Replication Data for: Donors and Dollars: Comparing the Policy Views of Donors and the Affluent (doi:10.7910/DVN/G8HOL6)

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Replication Data for: Donors and Dollars: Comparing the Policy Views of Donors and the Affluent

doi:10.7910/DVN/G8HOL6

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2025-03-06

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Barber, Michael; Canes-Wrone, Brandice; Huber, Greg; Clinton, Joshua, 2025, "Replication Data for: Donors and Dollars: Comparing the Policy Views of Donors and the Affluent", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/G8HOL6, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:nZ9iDU2VRRH/SPt+d2H1Xg== [fileUNF]

Replication Data for: Donors and Dollars: Comparing the Policy Views of Donors and the Affluent

doi:10.7910/DVN/G8HOL6

Barber, Michael (Brigham Young University)

Canes-Wrone, Brandice (Stanford University)

Huber, Greg (Yale University)

Clinton, Joshua (Vanderbilt University)

Harvard Dataverse

Barber, Michael

Barber, Michael

2025-01-13

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/G8HOL6

Social Sciences, campaign donors

Replication materials for published article and supplemental materials

• Number of cases: 26

• No. of variables per record: 10

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

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• Number of cases: 9782

• No. of variables per record: 187

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

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• issue - Issue Number
• demposyea - Democratic Party Position Yea
• year - Year
• affyea - Affluent Support
• demyeantdnpty - Democratic Donor Support
• passadm - Policy Passes in Presidential Adm
• repposyea - Republican Party Position Yea
• repyeantdnpty - Republican Donor Support
• genpopyea - General Population Support
• presptyntdnpty - Presidential Party Donor Support
• d_EducationText - Text Entry: What is your post graduate degree or degrees
• d_GenderText - Text Entry: Gender
• d_HomeOwnText - Text Entry: HomeOwnership
• d_OtherPartyText - Text Entry: Other party
• d_demlean - Would you call yourself a strong Democrat or a not very strong Democrat?
• d_education - What is the highest level of education you have completed?
• d_employ_status - Which of the following best describes your current employment status?
• d_gender - Are you... ?
• d_homeowner - Do you own your home or pay rent?
• d_immigrant_status - Which of these statements best describes you?
• d_income - Thinking back over the last year, what was your family's annual income?
• d_income_followup - If you would prefer not to tell us your family's exact income, which of these ro
• d_indlean - Do you think of yourself as closer to the Republican Party or to the Democratic
• d_libcon7 - We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. Here is a sev
• d_liveaddress - How long have your lived at your present address?
• d_maritalstatus - What is your marital status?
• d_military - Have you or a member of your household ever been a member of the military?
• d_networth1 - This is the total value of what you own, property like houses and cars, money in
• d_networth_high - Would you say that your current net worth is:
• d_networth_low - Would you say that your current net worth is:
• d_parent - Are you the parent or guardian of any children under the age of 18?
• d_pid3 - Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a ...?
• d_pid7 - PID 7
• d_polinterest - Would you say you follow what's going on in politics and public affairs...
• d_presvote12 - In the 2012 presidential election between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican M
• d_presvote16 - In the 2016 presidential election between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republica
• d_regvote - Are you registered to vote?
• d_religion - How important is religion in your life?
• d_religionattend - Aside from weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious services?
• d_replean - Would you call yourself a strong Republican or a not very strong Republican?
• d_union - Are you a member of a labor union or public sector union?
• d_unionhh - Other than yourself, is any member of your household a union member?
• d_vote18 - Did you vote in the most recent general elections for Congress, which were in No
• d_yearborn - What year were you born?
• d_zipcode - TEXT ENTRY: What is your zip code? This is a 5 digit number.
• i_GND_guarantee1 - Should the federal government Guarantee a job with a family-sustaining wage, ade
• i_GND_guarantee2 - Should the federal government Guarantee a job with a family-sustaining wage, ade
• i_abortion1 - Thinking now about abortion policy. Which one of the opinions best agrees with y
• i_abortion10 - Abortion if: In the second or third trimester of pregnancy under any circumstanc
• i_abortion2 - Thinking now about abortion policy. Which one of the opinions best agrees with y
• i_abortion3 - Abortion if: If her health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy
• i_abortion4 - Abortion if: If she is carrying a fetus with a serious intellectual disability,
• i_abortion5 - Abortion if: If she is carrying a fetus with a serious birth defect likely to re
• i_abortion6 - Abortion if: If she becomes pregnant as the result of rape
• i_abortion7 - Abortion if: In the first trimester if she is married and her husband objects
• i_abortion8 - Abortion if: In the first trimester if she is under 18 and her parents object
• i_abortion9 - Abortion if: In the first trimester of pregnancy under any circumstance, as a ma
• i_charity - In appreciation of your time, we will donate $1.00 to a charity of your choice.
• i_corpgive - Should corporations and businesses be allowed to contribute to political campaig
• i_defense1 - Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense. Suppose th
• i_defense2 - Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense. Suppose th
• i_environment1 - Give the EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions
• i_environment2 - Lower required fuel efficiency for the average automobile from 35 mpg to 25 mpg
• i_environment3 - Require state use a minimum amount of renewable fuels for electricity even if pr
• i_environment4 - Strengthen the EPA enforcement of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act even if
• i_environment5 - Do you support the Democratic Green New Deal initiative?
• i_execord1 - Allow the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline
• i_execord2 - Withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement
• i_execord3 - Recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S. embassy from Tel
• i_execord4 - Withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, a
• i_govtservices1 - Some people think that the government should provide fewer services, even in are
• i_govtservices2 - Some people think that the government should provide fewer services, even in are
• i_guncontrol - Which statement comes closest to describing your views on gun control?
• i_health1 - Provide Medicare for all Americans
• i_health2 - Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act
• i_health3 - There are many different options for how individuals can obtain health insurance
• i_immigration1 - Increase boder spending by $25b, including building a wall between the U.S. and
• i_immigration2 - DACA - Provide legal status to children of immigrants who are already in the Uni
• i_immigration3 - Withhold federal funds from any city that does not report to the federal governm
• i_immigration4 - immigrants who entered the country illegally eligible for government assistance
• i_immigration5 - Do you think the number of immigrants from foreign countries who are permitted t
• i_immigration6 - If you had to choose just one of the following policies, which do you think the
• i_isolation - Do you agree or disagree with this statement? 'This country would be better off
• i_minwage1 - The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, although some states and loc
• i_minwage2 - The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, although some states and loc
• i_rollcall1 - Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States
• i_rollcall2 - Require President get approval from Congress to ease existing sanctions on Russi
• i_rollcall3 - Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea
• i_rollcall4 - Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States
• i_tanf1 - The program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, also known as welfar
• i_tanf2 - The program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, also known as welfar
• i_taxes1 - Currently, the top marginal income tax rate for the federal government is 37%, a
• i_taxes2 - Which of the following options do you prefer for the marginal tax rate for peopl
• i_trade - Which of the following comes closest to your views on international trade?
• i_uniongive - Should unions and interest groups be allowed to contribute to political campaign
• r_race_asian - Please indicate the racial or ethnic groups that best describe you: Asian
• r_race_black - Please indicate the racial or ethnic groups that best describe you: Black
• r_race_latino - Please indicate the racial or ethnic groups that best describe you: Latino
• r_race_middleeast - Please indicate the racial or ethnic groups that best describe you: Middle East
• r_race_namerican - Please indicate the racial or ethnic groups that best describe you: Native Ameri
• r_race_other - Please indicate the racial or ethnic groups that best describe you: Other Race
• r_race_white - Please indicate the racial or ethnic groups that best describe you: White
• sample - Survey Sample (categories)
• ts_state - State
• ts_income - TS Income
• ts_wealth - TS Wealth
• C1718_HOUSE - C1718_HOUSE
• C1718_HOUSE_INDIST - C1718_HOUSE_INDIST
• TS_Donor
• TS_GenPop
• TS_Affluent
• democrat
• republican
• d_married
• d_age
• d_age1829
• d_age3045
• d_age4660
• d_age60plus
• d_educat1 - d_education==Did not graduate from high school
• d_educat2 - d_education==High school graduate
• d_educat3 - d_education==Some college, but no degree
• d_educat4 - d_education==2-year college degree
• d_educat5 - d_education==4-year college degree
• d_educat6 - d_education==Postgraduate degree (Masters, MD, JD, PhD, etc.)
• d_HSorLess
• d_PostGrad
• d_religimpcat1 - d_religion==Not at all important
• d_religimpcat2 - d_religion==Not too important
• d_religimpcat3 - d_religion==Somewhat important
• d_religimpcat4 - d_religion==Very important
• d_religionimp
• d_libconcat1 - d_libcon7==Extremely liberal
• d_libconcat2 - d_libcon7==Liberal
• d_libconcat3 - d_libcon7==Slightly liberal
• d_libconcat4 - d_libcon7==Moderate; middle of the road
• d_libconcat5 - d_libcon7==Slightly conservative
• d_libconcat6 - d_libcon7==Conservative
• d_libconcat7 - d_libcon7==Extremely conservative
• d_liberal
• d_conservative
• d_extremeliberal
• d_extremeconservative
• d_highpolinterest
• d_networth_total1 - networth_total==Negative (You owe more than you own)
• d_networth_total2 - networth_total==Positive but less than $250,000
• d_networth_total3 - networth_total==Between $250,000 and $500,000
• d_networth_total4 - networth_total==More than $500,000
• d_networth_total5 - networth_total==Between $1 million and $2 million
• d_networth_total6 - networth_total==Between $2 million and $5 million
• d_networth_total7 - networth_total==More than $5 million
• d_networth1million
• f_GND_guarantee
• f_abortionjoint
• f_defensejoint
• f_tanfjoint
• f_minwagejoint
• f_govtservicesjoint
• f_sumenvironment
• i_rguncontrol
• i_rtrade
• i_risolation
• f_rdefensejoint
• i_rcorpgive
• i_renvironment2
• i_rexecord2
• i_rexecord4
• i_rimmigration3
• i_rimmigration1
• i_rhealth2
• f_01_sumenvironment
• f_01_abortionjoint
• f_01_rdefensejoint
• f_01_minwagejoint
• f_01_tanfjoint
• f_01_govtservicesjoint
• i_01_taxes1
• i_01_taxes2
• i_01_health3
• i_01_rguncontrol
• i_01_rtrade
• i_01_risolation
• i_01_immigration5
• valdonor
• outstate - Gave out of state
• pres - Gave to 2016 presidential contest
• amtcont
• lnnumcont - log(Number Contributions)
• lnamtcont - log(Total Contribution Amount)
• smallamtcont - Gave $200 or less
• AffluentDonor
• NonAffluentDonor
• AffluentNonDonor
• fa_all - Scores for factor 1
• fa_global - Scores for factor 1
• fa_all_GP - Scores for factor 1
• invpropensitywgt - InvPropensityWgt

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Variable Format: numeric

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Summary Statistics: Valid 26.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.6923076923076923; StDev 0.47067872433164154

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:O2bNKxfTj3cGN4BHAAH2hg==

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Summary Statistics: Max. 2016.0; Valid 26.0; Mean 2010.076923076923; Min. 2006.0; StDev 3.509109025642571

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:N7dGPEEYmQzRmkkO+m/4HA==

f10886803 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 0.868774950504303; Min. 0.2975793480873108; StDev 0.1544377873701636; Valid 26.0; Mean 0.576600446150853

Variable Format: numeric

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Summary Statistics: Valid 26.0; Min. 0.04756426811218262; Mean 0.6311425555210847; StDev 0.3528739347966906; Max. 0.9838624000549316

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:W9deD2Xnb1qwJsNnpl2Low==

f10886803 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.7692307692307693; Valid 26.0; StDev 0.4296689244236597;

Variable Format: numeric

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f10886803 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 26.0; StDev 0.5038314736557788; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.4230769230769231; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Hf2g/nyAg6PLLajz3khuhg==

f10886803 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.04374437406659126; Valid 26.0; Mean 0.4548241471728453; StDev 0.2962722559395718; Max. 0.9448403716087341

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9cpDnm8Dtuu6gAH1pGm8Vg==

f10886803 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.19380000233650208; StDev 0.1552182660711992; Mean 0.5801846224528092; Valid 26.0; Max. 0.8230000138282776

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SmNvS6WsiA7bfRjAdfJmqw==

f10886803 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.567886509001255; Valid 26.0; Min. 0.04756426811218262; Max. 0.9681271910667419; StDev 0.3443630202254784;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:rI5ZLaxy2S8bYq7ua2e20g==

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Variable Format: character

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f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.1650556264818535; Max. 2.0; Valid 5483.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 0.37126460334582856;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xG+LvKLgtae3jakT6aEfFg==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.0801065400327496; Mean 5.233927108927111; Min. 1.0; Max. 6.0; Valid 9768.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NBP634m/eQ8Q57a8xRbBug==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 2.2017249526862748; Valid 9762.0; Mean 3.2331489448883435; Max. 9.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:CV1A2LzzakckdK8SeCZu1A==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.3885749511969592; Max. 2.0; StDev 0.4874514039426189; Valid 9733.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:l3a8FXijAM1UOEBDXTKexQ==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 9488.0; Max. 2.0; Mean 1.914839797639123; StDev 0.2791346527544196

Variable Format: numeric

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f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.0619042738546682; Valid 9757.0; Min. 1.0; Max. 3.0; StDev 0.2538368585079241;

Variable Format: numeric

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f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 2.5783268247166067; Mean 4.594429033749422; Valid 8652.0; Max. 10.0

Variable Format: numeric

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Summary Statistics: Valid 1026.0; Max. 4.0; Min. 1.0; Mean 3.2095516569200786; StDev 1.0340290101899063

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:juNINg2esj52l80BCa2BCg==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 2250.0; StDev 0.8715212170437142; Min. 1.0; Mean 2.1871111111111112; Max. 3.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:w8FD4Jbc2y1ce/BLp9EnJQ==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 3.3150867823764996; Max. 7.0; Valid 9737.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 1.7821847815793634;

Variable Format: numeric

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f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 6.0; Min. 1.0; Valid 9758.0; StDev 0.8642925526904688; Mean 5.62020905923345

Variable Format: numeric

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f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.8295209765104123; StDev 1.51975987317512; Valid 9749.0; Max. 6.0; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:wfsPgTApyDLubvOHrb/Tzw==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.2684000409458491; StDev 0.44314959267791465; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 9769.0

Variable Format: numeric

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f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.6002132196162049; StDev 0.48988049067559314; Max. 2.0; Valid 9380.0; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

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f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.7528377395091156; Min. 1.0; Max. 3.0; Mean 1.7779019936649894; Valid 5367.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zZlytu22xi2JeZE7S8SikA==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 4.0; Mean 2.7412149278125852; Valid 3671.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 0.9404842774532622

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:mLCc4yMNFJLjEwBWmFQuCQ==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.3640683745939579; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.15726425719258763; Valid 9767.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:dcEBuFenGdSvqu3NRqVbPA==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Mean 1.714521793017973; StDev 0.9166784461349207; Max. 4.0; Valid 9682.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:E0yNFaYu8uHwFLyikX7vjw==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.8790807560137432; Valid 9312.0; Max. 7.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 2.3182939031402636

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8VkZruOhSucfJ1vYippjlQ==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 0.3855103992950932; Valid 9778.0; Max. 4.0; Mean 3.882082225403968

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9Dr89dVRIYj93m4BbhCsBw==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.4871110198213011; Valid 9737.0; Max. 5.0; StDev 0.9163129711353593; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:61MhutnLgUvcYLym84p0Zw==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 9734.0; Mean 1.4759605506472164; Min. 1.0; StDev 0.8394047325512062; Max. 5.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PpNX/IfXlgeMZyXcTzZc4Q==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.07479935222702667; Valid 9776.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.994373977086743

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zERblMdEa7Oep0fOGlKAkQ==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 4.0; Mean 2.469642674311456; StDev 1.172800360389659; Min. 1.0; Valid 9767.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Lw3cxWEQGdhpeB5ZuctOtQ==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.6032943803357422; Valid 9762.0; Min. 1.0; Max. 6.0; Mean 2.83343577135833

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jNEgbhodqv8whUiic4cxNA==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.44382807061147095; Max. 2.0; Mean 1.269535113748764; Valid 2022.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SsL9O+sCIf6v6aUMPNdEjA==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 9766.0; Mean 0.36473479418390364; StDev 0.6121164933619397;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ZdajEsOFfsjD9kPwuGAewQ==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.5780002173882622; Max. 2.0; Valid 9710.0; Mean 0.2800205973223478; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4ZFAAA+zdwt5T+z8MvSOyw==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.9694546945469454; Max. 2.0; Valid 9756.0; StDev 0.21830564605019692;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aYlZvrIBDBd9mDXZmCgY5Q==

f10886806 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 9703.0; Min. 1920.0; Mean 1957.222302380707; StDev 14.49389259191494; Max. 2005.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:mXxd4tc6cVg4Gp9X0Iy9sg==

f10886806 Location: