JUDGEIT comes with data set ICSPR 6311, coded as house6311, containing the results for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1896 through 1992. It is formatted as a list of 49 data frames, each named for their election year, and containing six vectors:
- STATE, a numerical ICPSR state code for the state containing the district;
- DIST, a numerical indicator for the number of the district within the state;
- INC, an incumbency indicator,
for Republican and 1 for Democrat;
- VOTE, the share of the vote received by the Democratic candidate;
- TURNOUT, the number of votes for the two candidates combined, and
- DELSOUTH, an indicator for whether the district is located in the South.
Gary King
2010-08-31