August 2012 primary election results provide final, official vote counts at the precinct level. The dataset is published by data.kingcounty.gov and was last updated in the platform in November 2019. It includes columns for Precinct, Race, Party, and various counter types.
Use Cases
- Analyze vote share by Party across different Races and Precincts.
- Compare candidate performance using CounterType and Count fields for each Precinct.
- Model geographic voting patterns by joining Precinct data with demographic or shapefile data.
- Validate election integrity by auditing totals from CounterGroup and CounterType columns.
Strengths
- Data represents final and official election results.
- Granular precinct-level breakdown for detailed analysis.
- Includes multiple counter types (CounterType) for vote validation.
Limitations
- Dataset is from a single 2012 election, limiting temporal analysis.
- Sample size and total row count are unknown.
- Geographic coverage is limited to King County, Washington.
Provenance
- Source
- data.kingcounty.gov
- Collection Method
- Official election canvass results.
- Time Range
- August 2012
- Freshness
- Data reflects a 2012 event; platform record was last updated in 2019.
- Geography
- King County, Washington, USA