A data frame containing information about the 2009 Presidential Election in Iran. There were widespread claims of election fraud in this election both internationally and within Iran.
Format
A data frame with 366 observations on the following 9 variables.
- province
Iranian province where votes were cast.
- city
City within province where votes were cast.
- ahmadinejad
Number of votes received by Ahmadinejad.
- rezai
Number of votes received by Rezai.
- karrubi
Number of votes received by Karrubi.
- mousavi
Number of votes received by Mousavi.
- total_votes_cast
Total number of votes cast.
- voided_votes
Number of votes that were not counted.
- legitimate_votes
Number of votes that were counted.
Examples
library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)
library(tidyr)
library(stringr)
plot_data <- iran |>
summarize(
ahmadinejad = sum(ahmadinejad) / 1000,
rezai = sum(rezai) / 1000,
karrubi = sum(karrubi) / 1000,
mousavi = sum(mousavi) / 1000
) |>
pivot_longer(
cols = c(ahmadinejad, rezai, karrubi, mousavi),
names_to = "candidate",
values_to = "votes"
) |>
mutate(candidate = str_to_title(candidate))
ggplot(plot_data, aes(votes, candidate)) +
geom_col() +
theme_minimal() +
labs(
title = "2009 Iranian Presidential Election",
x = "Number of votes (in thousands)",
y = ""
)
