Introduction

This is an R Markdown document for the data that can be found in the following link.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-general-data/presidential_national_toplines_2020.csv

This data gives the forecast for the elections conducted in the year 2020.

Data

D <- read.csv('https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-general-data/presidential_national_toplines_2020.csv')
print(D)
##    cycle    branch      model modeldate candidate_inc candidate_chal
## 1   2020 President polls-plus 8/29/2020         Trump          Biden
## 2   2020 President polls-plus 8/28/2020         Trump          Biden
## 3   2020 President polls-plus 8/27/2020         Trump          Biden
## 4   2020 President polls-plus 8/26/2020         Trump          Biden
## 5   2020 President polls-plus 8/25/2020         Trump          Biden
## 6   2020 President polls-plus 8/24/2020         Trump          Biden
## 7   2020 President polls-plus 8/23/2020         Trump          Biden
## 8   2020 President polls-plus 8/22/2020         Trump          Biden
## 9   2020 President polls-plus 8/21/2020         Trump          Biden
## 10  2020 President polls-plus 8/20/2020         Trump          Biden
## 11  2020 President polls-plus 8/19/2020         Trump          Biden
## 12  2020 President polls-plus 8/18/2020         Trump          Biden
## 13  2020 President polls-plus 8/17/2020         Trump          Biden
## 14  2020 President polls-plus 8/16/2020         Trump          Biden
## 15  2020 President polls-plus 8/15/2020         Trump          Biden
## 16  2020 President polls-plus 8/14/2020         Trump          Biden
## 17  2020 President polls-plus 8/13/2020         Trump          Biden
## 18  2020 President polls-plus 8/12/2020         Trump          Biden
## 19  2020 President polls-plus 8/11/2020         Trump          Biden
## 20  2020 President polls-plus 8/10/2020         Trump          Biden
## 21  2020 President polls-plus  8/9/2020         Trump          Biden
## 22  2020 President polls-plus  8/8/2020         Trump          Biden
## 23  2020 President polls-plus  8/7/2020         Trump          Biden
## 24  2020 President polls-plus  8/6/2020         Trump          Biden
## 25  2020 President polls-plus  8/5/2020         Trump          Biden
## 26  2020 President polls-plus  8/4/2020         Trump          Biden
## 27  2020 President polls-plus  8/3/2020         Trump          Biden
## 28  2020 President polls-plus  8/2/2020         Trump          Biden
## 29  2020 President polls-plus  8/1/2020         Trump          Biden
## 30  2020 President polls-plus 7/31/2020         Trump          Biden
## 31  2020 President polls-plus 7/30/2020         Trump          Biden
## 32  2020 President polls-plus 7/29/2020         Trump          Biden
## 33  2020 President polls-plus 7/28/2020         Trump          Biden
## 34  2020 President polls-plus 7/27/2020         Trump          Biden
## 35  2020 President polls-plus 7/26/2020         Trump          Biden
## 36  2020 President polls-plus 7/25/2020         Trump          Biden
## 37  2020 President polls-plus 7/24/2020         Trump          Biden
## 38  2020 President polls-plus 7/23/2020         Trump          Biden
## 39  2020 President polls-plus 7/22/2020         Trump          Biden
## 40  2020 President polls-plus 7/21/2020         Trump          Biden
## 41  2020 President polls-plus 7/20/2020         Trump          Biden
## 42  2020 President polls-plus 7/19/2020         Trump          Biden
## 43  2020 President polls-plus 7/18/2020         Trump          Biden
## 44  2020 President polls-plus 7/17/2020         Trump          Biden
## 45  2020 President polls-plus 7/16/2020         Trump          Biden
## 46  2020 President polls-plus 7/15/2020         Trump          Biden
## 47  2020 President polls-plus 7/14/2020         Trump          Biden
## 48  2020 President polls-plus 7/13/2020         Trump          Biden
## 49  2020 President polls-plus 7/12/2020         Trump          Biden
## 50  2020 President polls-plus 7/11/2020         Trump          Biden
## 51  2020 President polls-plus 7/10/2020         Trump          Biden
## 52  2020 President polls-plus  7/9/2020         Trump          Biden
## 53  2020 President polls-plus  7/8/2020         Trump          Biden
## 54  2020 President polls-plus  7/7/2020         Trump          Biden
## 55  2020 President polls-plus  7/6/2020         Trump          Biden
## 56  2020 President polls-plus  7/5/2020         Trump          Biden
## 57  2020 President polls-plus  7/4/2020         Trump          Biden
## 58  2020 President polls-plus  7/3/2020         Trump          Biden
## 59  2020 President polls-plus  7/2/2020         Trump          Biden
## 60  2020 President polls-plus  7/1/2020         Trump          Biden
## 61  2020 President polls-plus 6/30/2020         Trump          Biden
## 62  2020 President polls-plus 6/29/2020         Trump          Biden
## 63  2020 President polls-plus 6/28/2020         Trump          Biden
## 64  2020 President polls-plus 6/27/2020         Trump          Biden
## 65  2020 President polls-plus 6/26/2020         Trump          Biden
## 66  2020 President polls-plus 6/25/2020         Trump          Biden
## 67  2020 President polls-plus 6/24/2020         Trump          Biden
## 68  2020 President polls-plus 6/23/2020         Trump          Biden
## 69  2020 President polls-plus 6/22/2020         Trump          Biden
## 70  2020 President polls-plus 6/21/2020         Trump          Biden
## 71  2020 President polls-plus 6/20/2020         Trump          Biden
## 72  2020 President polls-plus 6/19/2020         Trump          Biden
## 73  2020 President polls-plus 6/18/2020         Trump          Biden
## 74  2020 President polls-plus 6/17/2020         Trump          Biden
## 75  2020 President polls-plus 6/16/2020         Trump          Biden
## 76  2020 President polls-plus 6/15/2020         Trump          Biden
## 77  2020 President polls-plus 6/14/2020         Trump          Biden
## 78  2020 President polls-plus 6/13/2020         Trump          Biden
## 79  2020 President polls-plus 6/12/2020         Trump          Biden
## 80  2020 President polls-plus 6/11/2020         Trump          Biden
## 81  2020 President polls-plus 6/10/2020         Trump          Biden
## 82  2020 President polls-plus  6/9/2020         Trump          Biden
## 83  2020 President polls-plus  6/8/2020         Trump          Biden
## 84  2020 President polls-plus  6/7/2020         Trump          Biden
## 85  2020 President polls-plus  6/6/2020         Trump          Biden
## 86  2020 President polls-plus  6/5/2020         Trump          Biden
## 87  2020 President polls-plus  6/4/2020         Trump          Biden
## 88  2020 President polls-plus  6/3/2020         Trump          Biden
## 89  2020 President polls-plus  6/2/2020         Trump          Biden
## 90  2020 President polls-plus  6/1/2020         Trump          Biden
##    candidate_3rd ecwin_inc ecwin_chal ecwin_3rd ec_nomajority popwin_inc
## 1             NA  0.307525   0.688200        NA      0.004275   0.188325
## 2             NA  0.303500   0.692525        NA      0.003975   0.186225
## 3             NA  0.299400   0.696400        NA      0.004200   0.182875
## 4             NA  0.300550   0.695550        NA      0.003900   0.185375
## 5             NA  0.270450   0.725875        NA      0.003675   0.162850
## 6             NA  0.269575   0.726975        NA      0.003450   0.165475
## 7             NA  0.267300   0.729625        NA      0.003075   0.166625
## 8             NA  0.271000   0.725500        NA      0.003500   0.166700
## 9             NA  0.267575   0.728750        NA      0.003675   0.164850
## 10            NA  0.273650   0.722825        NA      0.003525   0.167700
## 11            NA  0.278625   0.717275        NA      0.004100   0.173150
## 12            NA  0.267750   0.729100        NA      0.003150   0.166375
## 13            NA  0.272400   0.723750        NA      0.003850   0.169750
## 14            NA  0.282075   0.714500        NA      0.003425   0.175925
## 15            NA  0.277450   0.719150        NA      0.003400   0.172850
## 16            NA  0.267475   0.729250        NA      0.003275   0.165700
## 17            NA  0.275200   0.721600        NA      0.003200   0.177575
## 18            NA  0.287650   0.708750        NA      0.003600   0.183050
## 19            NA  0.286600   0.710250        NA      0.003150   0.190525
## 20            NA  0.283950   0.712875        NA      0.003175   0.190750
## 21            NA  0.287175   0.709125        NA      0.003700   0.194675
## 22            NA  0.291200   0.705500        NA      0.003300   0.196425
## 23            NA  0.297150   0.699200        NA      0.003650   0.201050
## 24            NA  0.293200   0.703325        NA      0.003475   0.199275
## 25            NA  0.297725   0.698925        NA      0.003350   0.202450
## 26            NA  0.280400   0.716625        NA      0.002975   0.184400
## 27            NA  0.283250   0.712975        NA      0.003775   0.187500
## 28            NA  0.283925   0.712425        NA      0.003650   0.187975
## 29            NA  0.286075   0.710875        NA      0.003050   0.188825
## 30            NA  0.286700   0.710125        NA      0.003175   0.190775
## 31            NA  0.260900   0.735900        NA      0.003200   0.168075
## 32            NA  0.266675   0.729925        NA      0.003400   0.170825
## 33            NA  0.260625   0.736300        NA      0.003075   0.166600
## 34            NA  0.266750   0.729775        NA      0.003475   0.173875
## 35            NA  0.267475   0.729375        NA      0.003150   0.178825
## 36            NA  0.262025   0.735000        NA      0.002975   0.180675
## 37            NA  0.270275   0.726500        NA      0.003225   0.183275
## 38            NA  0.264100   0.732575        NA      0.003325   0.181825
## 39            NA  0.252225   0.745000        NA      0.002775   0.178925
## 40            NA  0.258300   0.739150        NA      0.002550   0.185725
## 41            NA  0.249550   0.747950        NA      0.002500   0.177900
## 42            NA  0.256600   0.740800        NA      0.002600   0.180875
## 43            NA  0.261350   0.735600        NA      0.003050   0.181425
## 44            NA  0.262300   0.734850        NA      0.002850   0.182225
## 45            NA  0.259350   0.737950        NA      0.002700   0.180450
## 46            NA  0.239200   0.758000        NA      0.002800   0.164800
## 47            NA  0.258525   0.738500        NA      0.002975   0.179300
## 48            NA  0.258175   0.738850        NA      0.002975   0.177825
## 49            NA  0.270000   0.726775        NA      0.003225   0.184450
## 50            NA  0.279450   0.717150        NA      0.003400   0.194600
## 51            NA  0.275200   0.721600        NA      0.003200   0.189850
## 52            NA  0.272700   0.724550        NA      0.002750   0.189925
## 53            NA  0.269625   0.727375        NA      0.003000   0.185725
## 54            NA  0.268400   0.728375        NA      0.003225   0.184825
## 55            NA  0.280850   0.715800        NA      0.003350   0.198900
## 56            NA  0.237350   0.759375        NA      0.003275   0.156425
## 57            NA  0.239875   0.756850        NA      0.003275   0.159775
## 58            NA  0.238125   0.758950        NA      0.002925   0.156225
## 59            NA  0.240025   0.756300        NA      0.003675   0.159175
## 60            NA  0.235350   0.761525        NA      0.003125   0.162675
## 61            NA  0.235475   0.761375        NA      0.003150   0.161425
## 62            NA  0.209525   0.787850        NA      0.002625   0.136775
## 63            NA  0.211325   0.785625        NA      0.003050   0.137200
## 64            NA  0.208100   0.788425        NA      0.003475   0.134900
## 65            NA  0.206375   0.790550        NA      0.003075   0.137300
## 66            NA  0.216950   0.779500        NA      0.003550   0.142750
## 67            NA  0.210325   0.786725        NA      0.002950   0.139475
## 68            NA  0.217100   0.780075        NA      0.002825   0.145800
## 69            NA  0.215400   0.781600        NA      0.003000   0.142300
## 70            NA  0.219500   0.777475        NA      0.003025   0.147625
## 71            NA  0.222000   0.775150        NA      0.002850   0.148500
## 72            NA  0.225175   0.771925        NA      0.002900   0.151700
## 73            NA  0.237500   0.759450        NA      0.003050   0.160200
## 74            NA  0.235175   0.761575        NA      0.003250   0.160625
## 75            NA  0.239600   0.756750        NA      0.003650   0.163200
## 76            NA  0.247800   0.749025        NA      0.003175   0.164850
## 77            NA  0.234775   0.762550        NA      0.002675   0.153375
## 78            NA  0.237150   0.759350        NA      0.003500   0.158700
## 79            NA  0.242350   0.754300        NA      0.003350   0.158900
## 80            NA  0.245325   0.751250        NA      0.003425   0.161850
## 81            NA  0.283950   0.711825        NA      0.004225   0.181900
## 82            NA  0.288525   0.707200        NA      0.004275   0.188000
## 83            NA  0.303425   0.692525        NA      0.004050   0.199800
## 84            NA  0.302275   0.693500        NA      0.004225   0.199750
## 85            NA  0.305250   0.690850        NA      0.003900   0.201325
## 86            NA  0.307750   0.687725        NA      0.004525   0.205150
## 87            NA  0.288350   0.707550        NA      0.004100   0.187825
## 88            NA  0.292525   0.703475        NA      0.004000   0.190275
## 89            NA  0.293975   0.702250        NA      0.003775   0.192300
## 90            NA  0.295900   0.700575        NA      0.003525   0.194300
##    popwin_chal popwin_3rd   ev_inc  ev_chal ev_3rd ev_inc_hi ev_chal_hi
## 1     0.811675         NA 220.7868 317.2131     NA       337      429.0
## 2     0.813775         NA 220.4639 317.5361     NA       337      429.0
## 3     0.817125         NA 220.3914 317.6086     NA       336      428.0
## 4     0.814625         NA 220.8551 317.1448     NA       337      428.0
## 5     0.837150         NA 213.9388 324.0612     NA       331      432.0
## 6     0.834525         NA 213.7483 324.2517     NA       332      432.0
## 7     0.833375         NA 212.5292 325.4708     NA       331      435.0
## 8     0.833300         NA 213.3921 324.6079     NA       331      433.0
## 9     0.835150         NA 213.0551 324.9449     NA       331      433.0
## 10    0.832300         NA 215.0446 322.9554     NA       333      431.0
## 11    0.826850         NA 216.3484 321.6516     NA       335      429.0
## 12    0.833625         NA 214.7168 323.2832     NA       333      430.0
## 13    0.830250         NA 215.2729 322.7271     NA       333      431.0
## 14    0.824075         NA 215.5538 322.4463     NA       336      431.0
## 15    0.827150         NA 213.2509 324.7491     NA       335      434.0
## 16    0.834300         NA 211.6081 326.3919     NA       333      433.0
## 17    0.822425         NA 213.7498 324.2502     NA       336      434.0
## 18    0.816950         NA 215.1911 322.8088     NA       337      433.0
## 19    0.809475         NA 214.9498 323.0502     NA       337      433.0
## 20    0.809250         NA 214.5426 323.4573     NA       337      435.0
## 21    0.805325         NA 215.6911 322.3089     NA       339      433.0
## 22    0.803575         NA 216.0827 321.9173     NA       339      433.0
## 23    0.798950         NA 217.1632 320.8368     NA       340      434.0
## 24    0.800725         NA 216.8208 321.1793     NA       341      433.0
## 25    0.797550         NA 217.5150 320.4850     NA       341      433.0
## 26    0.815600         NA 212.0597 325.9403     NA       337      435.0
## 27    0.812500         NA 212.9614 325.0386     NA       337      435.0
## 28    0.812025         NA 213.0605 324.9395     NA       338      435.0
## 29    0.811175         NA 212.7638 325.2362     NA       338      436.0
## 30    0.809225         NA 213.5757 324.4243     NA       340      436.0
## 31    0.831925         NA 208.4238 329.5762     NA       334      436.0
## 32    0.829175         NA 209.0400 328.9600     NA       335      438.0
## 33    0.833400         NA 207.1326 330.8674     NA       333      440.0
## 34    0.826125         NA 208.6976 329.3023     NA       336      438.0
## 35    0.821175         NA 208.3017 329.6984     NA       336      439.0
## 36    0.819325         NA 209.0473 328.9527     NA       337      439.0
## 37    0.816725         NA 209.7756 328.2244     NA       337      440.0
## 38    0.818175         NA 207.8097 330.1903     NA       335      441.0
## 39    0.821075         NA 206.5702 331.4298     NA       335      441.0
## 40    0.814275         NA 208.3234 329.6766     NA       337      441.0
## 41    0.822100         NA 205.5820 332.4180     NA       335      444.0
## 42    0.819125         NA 206.8156 331.1844     NA       334      443.0
## 43    0.818575         NA 207.1693 330.8307     NA       335      445.0
## 44    0.817775         NA 206.6574 331.3426     NA       335      444.0
## 45    0.819550         NA 205.8413 332.1587     NA       335      445.0
## 46    0.835200         NA 202.8228 335.1772     NA       330      444.0
## 47    0.820700         NA 205.0833 332.9167     NA       335      446.0
## 48    0.822175         NA 204.7945 333.2055     NA       335      446.0
## 49    0.815550         NA 206.4143 331.5857     NA       337      446.0
## 50    0.805400         NA 208.5454 329.4546     NA       338      446.0
## 51    0.810150         NA 207.4411 330.5589     NA       338      446.0
## 52    0.810075         NA 208.0501 329.9499     NA       337      444.0
## 53    0.814275         NA 206.8318 331.1682     NA       337      446.0
## 54    0.815175         NA 206.8485 331.1515     NA       337      446.0
## 55    0.801100         NA 211.0341 326.9659     NA       339      444.0
## 56    0.843575         NA 202.7701 335.2299     NA       326      443.0
## 57    0.840225         NA 203.1415 334.8585     NA       326      444.0
## 58    0.843775         NA 201.9703 336.0297     NA       326      445.0
## 59    0.840825         NA 202.9859 335.0142     NA       327      444.0
## 60    0.837325         NA 202.0124 335.9876     NA       327      446.0
## 61    0.838575         NA 202.2096 335.7904     NA       328      446.0
## 62    0.863225         NA 196.8280 341.1720     NA       318      446.0
## 63    0.862800         NA 196.2056 341.7944     NA       318      446.0
## 64    0.865100         NA 196.2634 341.7366     NA       317      446.0
## 65    0.862700         NA 195.4595 342.5405     NA       317      448.0
## 66    0.857250         NA 198.2772 339.7228     NA       320      446.0
## 67    0.860525         NA 196.5073 341.4927     NA       318      447.0
## 68    0.854200         NA 197.7610 340.2390     NA       322      447.0
## 69    0.857700         NA 198.0367 339.9633     NA       320      447.0
## 70    0.852375         NA 199.1915 338.8086     NA       322      446.0
## 71    0.851500         NA 199.5023 338.4977     NA       322      446.0
## 72    0.848300         NA 200.5645 337.4355     NA       325      446.0
## 73    0.839800         NA 201.7995 336.2005     NA       329      446.0
## 74    0.839375         NA 202.0645 335.9355     NA       327      446.0
## 75    0.836800         NA 203.4893 334.5107     NA       328      444.0
## 76    0.835150         NA 205.0138 332.9862     NA       328      442.5
## 77    0.846625         NA 201.9950 336.0050     NA       326      443.0
## 78    0.841300         NA 203.3475 334.6525     NA       326      443.0
## 79    0.841100         NA 203.9240 334.0760     NA       326      442.0
## 80    0.838150         NA 204.4158 333.5842     NA       328      442.0
## 81    0.818100         NA 211.3559 326.6442     NA       333      438.0
## 82    0.812000         NA 213.6465 324.3535     NA       334      435.0
## 83    0.800200         NA 216.1307 321.8693     NA       337      434.0
## 84    0.800250         NA 216.4880 321.5120     NA       337      434.0
## 85    0.798675         NA 217.2131 320.7869     NA       338      433.0
## 86    0.794850         NA 218.2592 319.7408     NA       339      432.0
## 87    0.812175         NA 213.6946 324.3054     NA       335      434.0
## 88    0.809725         NA 214.5781 323.4219     NA       335      433.0
## 89    0.807700         NA 214.0240 323.9760     NA       337      435.0
## 90    0.805700         NA 215.0013 322.9987     NA       337      435.0
##    ev_3rd_hi ev_inc_lo ev_chal_lo ev_3rd_lo national_voteshare_inc
## 1         NA     109.0        201        NA               46.26345
## 2         NA     109.0        201        NA               46.25870
## 3         NA     110.0        202        NA               46.28278
## 4         NA     110.0        201        NA               46.30215
## 5         NA     106.0        207        NA               46.02112
## 6         NA     106.0        206        NA               46.02100
## 7         NA     103.0        207        NA               45.96653
## 8         NA     105.0        207        NA               46.01094
## 9         NA     105.0        207        NA               45.99585
## 10        NA     107.0        205        NA               46.07849
## 11        NA     109.0        203        NA               46.13017
## 12        NA     108.0        205        NA               46.08685
## 13        NA     107.0        205        NA               46.10958
## 14        NA     107.0        202        NA               46.16774
## 15        NA     104.0        203        NA               46.05632
## 16        NA     105.0        205        NA               45.98938
## 17        NA     104.0        202        NA               46.11533
## 18        NA     105.0        201        NA               46.17112
## 19        NA     105.0        201        NA               46.20192
## 20        NA     103.0        201        NA               46.19029
## 21        NA     105.0        199        NA               46.24909
## 22        NA     105.0        199        NA               46.26159
## 23        NA     104.0        198        NA               46.29543
## 24        NA     105.0        197        NA               46.28619
## 25        NA     105.0        197        NA               46.31205
## 26        NA     103.0        201        NA               46.10718
## 27        NA     103.0        201        NA               46.13739
## 28        NA     103.0        200        NA               46.13912
## 29        NA     102.0        200        NA               46.11985
## 30        NA     102.0        198        NA               46.14778
## 31        NA     102.0        204        NA               45.93544
## 32        NA     100.0        203        NA               45.92358
## 33        NA      98.0        205        NA               45.85881
## 34        NA     100.0        202        NA               45.91749
## 35        NA      99.0        202        NA               45.97368
## 36        NA      99.0        201        NA               45.99001
## 37        NA      98.0        201        NA               45.99775
## 38        NA      97.0        203        NA               45.94709
## 39        NA      97.0        203        NA               45.89418
## 40        NA      97.0        201        NA               45.95774
## 41        NA      94.0        203        NA               45.83913
## 42        NA      95.0        204        NA               45.89302
## 43        NA      93.0        203        NA               45.88900
## 44        NA      94.0        203        NA               45.89483
## 45        NA      93.0        203        NA               45.83747
## 46        NA      94.0        208        NA               45.71204
## 47        NA      92.0        203        NA               45.80495
## 48        NA      92.0        203        NA               45.78563
## 49        NA      92.0        201        NA               45.85665
## 50        NA      92.0        200        NA               45.93150
## 51        NA      92.0        200        NA               45.90247
## 52        NA      94.0        201        NA               45.90316
## 53        NA      92.0        201        NA               45.85991
## 54        NA      92.0        201        NA               45.85553
## 55        NA      94.0        199        NA               46.00682
## 56        NA      95.0        212        NA               45.65043
## 57        NA      94.0        212        NA               45.65899
## 58        NA      93.0        212        NA               45.59909
## 59        NA      94.0        211        NA               45.64618
## 60        NA      92.0        211        NA               45.62083
## 61        NA      92.0        210        NA               45.61910
## 62        NA      92.0        220        NA               45.39993
## 63        NA      92.0        220        NA               45.40212
## 64        NA      92.0        221        NA               45.40378
## 65        NA      90.0        221        NA               45.36304
## 66        NA      92.0        218        NA               45.47114
## 67        NA      91.0        220        NA               45.38713
## 68        NA      91.0        216        NA               45.44068
## 69        NA      91.0        218        NA               45.40881
## 70        NA      92.0        216        NA               45.48504
## 71        NA      92.0        216        NA               45.49785
## 72        NA      92.0        213        NA               45.53778
## 73        NA      92.0        209        NA               45.61443
## 74        NA      92.0        211        NA               45.61938
## 75        NA      94.0        210        NA               45.68271
## 76        NA      95.5        210        NA               45.75811
## 77        NA      95.0        212        NA               45.60586
## 78        NA      95.0        212        NA               45.68189
## 79        NA      96.0        212        NA               45.73086
## 80        NA      96.0        210        NA               45.76586
## 81        NA     100.0        205        NA               46.01114
## 82        NA     103.0        204        NA               46.13130
## 83        NA     104.0        201        NA               46.24477
## 84        NA     104.0        201        NA               46.27370
## 85        NA     105.0        200        NA               46.31012
## 86        NA     106.0        199        NA               46.36461
## 87        NA     104.0        203        NA               46.17122
## 88        NA     105.0        203        NA               46.22312
## 89        NA     103.0        201        NA               46.17807
## 90        NA     103.0        201        NA               46.20322
##    national_voteshare_chal national_voteshare_3rd nat_voteshare_other
## 1                 52.40189                     NA            1.334657
## 2                 52.40611                     NA            1.335190
## 3                 52.39348                     NA            1.323738
## 4                 52.37099                     NA            1.326856
## 5                 52.67421                     NA            1.304669
## 6                 52.67212                     NA            1.306889
## 7                 52.73164                     NA            1.301827
## 8                 52.69307                     NA            1.296000
## 9                 52.71219                     NA            1.291965
## 10                52.63926                     NA            1.282259
## 11                52.58604                     NA            1.283783
## 12                52.63010                     NA            1.283045
## 13                52.61044                     NA            1.279983
## 14                52.54878                     NA            1.283478
## 15                52.65100                     NA            1.292678
## 16                52.71326                     NA            1.297362
## 17                52.59297                     NA            1.291699
## 18                52.52475                     NA            1.304139
## 19                52.49453                     NA            1.303546
## 20                52.49098                     NA            1.318731
## 21                52.43238                     NA            1.318526
## 22                52.41681                     NA            1.321599
## 23                52.38504                     NA            1.319530
## 24                52.39062                     NA            1.323194
## 25                52.36253                     NA            1.325420
## 26                52.57859                     NA            1.314234
## 27                52.54492                     NA            1.317685
## 28                52.54113                     NA            1.319745
## 29                52.56147                     NA            1.318686
## 30                52.53598                     NA            1.316235
## 31                52.74822                     NA            1.316337
## 32                52.74941                     NA            1.327006
## 33                52.81291                     NA            1.328276
## 34                52.74271                     NA            1.339798
## 35                52.68783                     NA            1.338491
## 36                52.67056                     NA            1.339427
## 37                52.66726                     NA            1.334995
## 38                52.71225                     NA            1.340660
## 39                52.77857                     NA            1.327248
## 40                52.70412                     NA            1.338143
## 41                52.83022                     NA            1.330654
## 42                52.79765                     NA            1.309328
## 43                52.79903                     NA            1.311972
## 44                52.78936                     NA            1.315802
## 45                52.84692                     NA            1.315601
## 46                52.97364                     NA            1.314317
## 47                52.87408                     NA            1.320971
## 48                52.89586                     NA            1.318501
## 49                52.81900                     NA            1.324355
## 50                52.73925                     NA            1.329244
## 51                52.77518                     NA            1.322349
## 52                52.77600                     NA            1.320845
## 53                52.81811                     NA            1.321982
## 54                52.82038                     NA            1.324095
## 55                52.66445                     NA            1.328738
## 56                53.03101                     NA            1.318557
## 57                53.02658                     NA            1.314429
## 58                53.08897                     NA            1.311937
## 59                53.04318                     NA            1.310638
## 60                53.07158                     NA            1.307595
## 61                53.07162                     NA            1.309282
## 62                53.29433                     NA            1.305736
## 63                53.29407                     NA            1.303815
## 64                53.29099                     NA            1.305233
## 65                53.33689                     NA            1.300071
## 66                53.23003                     NA            1.298833
## 67                53.31142                     NA            1.301456
## 68                53.24420                     NA            1.315118
## 69                53.28255                     NA            1.308633
## 70                53.20727                     NA            1.307690
## 71                53.19890                     NA            1.303245
## 72                53.14845                     NA            1.313769
## 73                53.07222                     NA            1.313351
## 74                53.05688                     NA            1.323733
## 75                52.99614                     NA            1.321142
## 76                52.92667                     NA            1.315226
## 77                53.07205                     NA            1.322089
## 78                53.00398                     NA            1.314134
## 79                52.94989                     NA            1.319247
## 80                52.91450                     NA            1.319637
## 81                52.67278                     NA            1.316082
## 82                52.55380                     NA            1.314901
## 83                52.43583                     NA            1.319401
## 84                52.41333                     NA            1.312971
## 85                52.37800                     NA            1.311875
## 86                52.32565                     NA            1.309747
## 87                52.52184                     NA            1.306939
## 88                52.47629                     NA            1.300588
## 89                52.50252                     NA            1.319418
## 90                52.47558                     NA            1.321204
##    national_voteshare_inc_hi national_voteshare_chal_hi
## 1                   50.76155                   56.91839
## 2                   50.75557                   56.87645
## 3                   50.70728                   56.78292
## 4                   50.74532                   56.80884
## 5                   50.43880                   57.08401
## 6                   50.49995                   57.11697
## 7                   50.48808                   57.27232
## 8                   50.45963                   57.18472
## 9                   50.45788                   57.17679
## 10                  50.51525                   57.06075
## 11                  50.59136                   57.03696
## 12                  50.46551                   57.04149
## 13                  50.53724                   57.08716
## 14                  50.68077                   57.06306
## 15                  50.63273                   57.21465
## 16                  50.49768                   57.17666
## 17                  50.64245                   57.13207
## 18                  50.70852                   57.11084
## 19                  50.83683                   57.10124
## 20                  50.86157                   57.14674
## 21                  50.95182                   57.08838
## 22                  50.90287                   57.07491
## 23                  51.01738                   57.09568
## 24                  51.04249                   57.13195
## 25                  51.07544                   57.09853
## 26                  50.79708                   57.24018
## 27                  50.85131                   57.25592
## 28                  50.89564                   57.26371
## 29                  50.86026                   57.29603
## 30                  50.89336                   57.31334
## 31                  50.53705                   57.31424
## 32                  50.57730                   57.41732
## 33                  50.51357                   57.47815
## 34                  50.67381                   57.51265
## 35                  50.72295                   57.42074
## 36                  50.81696                   57.41073
## 37                  50.81271                   57.48201
## 38                  50.77929                   57.56994
## 39                  50.78386                   57.56590
## 40                  50.84897                   57.62970
## 41                  50.79581                   57.76260
## 42                  50.81057                   57.69178
## 43                  50.83132                   57.75053
## 44                  50.84206                   57.76880
## 45                  50.77852                   57.80231
## 46                  50.58324                   57.78214
## 47                  50.81122                   57.86454
## 48                  50.83285                   57.92501
## 49                  50.96870                   57.89326
## 50                  51.06208                   57.84136
## 51                  51.00501                   57.90038
## 52                  51.00532                   57.83777
## 53                  50.98801                   57.89178
## 54                  50.93465                   57.89341
## 55                  51.19341                   57.79437
## 56                  50.38384                   57.78221
## 57                  50.45331                   57.82705
## 58                  50.39472                   57.87640
## 59                  50.45094                   57.82728
## 60                  50.48866                   57.95334
## 61                  50.48285                   57.91264
## 62                  50.07216                   57.93801
## 63                  50.07193                   57.91077
## 64                  50.05018                   57.91059
## 65                  50.07875                   58.02941
## 66                  50.17564                   57.90521
## 67                  50.10804                   58.01170
## 68                  50.26096                   57.99630
## 69                  50.19436                   58.07500
## 70                  50.30505                   57.97070
## 71                  50.29456                   57.98159
## 72                  50.37589                   57.97366
## 73                  50.51035                   57.92015
## 74                  50.49227                   57.91314
## 75                  50.54545                   57.88606
## 76                  50.55040                   57.72252
## 77                  50.35146                   57.85870
## 78                  50.44640                   57.77147
## 79                  50.44556                   57.68588
## 80                  50.50735                   57.66437
## 81                  50.75439                   57.43367
## 82                  50.85634                   57.30523
## 83                  50.99332                   57.17598
## 84                  51.05724                   57.18650
## 85                  51.04198                   57.07314
## 86                  51.10926                   57.06739
## 87                  50.82633                   57.19538
## 88                  50.83650                   57.11295
## 89                  50.94933                   57.25562
## 90                  50.93565                   57.19166
##    national_voteshare_3rd_hi nat_voteshare_other_hi national_voteshare_inc_lo
## 1                         NA               2.051201                  41.77486
## 2                         NA               2.055656                  41.81157
## 3                         NA               2.031385                  41.89773
## 4                         NA               2.043283                  41.88205
## 5                         NA               2.018928                  41.62480
## 6                         NA               2.018909                  41.58252
## 7                         NA               2.018991                  41.44489
## 8                         NA               2.007976                  41.51054
## 9                         NA               2.007226                  41.53521
## 10                        NA               1.995835                  41.65974
## 11                        NA               2.001753                  41.68420
## 12                        NA               1.993258                  41.67652
## 13                        NA               1.995751                  41.63440
## 14                        NA               2.005195                  41.68126
## 15                        NA               2.011152                  41.49172
## 16                        NA               2.015094                  41.51923
## 17                        NA               2.010199                  41.58178
## 18                        NA               2.027544                  41.56429
## 19                        NA               2.028735                  41.59494
## 20                        NA               2.034930                  41.55241
## 21                        NA               2.041819                  41.57322
## 22                        NA               2.040766                  41.58996
## 23                        NA               2.049613                  41.58004
## 24                        NA               2.040946                  41.55771
## 25                        NA               2.043509                  41.55804
## 26                        NA               2.051642                  41.43733
## 27                        NA               2.043417                  41.45840
## 28                        NA               2.046737                  41.42797
## 29                        NA               2.046081                  41.35671
## 30                        NA               2.039262                  41.40097
## 31                        NA               2.040273                  41.39065
## 32                        NA               2.056378                  41.25378
## 33                        NA               2.047201                  41.19240
## 34                        NA               2.069063                  41.17569
## 35                        NA               2.060007                  41.26720
## 36                        NA               2.067447                  41.24988
## 37                        NA               2.060524                  41.15303
## 38                        NA               2.080228                  41.13475
## 39                        NA               2.062582                  41.08658
## 40                        NA               2.074060                  41.06457
## 41                        NA               2.062026                  40.92534
## 42                        NA               2.041990                  40.96729
## 43                        NA               2.044307                  40.94530
## 44                        NA               2.055070                  40.93320
## 45                        NA               2.064911                  40.86111
## 46                        NA               2.057694                  40.90490
## 47                        NA               2.058922                  40.81569
## 48                        NA               2.064288                  40.74932
## 49                        NA               2.064648                  40.79765
## 50                        NA               2.071240                  40.82366
## 51                        NA               2.069298                  40.77045
## 52                        NA               2.061967                  40.85560
## 53                        NA               2.067130                  40.75243
## 54                        NA               2.085074                  40.77628
## 55                        NA               2.070406                  40.84578
## 56                        NA               2.045832                  40.91089
## 57                        NA               2.047497                  40.84191
## 58                        NA               2.047345                  40.80989
## 59                        NA               2.046242                  40.84299
## 60                        NA               2.040026                  40.74539
## 61                        NA               2.045883                  40.79374
## 62                        NA               2.030914                  40.73306
## 63                        NA               2.031408                  40.79256
## 64                        NA               2.030622                  40.77088
## 65                        NA               2.029991                  40.67146
## 66                        NA               2.029225                  40.78851
## 67                        NA               2.035001                  40.65841
## 68                        NA               2.056763                  40.67317
## 69                        NA               2.048503                  40.59536
## 70                        NA               2.031235                  40.70179
## 71                        NA               2.028631                  40.72705
## 72                        NA               2.045823                  40.72630
## 73                        NA               2.051174                  40.76797
## 74                        NA               2.059546                  40.75835
## 75                        NA               2.061718                  40.80315
## 76                        NA               2.055342                  40.92510
## 77                        NA               2.051385                  40.85883
## 78                        NA               2.051785                  40.89159
## 79                        NA               2.043238                  40.99991
## 80                        NA               2.038496                  41.04717
## 81                        NA               2.049852                  41.27679
## 82                        NA               2.047077                  41.38594
## 83                        NA               2.051627                  41.52457
## 84                        NA               2.049617                  41.49504
## 85                        NA               2.050900                  41.62245
## 86                        NA               2.035725                  41.62989
## 87                        NA               2.039343                  41.49159
## 88                        NA               2.027426                  41.60196
## 89                        NA               2.049306                  41.44363
## 90                        NA               2.042146                  41.49165
##    national_voteshare_chal_lo national_voteshare_3rd_lo nat_voteshare_other_lo
## 1                    47.88276                        NA              0.7007713
## 2                    47.90101                        NA              0.7022665
## 3                    47.98074                        NA              0.6946608
## 4                    47.91171                        NA              0.6934588
## 5                    48.26421                        NA              0.6764926
## 6                    48.18879                        NA              0.6792486
## 7                    48.20748                        NA              0.6702565
## 8                    48.20979                        NA              0.6636156
## 9                    48.24926                        NA              0.6572114
## 10                   48.17797                        NA              0.6552740
## 11                   48.12635                        NA              0.6547295
## 12                   48.22936                        NA              0.6494714
## 13                   48.18307                        NA              0.6515047
## 14                   48.06044                        NA              0.6544272
## 15                   48.07320                        NA              0.6589594
## 16                   48.21701                        NA              0.6632900
## 17                   48.04206                        NA              0.6602212
## 18                   47.97743                        NA              0.6663016
## 19                   47.85249                        NA              0.6627616
## 20                   47.82245                        NA              0.6770315
## 21                   47.72408                        NA              0.6778314
## 22                   47.74853                        NA              0.6818589
## 23                   47.65911                        NA              0.6830333
## 24                   47.63836                        NA              0.6809334
## 25                   47.58785                        NA              0.6848398
## 26                   47.88954                        NA              0.6713542
## 27                   47.84332                        NA              0.6747655
## 28                   47.76087                        NA              0.6751224
## 29                   47.80448                        NA              0.6773493
## 30                   47.77644                        NA              0.6756095
## 31                   48.10459                        NA              0.6791376
## 32                   48.10526                        NA              0.6823090
## 33                   48.15805                        NA              0.6911978
## 34                   48.00462                        NA              0.6958647
## 35                   47.95403                        NA              0.6963304
## 36                   47.85799                        NA              0.6928883
## 37                   47.82852                        NA              0.6884896
## 38                   47.90079                        NA              0.6927854
## 39                   47.88440                        NA              0.6800984
## 40                   47.79524                        NA              0.6910916
## 41                   47.89375                        NA              0.6821630
## 42                   47.88055                        NA              0.6704755
## 43                   47.86944                        NA              0.6680883
## 44                   47.84240                        NA              0.6671382
## 45                   47.90779                        NA              0.6639907
## 46                   48.11746                        NA              0.6696864
## 47                   47.87369                        NA              0.6724886
## 48                   47.83879                        NA              0.6674164
## 49                   47.72194                        NA              0.6759626
## 50                   47.59866                        NA              0.6713284
## 51                   47.68229                        NA              0.6659154
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## 53                   47.69514                        NA              0.6688289
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## 81                   47.92501                        NA              0.6655345
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## 88                   47.85891                        NA              0.6611356
## 89                   47.74026                        NA              0.6755669
## 90                   47.73165                        NA              0.6759679
##               timestamp simulations
## 1  19:00:02 29 Aug 2020       40000
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Data Frame

Here is a subset of the data available in the above mentioned link.

Poll <- read.csv('https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-general-data/presidential_national_toplines_2020.csv')
retval <- subset(Poll, ev_inc_hi>="341")
print(retval)
##    cycle    branch      model modeldate candidate_inc candidate_chal
## 24  2020 President polls-plus  8/6/2020         Trump          Biden
## 25  2020 President polls-plus  8/5/2020         Trump          Biden
##    candidate_3rd ecwin_inc ecwin_chal ecwin_3rd ec_nomajority popwin_inc
## 24            NA  0.293200   0.703325        NA      0.003475   0.199275
## 25            NA  0.297725   0.698925        NA      0.003350   0.202450
##    popwin_chal popwin_3rd   ev_inc  ev_chal ev_3rd ev_inc_hi ev_chal_hi
## 24    0.800725         NA 216.8208 321.1793     NA       341        433
## 25    0.797550         NA 217.5150 320.4850     NA       341        433
##    ev_3rd_hi ev_inc_lo ev_chal_lo ev_3rd_lo national_voteshare_inc
## 24        NA       105        197        NA               46.28619
## 25        NA       105        197        NA               46.31205
##    national_voteshare_chal national_voteshare_3rd nat_voteshare_other
## 24                52.39062                     NA            1.323194
## 25                52.36253                     NA            1.325420
##    national_voteshare_inc_hi national_voteshare_chal_hi
## 24                  51.04249                   57.13195
## 25                  51.07544                   57.09853
##    national_voteshare_3rd_hi nat_voteshare_other_hi national_voteshare_inc_lo
## 24                        NA               2.040946                  41.55771
## 25                        NA               2.043509                  41.55804
##    national_voteshare_chal_lo national_voteshare_3rd_lo nat_voteshare_other_lo
## 24                   47.63836                        NA              0.6809334
## 25                   47.58785                        NA              0.6848398
##               timestamp simulations
## 24 10:19:52 10 Aug 2020       40000
## 25 10:19:56 10 Aug 2020       40000

Conclusions

From the data collected we can conclude that Biden has more chances of winning when compared to Trump. Trump’s chance of winning is 30 in 100 whereas Biden’s chance of winning is 69 in 100