lmb_data: Voting and ideology dataset

In johnson-shuffle/mixtape: Data for Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham

Voting and ideology dataset

Description

Data used in the Lee et al (2004) analysis of voting and ideology.

Usage

lmb_data

Format

A data frame with 13588 rows and 178 variables:

state

ICPSR STATE CODE

district

DISTRICT CODE

incmbncy

INCUMBENCY CODE

demvote

NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC VOTES

repvote

NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN VOTES

year

(mean) eq_Dwhip

congress

(mean) eq_Rwhip

occupanc

(mean) eq_Dlead

name

(mean) eq_Rlead

eq_Dwhip

(mean) vote

eq_Rwhip

(mean) republic

eq_Dlead

(mean) party

eq_Rlead

(mean) office

vote

(mean) id

republic

(mean) whip_D

party

(mean) whip_R

office

(count) id

icpsr_id

NAME

whip_D

P0010001

whip_R

P107A001

vote_tot

1

demvoteshare

2

dembin

0

lagdemvoteshare

1

clusterid

2

pooleyear

3

redistrict

4

poolename

5

aclu_vs

6

acu_vs

11

aca_vs

12

ada_vs

13

afbf_vs

14

afge_vs

21

afscme_vs

22

aft_vs

23

asc_vs

24

bfw_vs

25

bctd_vs

31

carter_vs

32

ccus1_vs

33

ccus2_vs

34

cwla_vs

35

cv_vs

36

cvvf_vs

37

sane_vs

40

cfnfmp_vs

41

aflcio_vs

42

cfsca_vs

43

cfsce_vs

44

cfscd_vs

45

cfscs_vs

46

ccause_vs

47

cw_vs

48

cc_vs

49

cfa_vs

51

ike_vs

52

pfpike_vs

53

pdpike_vs

54

ford_vs

55

fcnl_vs

56

lbj_vs

61

pfplbj_vs

62

pdplbj_vs

63

jfk_vs

64

pfpjfk_vs

65

pdpjfk_vs

66

lfr_vs

67

lcv_vs

68

lwv_vs

71

ll_vs

72

lfs_vs

73

nasc_vs

81

ncsc_vs

82

nea_vs

0

nfo_vs

1

nfu_vs

0

nfib_vs

1

ntu_vs

2

nwpc_vs

0

nr_vs

1

nixon_vs

2

reagan_vs

3

ripon_vs

0

twr_vs

1

uaw_vs

2

umw_vs

0

firstyear

1

adayear

2

nomada

3

realada

4

demvs2

5

demvs3

6

demvs4

group(state district year n)

lagdemvs2

group(state district)

lagdemvs3

ICPSR STATE CODE

lagdemvs4

DISTRICT CODE

dem2

INCUMBENCY CODE

lagdem2

NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC VOTES

lagaclu

NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN VOTES

lagacu

(mean) eq_Dwhip

lagaca

(mean) eq_Rwhip

lagafbf

(mean) eq_Dlead

lagafge

(mean) eq_Rlead

lagafscme

(mean) vote

lagaft

(mean) republic

lagasc

(mean) party

lagbfw

(mean) office

lagbctd

(mean) id

lagcarter

(mean) whip_D

lagccus1

(mean) whip_R

lagcwla

(count) id

lagcv_vs

NAME

lagcvvf

P0010001

lagsane

P107A001

lagcfnfmp

1

lagaflcio

2

lagcfsca

0

lagcfsce

1

lagcfscd

2

lagcfscs

3

lagccause

4

lagcw_vs

5

lagcc_vs

6

lagcfa

11

lagike

12

lagford

13

laglbj

14

laglfr

21

laglcv

22

laglwv

23

lagll

24

laglfs

25

lagnasc

31

lagncsc

32

lagnea

33

lagnfo

34

lagnfu

35

lagnfib

36

lagntu

37

lagnwpc

40

lagnr

41

lagnixon

42

lagreagan

43

lagripon

44

lagtwr

45

laguaw

46

lagumw

47

lagnomada

48

totpop

49

medianincome

51

pcturban

52

pctblack

53

mnfcng

54

pcthighschl

55

votingpop

56

realincome

61

avgada

62

sex

63

stateborn

64

relatives_shrt

65

secondaryeduc

66

collegeattend

67

militaryservice

68

lastoccup_shrt

71

yrsofserv

72

age

73

pres_dem_pct

81

pres_rep_pct

82

n

0

lagged

1

_merge

0

democrat

1

lagdemocrat

2

score

0

lagscore

1

id

2

id2

3

Source

https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/119/3/807/1938834?redirectedFrom=fulltext

References

David S. Lee, Enrico Moretti, and Matthew J. Butler. "Do Voters Affect or Elect Policies? Evidence from the U.S. House." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 119.3 (2004): 807-859.

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