Presidential "Wills"
WillsDebates.RdNumber of times a presidential candidate said "will," "shall," or "going to" in presidential debates from 1960-2004 (years incomplete).
Format
A data frame with 8 observations on the following 6 variables.
- year
year of presidential debate(s)
- winner
winner of the popular vote (may not be winner of election)
- loser
loser of popular vote (may not be loser of election)
- winner.wills
number of times will/shall used by winner during debates
- loser.wills
number of times will/shall used by loser during debates
- diff.wills
difference between number of times will/shall used by two candidates
Examples
WillsDebates
#> year winner loser winner.wills loser.wills diff.wills
#> 1 1960 Kennedy Nixon 163 122 41
#> 2 1976 Carter Ford 68 32 36
#> 3 1980 Reagan Carter 19 18 1
#> 4 1988 Bush Dukakis 111 85 26
#> 5 1992 Clinton Bush 79 75 4
#> 6 1996 Clinton Dole 56 33 23
#> 7 2000 Gore Bush 68 48 20
#> 8 2004 Bush Kerry 176 149 27