King County provides precinct-level results for the August 2009 primary election. The dataset contains final official vote counts by candidate, race, and district. It was published by data.kingcounty.gov and last updated in November 2019.
Use Cases
- Analyze vote share by Candidate within each Precinct to identify local strongholds.
- Compare voter turnout or candidate performance across different Legislative District or Congressional District boundaries.
- Examine the distribution of Count values for specific Race types to understand primary election competitiveness.
Strengths
- Contains results disaggregated to the Precinct level for granular analysis.
- Includes multiple district types (County Council District, Congressional District, Legislative District) for cross-jurisdictional study.
Limitations
- Data is from a single election year (2009), limiting temporal analysis.
- Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data structure and completeness prior to download.
- The dataset's age (2009 election, last updated 2019) may limit relevance for current political modeling.
Provenance
- Source
- data.kingcounty.gov
- Collection Method
- Final/official election canvass results.
- Time Range
- August 2009
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- King County, Washington, USA