_id	Column Name	Description	Data Type	Example Data
1	Votes	The number of ballots cast for the candidate in that contest.	Number	123456.0
2	Precincts Counted	The number of precincts eligible to vote for the contest that have been counted. Because these are official results, this will be the total number of precincts eligible to vote for the contest.	Number	1319.0
3	Party	"The party affiliation of the candidate. This field is blank for contests that are referenda. Parties are refreshed every November election. The parties for the November 2015 election are as follows:
DEM - Democratic
REP - Republican
CON - Constitution
AFC - Albaugh for Council
DSB - Dave Schuilenburg
EDS - Elect Darlene Schreiber
GRN - Green
IND - Independent
IJA - Independent Judicial Alliance
LIB - Libertarian
NAI - New Afrikan Independence
OVE - Overly's Electric
WBC - Wall Boro Council"	Text	DEM
4	Dist. Type	"The type of district that the contest pertains to. This field is blank except for the following types of contests:
LEG - State Legislative District
SEN - State Senate District
MUN - Municipal ballot question"	Text	""
5	Dist. Code	The number of the district that the contest pertains to. This field is blank except for when there is data in the Dist Type field.	Number	""
6	Contest Name	The name of the office for which ballots are cast.	Text	President of the United States
7	Cand. Number	"The order in which the candidate appears on the ballot. Candidates may not be in alphabetical order, as ballot order is decided at random. This field will be 1 for any contest with ""Registered Voters"" or ""Ballots Cast"" in the title. "	Number	1.0
8	Cand. Name	The name of the candidate that corresponds with the candidate number in the Cand. Number field. If there are no candidates running in the contest, there will only be a WRITE-IN candidate and that candidate will have Cand. Number 1.	Text	Barack Obama
9	Vote For	The maximum number of candidates that a voter can vote for in the contest. 	Number	1.0
10	Referendum	Whether or not the contest is a referendum. Y in this field indicates a referendum, otherwise it will be blank. A referendum is a ballot question put to voters, so rather than voting for candidates, voters are voting for YES or NO.	Text	""