u/Clever_Comrade

So I'm doing a research project with data from a recent poll. (Posting on a burner account just in case I'm not supposed to ask)

The news claims Incumbent wins 45% of the vote, challenger wins 38%, 15% undecided.

Removing identifiers in case I'm not allowed to share.

If the election for X from Z were held today, who would you vote for if the

candidates were…

1. Incumbent
2. Challenger
3. Someone else (please specify): _______ [VOL]
4. Wouldn’t vote [VOL]

Range is 1-4.

Output (summary) =

Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.    NA's 
  1.000   1.000   2.000   1.562   2.000   4.000      99 

Output (table)

 1   2   3   4 
318 356   9   4 

Napkin math of actual polling (i.e. Incumbent getting 318, Challenger 356, etc) =

Incumbent - 46.28820961%

Challenger - 51.81950509%

Someone Else - 1.31004367

Wouldn't Vote - 0.58224163

Am I doing something wrong or do I need to email my professor? Lol