Congressional Voting Records
About
1984 United Stated Congressional Voting Records; Classify as Republican or Democrat
This data set includes votes for each of the U.S. House of Representatives Congressmen on the 16 key votes identified by the CQA. The CQA lists nine different types of votes: voted for, paired for, and announced for (these three simplified to yea), voted against, paired against, and announced against (these three simplified to nay), voted present, voted present to avoid conflict of interest, and did not vote or otherwise make a position known (these three simplified to an unknown disposition).
Subject Area
Social Science
Instances
435
Features
16
Data Types
Multivariate
Tasks
Classification
Feature Types
Categorical
Features
| Name | Role | Type | Units | Missing Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Target | Categorical | - | No |
| handicapped-infants | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| water-project-cost-sharing | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| adoption-of-the-budget-resolution | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| physician-fee-freeze | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| el-salvador-aid | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| religious-groups-in-schools | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| anti-satellite-test-ban | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| aid-to-nicaraguan-contras | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| mx-missile | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| immigration | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| synfuels-corporation-cutback | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| education-spending | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| superfund-right-to-sue | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| crime | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| duty-free-exports | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
| export-administration-act-south-africa | Feature | Categorical | - | Yes |
Introductory Paper
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