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.
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XML Element
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Description
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Sumtable
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Tag for this table.
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@Timestamp
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Time when this report was generated.
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@Test
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Indicates whether the data is test data (Test=1) or live election night data (Test=0).
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@Office
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Candidates’ office name.
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@PrecinctsPct
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National summary percent precincts reporting.
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Cand
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Repeating tag for candidate-specific information.
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@ElectLead
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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.
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@StatesLead
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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.
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@ElectWon
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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.
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@StatesWon
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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.
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@PopPct
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Candidate’s national percentage of the popular vote.
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@PopVote
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Candidate’s national total popular vote.
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@Winner
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Optional attribute. Indicates winner status.
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@party
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Candidate’s party.
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@CandID
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Unique candidate ID.
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@name
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Candidate’s last name (or "Others" for all minor candidates grouped together).
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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 XML example 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 XML example shows a sample presidential U.S. national rolled-up summary XML file for all candidates.