/01/2023 Sharon L. Kennedy (R)
G22GOVDWHA Governor and Lieutenant Governor  Nan Whaley and Cheryl L. Stephens (D)            
G22GOVRDEW Governor and Lieutenant Governor  Mike DeWine and Jon Husted (R)                   
G22JUSDJAM Justice of the Supreme Court Term Commencing 01/01/2023 Terri Jamison (D)          
G22JUSDZAY Justice of the Supreme Court Term Commencing 01/02/2023 Marilyn Zayas (D)          
G22JUSRDEW Justice of the Supreme Court Term Commencing 01/02/2023 Pat DeWine (R)             
G22JUSRFIS Justice of the Supreme Court Term Commencing 01/01/2023 Pat Fischer (R)            
G22SOSDCLA Secretary of State  Chelsea Clark (D)                                              
G22SOSOMAR Secretary of State  Terpsehore Tore Maras                                          
G22SOSRLAR Secretary of State  Frank LaRose (R)                                               
G22TREDSCH Treasurer of State  Scott Schertzer (D)                                            
G22TRERSPR Treasurer of State  Robert Sprague (R)                                             
G22USSDRYA U.S. Senator  Tim Ryan (D)                                                         
G22USSRVAN U.S. Senator  JD Vance (R)                                                   
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## Processing Steps

Data was disaggregated down to the block level using a ratio of each block's share of the tract population. Data was joined to the 2022 block-level disaggregated election result files and aggregated to the precinct level.

## Additional Notes

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