Survey data containing self-reports of vote choice in the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, with numerous covariates, from the 1992 American National Election Studies.
data(vote92)A data frame with 909 observations on the following 10 variables.
votea factor with levels Perot Clinton Bush
dema numeric vector, 1 if the respondent reports identifying with the Democratic party, 0 otherwise.
repa numeric vector, 1 if the respondent reports identifying with the Republican party, 0 otherwise
femalea numeric vector, 1 if the respondent is female, 0 otherwise
persfinancea numeric vector, -1 if the respondent reports that their personal financial situation has gotten worse over the last 12 months, 0 for no change, 1 if better
natlecona numeric vector, -1 if the respondent reports that national economic conditions have gotten worse over the last 12 months, 0 for no change, 1 if better
clintondisa numeric vector, squared difference between respondent's self-placement on a scale measure of political ideology and the respondent's placement of the Democratic candidate, Bill Clinton
bushdisa numeric vector, squared ideological distance of the respondent from the Republican candidate, President George H.W. Bush
perotdisa numeric vector, squared ideological distance of the respondent from the Reform Party candidate, Ross Perot
These data are unweighted. Refer to the original data source for weights that purport to correct for non-representativeness and non-response.
Jackman, Simon. 2009. Bayesian Analysis for the Social Sciences. Wiley: Hoboken, New Jersey. Examples 8.7 and 8.8.