Replication Data for "Toward an Ideological Common Space: Extending Bonica’s CFscores to the Citizen Level" (doi:10.7910/DVN/GHQKSW)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for "Toward an Ideological Common Space: Extending Bonica’s CFscores to the Citizen Level"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/GHQKSW

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2023-05-21

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Warner, Seth, 2023, "Replication Data for "Toward an Ideological Common Space: Extending Bonica’s CFscores to the Citizen Level"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GHQKSW, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:1ZEHZjBZOf1YRsq3Kw8l3w== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for "Toward an Ideological Common Space: Extending Bonica’s CFscores to the Citizen Level"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/GHQKSW

Authoring Entity:

Warner, Seth

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Warner, Seth

Depositor:

Warner, Seth

Date of Deposit:

2023-05-21

Holdings Information:

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

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

Bonica’s (2014) campaign finance-based ideology scores, or CFscores, create an ideological common space that allows researchers to compare a wide variety of actors. Because relatively few citizens donate to candidates, however, the public is not well represented in this common space. This paper addresses that gap. It uses random forest machine learning on data from the 2012 Cooperative Congressional Election Study to impute CFscores for respondents who did not donate to candidates, based on how their policy views compared to those who did. These new scores are robust to differences in issue importance between donors and non-donors, and they outperform other ideological measures in predicting vote choice. The scores are then applied to a substantive exercise. Past research shows that extreme candidates for governor are penalized more by voters than those in lower-profile races. The implied mechanism—that vote choice for governor is more ideologically-driven—can be directly tested with imputed CFscores, since they uniquely allow comparisons between voters and candidates across races. An analysis of voting behavior in 2012 confounds expectations. Ideology appears to factor no more into vote choice for governor than for US House. These novel findings underscore the value of extending CFscores to non-donating survey respondents, and while current efforts are limited by data availability, this study offers encouragement and a roadmap to that end.

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f7110673

File: dime_recipients_all_1979_2014.tab

  • Number of cases: 379761

  • No. of variables per record: 74

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

Notes:

UNF:6:nVYx2JQ50QP2pb+voIswwA==

File Description--f7110676

File: Imputed_CFscores.tab

  • Number of cases: 54535

  • No. of variables per record: 2

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

Notes:

UNF:6:yDVc7nJBIICZkYV05KFklQ==

File Description--f7110672

File: yale_match.tab

  • Number of cases: 4584

  • No. of variables per record: 13

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

Notes:

UNF:6:GM0jpQL28ivjfIvQxsPMXA==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

election

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Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Xd6JbJTcDcdhhhguujaAhQ==

cycle

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2020.0; StDev 9.098873629021321; Valid 379761.0; Mean 2002.5029163078898; Min. 1980.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NLfOG2GaVthMbopBOEXapQ==

fecyear

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 48.0; StDev 10.348867440400422; Mean 2002.1771754531337; Valid 379714.0; Max. 2052.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:t6JWL9qi3SO9gs93Obkbdg==

Cand.ID

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:qkWG5WscOkp6Q7jRntwM8A==

FEC.ID

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:7gqIALCmRXq8FTB6yYMvng==

NID

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:gcO3j89oKy02VWbSMSit6A==

ICPSR

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:JX1VdwdfMCVye6taF66RyA==

ICPSR2

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:MztLwYY2Rc+lDKFV2Omc8w==

bonica.rid

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:3fg20zc9m6R8nUxFZSm5ug==

bonica.cid

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -9.0; StDev 1.7150951262896593E10; Max. 8.3290794149E10; Mean 8.600713537570791E9; Valid 167504.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:i4ZvnHeF/FAli0I+4BPEUA==

name

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Ouw27/LeR6R/kiZtVq+w/w==

lname

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:9oRwAwC1VPu1vcY5dTNsRQ==

ffname

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:1WTR8fq1PTkQhE0brrrG4A==

fname

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:B2majbiNnErIbUp4Qrbr6g==

mname

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:4bJjgpTFpNYvxxvPN1j5Gw==

nname

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:oO7Wb8hxiPCSpWXpzay64A==

title

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:AOPEkwgoMFVZ8/CKTfRwoA==

suffix

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

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party

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:tN+kK1IdMwkJhehfvNroOw==

state

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:KZ4rNQdK/u0jY6NFhvRPyA==

seat

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:V2uy8N26o30Zuhc7ojkzIg==

district

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:2nLC7oY6ANnZGotkmfdtbA==

Incum.Chall

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:i1Ac2zApCtYII3GidFRFng==

recipient.cfscore

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.0339736075935007; Mean 0.08525806179376116; Max. 6.089; Min. -8.917; Valid 225136.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zRYrL5ZieGLSrrEnPkcC3A==

contributor.cfscore

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.10455372192506868; Valid 164337.0; Min. -8.994; Max. 6.285; StDev 0.8643210961406322

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:cM95mIEvwOaGiThR4a0gvA==

recipient.cfscore.dyn

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 176753.0; Max. 7.145; StDev 1.0220319225703438; Min. -8.666; Mean 0.0954138713345747

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:d1ag3SkgvnHPVJ3iANtseg==

dwnom1

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.40070907013244367; Min. -0.764; Max. 0.971; Valid 17108.0; Mean 0.022399228431143215

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fjGYQZwiuhi6maX59+ua2w==

dwnom2

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -1.0; Mean -0.026648819265840604; Max. 1.0; Valid 17108.0; StDev 0.36732685136097065;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6FAiJSqvBG5wU0wOZ8mY7g==

ps.dwnom1

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean -0.006070802996728973; Max. 0.992; Min. -0.805; Valid 9477.0; StDev 0.3821118710616658;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tm6zQ06nRVFVKYXx3ROJjg==

ps.dwnom2

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Min. -1.0; Mean 0.05909707713411434; Valid 9477.0; StDev 0.42809723052249515;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nJKqfRYMCCKBuePTLrgNVQ==

dwdime

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.38128844311574295; Min. -0.617; Max. 0.879; Valid 70300.0; Mean 0.027275248933143537;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:h30Faxw9bapRiWy1sRi8sQ==

irt.cfscore

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.04272984180617409; Valid 13022.0; Max. 2.655; Min. -2.826; StDev 0.9495695379052927

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TQybQb3kAQhrUmGZkrDdqQ==

num.givers

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 194.54596865581522; Min. 1.0; Max. 488335.0; Valid 187084.0; StDev 2685.074862310281

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:V08G3dIE5aphFujw0qLbyw==

num.givers.total

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 9743.766898784985; Mean 805.4476859584374; Min. 2.0; Max. 677527.0; Valid 222187.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MEDMvAwMeJFsM9xOAMr1lA==

n.data.points.personal.donations

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 1388.1390701068667; Max. 55095.0; Mean 213.07342858220656; Valid 379498.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gK3XX9IzLNwylijSO5EQvA==

n.data.points.personal.donations.unq

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 379498.0; Max. 55095.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 213.07342858220656; StDev 1388.1390701068667

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gK3XX9IzLNwylijSO5EQvA==

cand.gender

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:n617kMy1/9/3W6ajqI87eA==

total.disbursements

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 7.6037019537E8; Valid 36723.0; StDev 7871146.453703179; Mean 630725.8120542642; Min. -10000.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nAZQznowBJIrwvXONHfpZA==

total.pc.contribs

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 52662.45984830724; Valid 355820.0; Mean 3875.416325297652; Max. 7700164.0; Min. -48750.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xX32h/0BYCygKOo69W1FZA==

contribs.from.candidate

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 355820.0; Max. 1.44206328E8; Mean 8134.0613157802345; Min. -4696473.0; StDev 418641.3454969206

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7dtF/IM8CpCYpsr/eyHVBg==

unitemized

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 379646.0; Max. 2.3440969E8; Min. -1796500.0; Mean 17411.19954243819; StDev 624712.502154313

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:iUjM2Y1gx+lGVsiQH4pOQg==

non.party.ind.exp.for

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 9321.503056717; Valid 355820.0; Mean 259.3643977292479; Max. 1879734.0; Min. -4934.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:j/D5Xqwgab7U1r2J3m2mbQ==

non.party.ind.exp.against

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 953778.0; Min. -5789.0; Valid 355820.0; Mean 95.30547467771645; StDev 5484.065795363181;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lkax6qxJxLBvj6zyccjkQA==

ind.exp.for

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 355820.0; StDev 1161.2836059798763; Mean 11.980636276767946; Max. 329214.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:a3e/R4v6NspbNa1RwEWZgA==

ind.exp.against

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 355820.0; Max. 1103340.0; Mean 14.459131021219918; Min. 0.0; StDev 2490.138563246853

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:YDgjEp1GdCMKTQ4EmGPEYw==

comm.cost.for

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 355820.0; Min. -151.0; Mean 151.5713844080687; Max. 1105342.0; StDev 4705.3182941951645;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xgmoMT3q5/Zgs0sF2mZQXg==

comm.cost.against

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 355820.0; Max. 264272.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 770.359177508787; Mean 7.551944803594928;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ddup/FOFH+g3d3CWESKzzg==

party.coord.exp

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 355820.0; Max. 3474648.0; Mean 610.7183772733492; Min. -5727.0; StDev 19789.86062434048

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tLCm2dNkef3CL74viO3vRA==

party.ind.exp.against

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 355820.0; StDev 1387345.3763252313; Max. 1.2312006E7; Min. -21825.0; Mean 179134.25188653142;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/fE1reXCiruI/wiReqRr4Q==

total.receipts

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -607610.0; Max. 7.7864296227E8; StDev 2690672.4469560757; Valid 372642.0; Mean 126190.60589500667

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:LJ99xh2lJgh5YVLR8iyv+Q==

total.indiv.contrib

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 2081460.3303283802; Min. -257600.0; Valid 355820.0; Mean 67754.44926791362; Max. 6.6487238227E8;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:hgeYmaw6m5iUobUCDPGisw==

total.pac.contribs

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 26571.170299352216; Min. -159534.0; Max. 3.2043473E7; Valid 355820.0; StDev 180210.54162353108;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/LmQU4dCZlKnT0Pm3TXmAA==

ran.primary

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.49850763939323706; Min. 0.0; Valid 338485.0; Mean 0.5386117553219616

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4ZrB7TYCgA1JepT+kj59Sg==

ran.general

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.4559788469213721; Max. 1.0; Valid 338485.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.49805910386577223;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WdqsQZM733o0MG0vjcnszg==

p.elec.stat

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:7IBkE0BZT8959J1w6Vx0iA==

s.elec.stat

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:se9iSCcyjkPOhp+9lKpKlQ==

r.elec.stat

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:p8LTk7hngG6OT4TB9EGcEQ==

gen.elec.stat

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:TEd3/q4H0lGBIWB+XDtAyQ==

gen.elect.pct

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:CofNoBXL1c1c3b/HkdXxbg==

winner

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:jUge7DNqJw5wycgrvaKYVw==

district.partisanship

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -5.683; Max. 2.863; StDev 0.9088164813758303; Valid 77433.0; Mean -0.0181401727945436;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:R2oYnlGNp7I9XjuO4u18nQ==

district.pres.vs

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.4156898582903125; StDev 0.23438842399432458; Min. 0.0; Valid 76565.0; Max. 0.961;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aeawnOeyVCt1pAwG44QA5w==

candStatus

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:MVZl7SQsG6xbGTqf07fJYQ==

recipient.type

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:3BG2kYyU6BYK5xqZJiHR5w==

igcat

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:ODS72SVyn42uwDhYZ2hRXg==

comtype

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:8nr39NZ0TiQiU3FVfzMbCQ==

nimsp.party

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:PLxn/x85iajWXE4sPc9pqw==

nimsp.candidate.ICO.code

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:BTVFJuZS4W8vhJ3fNQlZwQ==

nimsp.district

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:3jo/i4rlWBiOVlpx7Zc0lA==

nimsp.office

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:4tzbM6raw0LBR+C/UDLPYg==

nimsp.candidate.status

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:tXT9koEQjtc09OLKzRMAew==

before.switch.ICPSR

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 14428.0; Valid 152.0; StDev 1203.8739270398473; Mean 15160.71052631579; Max. 20327.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:BqQIMW+TKP9J1i+rPRuUzA==

after.switch.ICPSR

f7110673 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 90436.5965909091; Valid 176.0; Max. 95617.0; Min. 100.0; StDev 19793.33834058576

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:C954AAm7hry7yznjQ+8A0w==

party.orig

f7110673 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Nusifita8+QQvwXGNYaeHw==

V101

f7110676 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1300712.378658755; Min. 1.07765791E8; Max. 1.67850523E8; Mean 1.634081726650408E8; Valid 54535.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:EGeNecxFVRmod3KkqJQykw==

imputed_CFscore

f7110676 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.3613367832511902; Valid 54017.0; StDev 0.8954710206894313; Min. -1.8526351735068054; Mean -0.2834166845817382

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4XZzKhlMi0smMwYR6/E2ig==

cces_caseid

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1384212.3117637122; Valid 4584.0; Mean 1.6304907372098604E8; Min. 1.23673775E8; Max. 1.67763987E8

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1ifYGfbSFdy74sX+bZEeWw==

score

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 5.98032244; Min. 1.01963200345; Valid 4584.0; Mean 5.530072623390491; StDev 1.0850660021630538

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4yCbnJ4Ah/K652AxTIAKqw==

level

f7110672 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

2.

household

0

1.

full name

4584

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 4584.0; StDev 0.0; Mean 1.0; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:sMU43pYHpabU8bQeqTOMHg==

has2010addressR

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.45484293193717007; StDev 0.4980109875149024; Valid 4584.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:D1NaaTh1pSj9IXK2B7Eq6Q==

binned_2010numR

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 4584.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 7.0; StDev 2.260042622655497; Mean 1.5255235602094264;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zjR+Ro31dhqNU6gXPOg0Gg==

binned_2010amountR

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 4584.0; Mean 1.7334205933682378; StDev 2.4942543604357823; Min. 0.0; Max. 9.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jAgf8W3jylLbOZ5v+EmdpA==

anyindistrict10R

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.3874453101380631; Valid 4584.0; Mean 0.18390052356020967;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7BWR3SkDf8dPdS7zIz6W4w==

binned_2012numR

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 2.5998467997808428; Mean 3.3405322862129094; Max. 7.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 4584.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tITY5h9V22Uvtm4UN+j5AA==

binned_2012amountR

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 9.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 3.3383507853403076; StDev 2.6859075716215535; Valid 4584.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9vEugAIq8t3eMH2R2eBtjg==

anyindistrict12R

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 4584.0; Mean 0.18739092495636958; StDev 0.3902675907332183; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1RwObuvICeFS+M+3sMZy+A==

wtrecipcf12R

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -3.4409149050246923; Mean -0.8144025718594748; Valid 3887.0; StDev 1.0585417532820744; Max. 3.7521621691063047

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:dtXTStWvHzQStLLtQwuOLQ==

cfscoreR

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.1148773480367213; Valid 4466.0; Mean -0.6544849671392916; Max. 3.5986001968383787; Min. -3.356335847452283

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PEwjUtUMrBYKWzO9UuOUag==

wtrecipcf10R

f7110672 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.1926576229794883; Max. 2.8704413271509113; Min. -2.3346312317531557; Mean -0.38762669346864503; Valid 1777.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WlzN/ZI9DCC6hIXNPzFIpw==

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