ex0126: Environmental Voting of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S....

ex0126R Documentation

Environmental Voting of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives

Description

The data are the number of pro- and anti-environmental votes, according to the League of Conservation Voters, for each member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2005, 2006, or 2007.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 492 observations on the following 10 variables.

State

the state that the member represented

Representative

name of the representative

Party

a factor representing political party, with levels "R" for Republican, "D" for Democratic, and "I" for Independent

Pro05

the number of pro-environmental votes in 2005

Anti05

the number of anti-environmental votes in 2005

Pro06

the number of pro-environmental votes in 2006

Anti06

the number of anti-environmental votes in 2006

Pro07

the number of pro-environmental votes in 2007

Anti07

the number of anti-environmental votes in 2007

PctPro

the total percentage of a representative's votes between 2005 and 2007 that were deemd to be pro-environmental

Source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.

See Also

ex0127

Examples

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