King County Primary Election Precinct Results

King County's data.kingcounty.gov provides precinct-level results from election night for primary elections. The dataset includes vote counts by race, party, and legislative district for the August 2023 primary, with similar data available for the August 2019 primary. Columns suggest this is a detailed record of votes cast, categorized by counter type and geographic precinct.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vote share by party using the Party and SumOfCount columns
• Mapping results to legislative districts using the LegislativeDistrict and Precinct columns
• Comparing turnout or results across different races using the Race and CounterType columns
• Aggregating results for county council districts using the CountyCouncil column

Strengths

• Provides granular, precinct-level detail for electoral analysis
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata indicates established use and importance
• Includes data from at least two distinct election cycles (2019 and 2023)

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, license, and author are consistently missing across all sources
• Sources disagree on exact column names (e.g., 'CC' vs. 'CountyCouncil', 'LEG' vs. 'LegislativeDistrict')
• Dataset is described as preliminary 'election night' results, not final certified totals

Provenance

Source

data.kingcounty.gov

Collection Method

Election night reporting from precincts

Time Range

2019-08-06 to 2023-08-01

Freshness

2023-08-04 19:16:25

Geography

King County, Washington, USA