Presidential U.S. National Rolled-Up Summary (XML)
Description
During the presidential year, the API provides popular votes and electoral
counts at the U.S. national rolled-up summary level for the presidential
candidates. Two report types are available:
Data Elements
This table describes the XML elements and attributes used for the presidential
votes and electoral count state-by-state results.
XML
Element |
Description |
Sumtable |
Tag for this table. |
@Timestamp |
Time when this
report was generated. |
@Test |
Indicates whether
the data is test data (Test=1) or live
election night data (Test=0). |
@Office |
Candidates’ office
name. |
@PrecinctsPct |
National summary
percent precincts reporting. |
Cand |
Repeating tag for
candidate-specific information. |
@ElectLead |
Number of electoral
votes that would be assigned to the candidate if he/she wins the
state/district elections where he/she is now leading. |
@StatesLead |
Number of states
in which the candidate is leading. The current definition of leader
is the candidate who is leading when no winner has been declared. This
candidate may be leading by one vote. Races where the leading
candidates are tied or where no votes have come in are not included. |
@ElectWon |
Candidate’s national
total electoral count; that is, total number of electoral votes
the candidate has been assigned in each state as a result of being
declared the winner of the state or of districts within a state
such as Maine and Nebraska. These are considered "actual"
electoral votes. |
@StatesWon |
Candidate’s total
states won; that is, number of states in which the candidate has
been declared the winner of the presidential race in that state. |
@PopPct |
Candidate’s national
percentage of the popular vote. |
@PopVote |
Candidate’s national
total popular vote. |
@Winner |
Optional attribute.
Indicates winner status. |
@party |
Candidate’s party. |
@CandID |
Unique candidate
ID. |
@name |
Candidate’s last
name (or "Others" for all minor candidates grouped together). |
Presidential U.S. National Rolled-Up
Summary for Major Candidates and 'Others'
The presidential U.S. national rolled-up summary for major candidates
and 'Others' provides popular votes and electoral counts at the U.S. national
rolled-up summary level for all major candidates and for all "Others"
(representing all the minor candidates).
This shows a sample presidential U.S. national rolled-up
summary XML file for major candidates and 'Others.'
Presidential U.S. National Rolled-Up
Summary for All Candidates
The presidential U.S. national rolled-up summary for all candidates
provides popular votes and electoral counts at the U.S. national rolled-up
summary level for all major and minor candidates.
This shows a sample presidential U.S. national rolled-up
summary XML file for all candidates.
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