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Reports of voting in the 1992 U.S. Presidential election.
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Description
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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.

Usage
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::

    data(vote92)

Format
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A data frame with 909 observations on the following 10 variables.

``vote``
    a factor with levels ``Perot`` ``Clinton`` ``Bush``

``dem``
    a numeric vector, 1 if the respondent reports identifying with the
    Democratic party, 0 otherwise.

``rep``
    a numeric vector, 1 if the respondent reports identifying with the
    Republican party, 0 otherwise

``female``
    a numeric vector, 1 if the respondent is female, 0 otherwise

``persfinance``
    a 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

``natlecon``
    a 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

``clintondis``
    a 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

``bushdis``
    a numeric vector, squared ideological distance of the respondent
    from the Republican candidate, President George H.W. Bush

``perotdis``
    a numeric vector, squared ideological distance of the respondent
    from the Reform Party candidate, Ross Perot

Details
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These data are unweighted. Refer to the original data source for weights
that purport to correct for non-representativeness and non-response.

Source
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Alvarez, R. Michael and Jonathan Nagler. 1995. Economics, issues and the
Perot candidacy: Voter choice in the 1992 Presidential election.
*American Journal of Political Science*. 39:714-44.

Miller, Warren E., Donald R. Kinder, Steven J. Rosenstone and the
National Election Studies. 1999. *National Election Studies, 1992:
Pre-/Post-Election Study*. Center for Political Studies, University of
Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Study
Number 1112.
`http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01112 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01112>`_.

References
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Jackman, Simon. 2009. *Bayesian Analysis for the Social Sciences*.
Wiley: Hoboken, New Jersey. Examples 8.7 and 8.8.

Examples
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::

    data(vote92)
    summary(vote92)

