Congressional Voting Records

Donated on 4/26/1987

1984 United Stated Congressional Voting Records; Classify as Republican or Democrat

Dataset Characteristics

Multivariate

Subject Area

Social Science

Associated Tasks

Classification

Feature Type

Categorical

# Instances

435

# Features

16

Dataset Information

Additional Information

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).

Has Missing Values?

Yes

Variables Table

Variable NameRoleTypeDescriptionUnitsMissing Values
ClassTargetCategoricalno
handicapped-infantsFeatureCategoricalyes
water-project-cost-sharingFeatureCategoricalyes
adoption-of-the-budget-resolutionFeatureCategoricalyes
physician-fee-freezeFeatureCategoricalyes
el-salvador-aidFeatureCategoricalyes
religious-groups-in-schoolsFeatureCategoricalyes
anti-satellite-test-banFeatureCategoricalyes
aid-to-nicaraguan-contrasFeatureCategoricalyes
mx-missileFeatureCategoricalyes

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Additional Variable Information

1. Class Name: 2 (democrat, republican) 2. handicapped-infants: 2 (y,n) 3. water-project-cost-sharing: 2 (y,n) 4. adoption-of-the-budget-resolution: 2 (y,n) 5. physician-fee-freeze: 2 (y,n) 6. el-salvador-aid: 2 (y,n) 7. religious-groups-in-schools: 2 (y,n) 8. anti-satellite-test-ban: 2 (y,n) 9. aid-to-nicaraguan-contras: 2 (y,n) 10. mx-missile: 2 (y,n) 11. immigration: 2 (y,n) 12. synfuels-corporation-cutback: 2 (y,n) 13. education-spending: 2 (y,n) 14. superfund-right-to-sue: 2 (y,n) 15. crime: 2 (y,n) 16. duty-free-exports: 2 (y,n) 17. export-administration-act-south-africa: 2 (y,n)

Baseline Model Performance

Dataset Files

FileSize
house-votes-84.data17.7 KB
house-votes-84.names6.7 KB
Index135 Bytes

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