10 variable subset of the 1996 American National Election Study. Missing values and "don't know" responses have been listwise deleted. Respondents expressing a voting preference other than Clinton or Dole have been removed.
data(nes96)A data frame with 944 observations on the following 10 variables.
population of respondent's location in 1000s of people
days in the past week spent watching news on TV
Left-Right self-placement of respondent: an ordered
factor with levels extremely liberal, extLib < liberal,
Lib < slightly liberal, sliLib < moderate,
Mod < slightly conservative, sliCon < conservative,
Con < extremely conservative, extCon
Left-Right placement of Bill Clinton (same scale as
selfLR): an ordered factor with levels extLib < Lib < sliLib < Mod < sliCon < Con < extCon
Left-Right placement of Bob Dole (same scale as
selfLR): an ordered factor with levels extLib < Lib < sliLib < Mod < sliCon < Con < extCon
Party identification: an ordered factor with levels
strong Democrat, strDem < weak Democrat, weakDem <
independent Democrat, indDem < independent
independentindind < indepedent Republican, indRep <
waek Republican, weakRep < strong Republican, strRep
Respondent's age in years
Respondent's education: an ordered factor with levels 8
years or less, MS < high school dropout, HSdrop <
high school diploma or GED, HS < some College, Coll
< Community or junior College degree, CCdeg < BA degree,
BAdeg < postgraduate degree, MAdeg
Respondent's family income: an ordered factor with levels $3Kminus < $3K-$5K < $5K-$7K < $7K-$9K < $9K-$10K < $10K-$11K < $11K-$12K < $12K-$13K < $13K-$14K < $14K-$15K < $15K-$17K < $17K-$20K < $20K-$22K < $22K-$25K < $25K-$30K < $30K-$35K < $35K-$40K < $40K-$45K < $45K-$50K < $50K-$60K < $60K-$75K < $75K-$90K < $90K-$105K < $105Kplus
Expected vote in 1996 presidential election: a factor
with levels Clinton and Dole
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