R: Environmental Voting of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S....
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Environmental Voting of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate
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. Senate in 2005, 2006, or 2007.
Usage
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Format
A data frame with 112 observations on the following 10 variables.
State
the state that the member represented
Senator
name of the senator
Party
a factor representing political party, with levels "R" for Republican, "D" for Democratic, and "I" for Independent
Pro2005
the number of pro-environmental votes in 2005
Anti2005
the number of anti-environmental votes in 2005
Pro2006
the number of pro-environmental votes in 2006
Anti2006
the number of anti-environmental votes in 2006
Pro2007
the number of pro-environmental votes in 2007
Anti2007
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.