Setting the various values needed (Files Names & FIPS codes)

nhdatafilecsv <- "NHD2016.csv"
nhfipscode <- "33"
scdatafile <- "SCGOP2016.csv"
scfipscode <- "45"

Loading all necessary packages

library(tidyverse)
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library(tmap)
library(tmaptools)
library(leaflet)
library(sf)
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library(leaflet.extras)
library(dplyr)
library(rio)
library(sp)

Step 1: Reading in the NH Election Results File

nhdata <- import(nhdatafilecsv)

Eliminating columns for minor candidates and using only County, Clinton, and Sanders

nhdata <- nhdata[, c("County", "Clinton", "Sanders")]

Step 2: Deciding what map to use

Adding columns for percents and margins:

nhdata$SandersMarginVotes <- nhdata$Sanders - nhdata$Clinton
nhdata$SandersPct <- (nhdata$Sanders) / (nhdata$Sanders + nhdata$Clinton) # Will use formatting later to multiply by a hundred 
nhdata$ClintonPct <- (nhdata$Clinton) / (nhdata$Sanders + nhdata$Clinton)
nhdata$SandersMarginPctgPoints <- nhdata$SandersPct - nhdata$ClintonPct

Step 3: Getting geographic files

Reading in the shapefile for US states and countries:

# isntall.packages("raster")
# install.packages("rgdal")
library(raster)
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usgeo <- shapefile("cb_2014_us_county_5m/cb_2014_us_county_5m.shp")
## Warning: [vect] Z coordinates ignored

Doing a quick plot (QTM = Quick Thematic Map) of the shapefile and checking its structure

qtm(usgeo)

Subsetting just the NH data from the US shapefile

nhgeo <- usgeo[usgeo$STATEFP == nhfipscode,]

Tmap test plot of the New Hampshire data

qtm(nhgeo)

Structure of the object

str(nhgeo$NAME)
##  chr [1:10] "Grafton" "Hillsborough" "Coos" "Belknap" "Rockingham" ...
str(nhdata$County)
##  chr [1:10] "Belknap" "Carroll" "Cheshire" "Coos" "Grafton" "Hillsborough" ...
# Change the county names to plain characters in nhgeo
nhgeo$NAme <- as.character(nhgeo$NAME)

Ordering each data set by county name

nhgeo <- nhgeo[order(nhgeo$NAME),]
nhdata <- nhdata[order(nhdata$County),]
# Checking to see if the two county columns are identical: 
identical(nhgeo$NAME, nhdata$County)
## [1] TRUE

Step 4: Merge geo data with results data using the merge function

library(sf) # sf = simple features
nhmap <- merge(nhgeo, nhdata, by.x = "NAME", by.y = "County")
# examining the new data structure
str(nhmap)
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##   .. ..$ SandersPct             : num [1:10] 0.632 0.636 0.708 0.644 0.673 ...
##   .. ..$ ClintonPct             : num [1:10] 0.368 0.364 0.292 0.356 0.327 ...
##   .. ..$ SandersMarginPctgPoints: num [1:10] 0.264 0.272 0.416 0.288 0.346 ...
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Step 5: Creating a static map with tmap’s qtm() function:

qtm(nhmap, "SandersMarginVotes")
## Some legend labels were too wide. These labels have been resized to 0.63, 0.63, 0.63, 0.58, 0.54. Increase legend.width (argument of tm_layout) to make the legend wider and therefore the labels larger.

qtm(nhmap, "SandersMarginPctgPoints")

For more control over look and feel, use the tm_shape function:

tm_shape(nhmap) +
  tm_fill("SandersMarginVotes", title = "Sanders Margin, Total Votes",
          palette = "PRGn") +
  tm_borders(alpha = 0.5) +
  tm_text("NAME", size = 0.8)
## Some legend labels were too wide. These labels have been resized to 0.63, 0.63, 0.63, 0.58, 0.54. Increase legend.width (argument of tm_layout) to make the legend wider and therefore the labels larger.

Using the same code as above, but storing the static map in a variable, and change the theme to “classic” style:

nhstaticmap <- tm_shape(nhmap) +
  tm_fill("SandersMarginVotes", title = "Sanders Margin, Total Votes",
          palette = "viridis") +
  tm_borders(alpha = 0.5) +
  tm_text("NAME", size = 0.6) + 
  tm_style("classic")
# The county names in my map were colliding so I changed the alpha value to 0.6

View the map

nhstaticmap
## Some legend labels were too wide. These labels have been resized to 0.63, 0.63, 0.63, 0.58, 0.54. Increase legend.width (argument of tm_layout) to make the legend wider and therefore the labels larger.

Saving the map to a jpeg file with tmap’s tmap_save():

tmap_save(nhstaticmap, filename = "nhdemprimary.jpeg")
## Map saved to /Users/ibrahim/Documents/Data Science (MC)/DATA110/R/nhdemprimary.jpeg
## Resolution: 1501.336 by 2937.385 pixels
## Size: 5.004452 by 9.791282 inches (300 dpi)

Part 6: Coding for a basic interactive map, this time for Clinton percentages in NH

Creating a palette

clintonPalette <- colorNumeric(palette = "Blues", domain=nhmap$ClintonPct)

Creating a pop-up window

library(scales)
## 
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nhpopup <- paste0("County: ", nhmap$NAME, ". Sanders ",
                  percent(nhmap$SandersPct), " - Clinton ",
                  percent(nhmap$ClintonPct))

Step 7: Generating the interactive map:

nhmap_projected <- sp::spTransform(nhmap, "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84")
leaflet(nhmap_projected) %>%
 addProviderTiles("CartoDB.Positron") %>%
 addPolygons(stroke=FALSE, 
 smoothFactor = 0.2, 
 fillOpacity = .8, 
 popup=nhpopup, 
 color= ~clintonPalette(nhmap$ClintonPct))

South Carolina Data

scdata <- rio::import(scdatafile)

South Carolina shapefile and quick plot of scgeo SC geospatial object

scgeo <- usgeo[usgeo@data$STATEFP == "45",]
qtm(scgeo)

Adding a column with percent of votes for each candidate. Candidates are in columns 2-7.

candidates <- colnames(scdata[2:7])
for(i in 2:7){
 j = i + 7
 temp <- scdata[[i]] / scdata$Total
 scdata[[j]] <- temp
 colnames(scdata)[j] <- paste0(colnames(scdata)[i], "Pct")
} 
winner <- colnames(scdata[2:7])

Getting the winner in each precinct

for(i in 1: nrow(scdata)){
  scdata$winner[i] <- names(which.max(scdata[i, 2:7]))
}

Importing spreadsheet with percent of adult population holding at least a 4 year college degree

sced <- rio::import("SCdegree.xlsx")

Checking if county names are in the same format in both files

str(scgeo$NAME)
##  chr [1:46] "Edgefield" "Lee" "Horry" "Allendale" "Marion" "Dorchester" ...
str(scdata$County)
##  chr [1:46] "Abbeville" "Aiken" "Allendale" "Anderson" "Bamberg" "Barnwell" ...
# Changing the county names to plain characters in scgeo:
scgeo$NAME <- as.character(scgeo$NAME)
# Order each data set by county name
scgeo <- scgeo[order(scgeo$NAME), ]
scdata <- scdata[order(scdata$County), ]

# Checking to see if the two county columns are identical 
identical(scgeo$NAME, scdata$County)
## [1] TRUE

Adding the election results and renaming the county column

scmap <- merge(scgeo, scdata, by.x = "NAME", by.y = "County")

Instead of just coloring the winner, let’s color by strength of win with multiple layers

minpct <- min(c(scdata$`DonaldJ TrumpPct`, scdata$`Marco RubioPct`, scdata$`Ted CruzPct`))
maxpct <- max(c(scdata$`Donald J TrumpPct`, scdata$`Marco RubioPct`, scdata$`Ted CruzPct`))

Creating leaflet paletttes for each layer of the map

trumpPalette <- colorNumeric(palette = "Purples", domain=c(minpct, maxpct))
rubioPalette <- colorNumeric(palette = "Reds", domain = c(minpct, maxpct))
cruzPalette <- colorNumeric(palette = "Oranges", domain = c(minpct, maxpct))
winnerPalette <- colorFactor(palette=c("#984ea3", "#e41a1c"), domain = scmap$winner)
edPalette <- colorNumeric(palette = "Blues", domain=scmap$PctCollegeDegree)

Creating a pop-up

scpopup <- paste0("<b>County: ", scmap$NAME, "<br />Winner: ", scmap$winner, "</b><br /><
br />Trump: ", percent(scmap$`Donald J TrumpPct`), "<br />Rubio: ", percent(scmap$`Marco 
RubioPct`), "<br />Cruz: ", percent(scmap$`Ted CruzPct`), "<br /><br />Pct w college ed: 
", sced$PctCollegeDegree, "% vs state-wide avg of 25%")

Adding the projection we know from the NH map we’ll need for this data on a Leaflet map:

scmap <- sp::spTransform(scmap, "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84")

Basic interactive map showing winner in each county

leaflet(scmap) %>% 
  addProviderTiles("CartoDB.Positron") %>%
  addPolygons(stroke = TRUE,
              weight = 1,
              smoothFactor = 0.2,
              fillOpacity = 0.75,
              popup = scpopup,
              color = ~winnerPalette(scmap$winner),
              group = "Winners") %>% 
  addLegend(position = "bottomleft", colors = c("#984ea3", "#e41a1c"),
            labels = c("Trump", "Rubio"))

Putting top 3 candidates in their own layers and add education layer, store in scGOPmap variable

scGOPmap <- leaflet(scmap) %>%
 addProviderTiles("CartoDB.Positron") %>%
 addPolygons(stroke=TRUE, 
             weight=1,
             smoothFactor = 0.2, 
             fillOpacity = .75,
             popup=scpopup, 
             color= ~winnerPalette(scmap$winner),
             group="Winners") %>% 
 addLegend(position="bottomleft", colors=c("#984ea3", "#e41a1c"),
           labels=c("Trump", "Rubio")) %>%
  addPolygons(stroke=TRUE,
              weight=1,
              smoothFactor = 0.2,  
              fillOpacity = .75,  
              popup=scpopup, 
              color= ~trumpPalette(scmap$`Donald J TrumpPct`),
              group="Trump") %>%
  addPolygons(stroke=TRUE, 
              weight=1,
              smoothFactor = 0.2, 
              fillOpacity = .75, 
              popup=scpopup, 
              color= ~rubioPalette(scmap$`Marco RubioPct`),
              group="Rubio") %>%
  addPolygons(stroke=TRUE,
              weight=1,
              smoothFactor = 0.2, 
              fillOpacity = .75, 
              popup=scpopup, 
              color= ~cruzPalette(scmap$`Ted CruzPct`),
              group="Cruz") %>%
  addPolygons(stroke=TRUE,
              weight=1,
              smoothFactor = 0.2, 
              fillOpacity = .75, 
              popup=scpopup, 
              color= ~edPalette(sced$PctCollegeDegree),
              group="College degs") %>%
  addLayersControl(
    baseGroups=c("Winners", "Trump", "Rubio", "Cruz", "College degs"),
    position = "bottomleft",
    options = layersControlOptions(collapsed = FALSE))
# Displaying the map
scGOPmap

Saving as a self-contained HTML file

htmlwidgets::saveWidget(scGOPmap, file="scGOPwidget2.html")
# Saving as an HTML file with dependencies in another directory:

htmlwidgets::saveWidget(widget=scGOPmap, file="scGOPprimary_withdependencies.html", selfcontained=FALSE, libdir = "js")