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<row _id="1"><Column_Name>Votes</Column_Name><Description>The number of ballots cast for the candidate in that contest.</Description><Data_Type>Number</Data_Type><Example_Data>123456.0</Example_Data></row>
<row _id="2"><Column_Name>Precincts Counted</Column_Name><Description>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.</Description><Data_Type>Number</Data_Type><Example_Data>1319.0</Example_Data></row>
<row _id="3"><Column_Name>Party</Column_Name><Description>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</Description><Data_Type>Text</Data_Type><Example_Data>DEM</Example_Data></row>
<row _id="4"><Column_Name>Dist. Type</Column_Name><Description>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</Description><Data_Type>Text</Data_Type><Example_Data /></row>
<row _id="5"><Column_Name>Dist. Code</Column_Name><Description>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.</Description><Data_Type>Number</Data_Type><Example_Data /></row>
<row _id="6"><Column_Name>Contest Name</Column_Name><Description>The name of the office for which ballots are cast.</Description><Data_Type>Text</Data_Type><Example_Data>President of the United States</Example_Data></row>
<row _id="7"><Column_Name>Cand. Number</Column_Name><Description>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. </Description><Data_Type>Number</Data_Type><Example_Data>1.0</Example_Data></row>
<row _id="8"><Column_Name>Cand. Name</Column_Name><Description>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.</Description><Data_Type>Text</Data_Type><Example_Data>Barack Obama</Example_Data></row>
<row _id="9"><Column_Name>Vote For</Column_Name><Description>The maximum number of candidates that a voter can vote for in the contest. </Description><Data_Type>Number</Data_Type><Example_Data>1.0</Example_Data></row>
<row _id="10"><Column_Name>Referendum</Column_Name><Description>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.</Description><Data_Type>Text</Data_Type><Example_Data /></row>
</data>
