\HeaderA{votes.repub}{Votes for Republican Candidate in Presidential Elections}{votes.repub}
\keyword{datasets}{votes.repub}
\begin{Description}\relax
A data frame with the percents of votes given to the republican
candidate in presidential elections from 1856 to 1976.  Rows
represent the 50 states, and columns the 31 elections.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}data(votes.repub)\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Source}\relax
S. Peterson (1973):
\emph{A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections}.
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.

Data from 1964 to 1976 is from R. M. Scammon, 
\emph{American Votes 12}, Congressional Quarterly.
\end{Source}