This data frame contains votes from the first three sessions of the
United Nations. The same data can also be downloaded as a CSV file from
www.voteview.com. The object of this data set is to provide an example
of how one might use the W-NOMINATE package on a set of roll call votes
not already stored in ORD format.
Usage
data(UN)
Value
This data frame contains votes from the first three sessions of the
United Nations. The first column are country names, while the second
column indicates membership in the former Warsaw Pact (used as a 'party'
variable). Yeas are coded 1, 2, and 3, nays are coded 4, 5, and 6,
missing votes are coded 7, 8, and 9, and not being in the General Assembly
is coded as a 0.
#The same data set can be obtained from downloading the UN.csv
#file from www.voteview.com and reading it as follows:
#UN<-read.csv("C:/UN.csv",header=FALSE,strip.white=TRUE)
data(UN)
UN<-as.matrix(UN)
UN[1:5,1:6]
UNnames<-UN[,1]
legData<-matrix(UN[,2],length(UN[,2]),1)
colnames(legData)<-"party"
UN<-UN[,-c(1,2)]
rc <- rollcall(UN, yea=c(1,2,3), nay=c(4,5,6),
missing=c(7,8,9),notInLegis=0, legis.names=UNnames,
legis.data=legData,
desc="UN Votes",
source="www.voteview.com")
result<-wnominate(rc,polarity=c(1,1))
plot(result)
summary(result)