Replication data for: Quality, Not Quantity: Strategic Politicians in U.S. Senate Elections, 1952-1990 (doi:10.7910/DVN/BPLEYB)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Quality, Not Quantity: Strategic Politicians in U.S. Senate Elections, 1952-1990

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/BPLEYB

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2007-11-28

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

David Lublin, 2007, "Replication data for: Quality, Not Quantity: Strategic Politicians in U.S. Senate Elections, 1952-1990", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BPLEYB, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:y1T3iNyiDGJu6Nslmqq7WA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Quality, Not Quantity: Strategic Politicians in U.S. Senate Elections, 1952-1990

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/BPLEYB

Authoring Entity:

David Lublin (American University)

Date of Production:

1994

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

David Lublin

Date of Deposit:

2007

Date of Distribution:

2007

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BPLEYB

Study Scope

Abstract:

Analyzing senatorial elections between 1952 and 1990, I estimate the impact of challenger experience in various elected offices on vote for the incumbent. Controlling for other factors, U.S. representatives gain a higher proportion of the vote than other elected officials. Consistent with Jacobson's (1990b) theory that the increase in the importance of challenger quality over time in House elections explains the decline in the proportion of marginal House seats, the importance of challenger quality and the proportion of marginal seats remained stable over time in Senate elections. After developing a challenger quality scale based upon the estimated impact of having held different elected offices, I demonstrate that potential senatorial challengers strategically take into account both local and national political and economic conditions when making their candidacy decisions.

Time Period:

1952-1990

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

Other Study Description Materials

Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Lublin, David. "Quality, Not Quantity: Strategic Politicians in U.S. Senate Elections, 1952-1990," Journal of Politics, Vol. 56, No. 1 (February 1994). <a href="http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3816(199402)56%3A1%3C228%3AQNQSPI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P" target= "_new"> article available here </a>

Bibliographic Citation:

Lublin, David. "Quality, Not Quantity: Strategic Politicians in U.S. Senate Elections, 1952-1990," Journal of Politics, Vol. 56, No. 1 (February 1994). <a href="http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3816(199402)56%3A1%3C228%3AQNQSPI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P" target= "_new"> article available here </a>

File Description--f111644

File: senate.tab

  • Number of cases: 497

  • No. of variables per record: 19

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:3:y1T3iNyiDGJu6Nslmqq7WA==

Data file for this study

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

State

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:WKJ5B47ZL6gss5S7ls8pCA==

VotefortheIncumbent

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:5Bt0A0Ac/6YHOcqZCRI+4w==

FormerSenator

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:DAFf6ivvioPCbMbVtjxOgA==

Governor

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:zjEtEDCNMr0r/4pwvMVBwQ==

USRepresentative

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:kYYZrASQDDezYwJcwVdVlA==

LesserStatewideOfficial

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:cVE9LWWV1lFi3oXvsiNf4w==

StateLegislator

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:X/JykfeVlH0eMpXxzdfBpw==

LocalOfficial

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:MHqL9ykd/EHw5DrmRp2BDg==

PreviousIncumbentVote

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:oQLkZPJp2gPMcgKGT1bZPQ==

ChangeinPresidentialApproval1

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:Kymdk1JggYE68wp71S+8gQ==

IncumbentofPresident

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:55MEwqfl2B1Ctp8CXPNprQ==

ChangeinRealPerCapitaIncomebyState

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:1uzrdJMtirz9Y627diRqOQ==

ChangeinRealPerCapitaIncomeNatiowide

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:JdLCrkJMoZ1GvMy2Cnq1oQ==

CongressionalDistricts

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:djqT3Bt5lC+f46eNB4OcGw==

Year

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:TvmkIUpwxQ7oJmf6kfRToA==

QualityScale

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:GF08ucfS4hCsqHpA1SH5tA==

ChangeinPresidentialapproval2

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:C+nHCks9PWNMAwT3JlwqKg==

ChangeinRealPerCapitaIncomebyStateTime1

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:A3ojHGN8tbvZvv/FhNckDg==

ChangeinRealPerCapitaIncomeNationwideTime1

f111644 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:xOlLi8HPMp5xM/t/qEuujw==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

Readme.asc

Text:

Readme ASCII file containing variable descriptions for DATA.tab

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text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

senate.asc

Text:

Date file for this study in original ASCII format

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text/plain; charset=US-ASCII