A dataset from: Cavari, Amnon. 2019. "Evaluating the President on Your Priorities: Issue Priorities, Policy Performance, and Presidential Approval, 1981–2016." Presidential Studies Quarterly 49(4): 798-826.
Usage
data(approval)Format
A data frame with 140 rows and 14 variables:
- APPROVE
Presidential approval
- APPROVE_ECONOMY
Presidential approval: economy
- APPROVE_FOREIGN
Presidential approval: foreign affairs
- MIP_MACROECONOMICS
Salience (Most Important Problem): economy
- MIP_FOREIGN
Salience (Most Important Problem): foreign affairs
- PARTY_IN
Macropartisanship (in-party)
- PARTY_OUT
Macropartisanship (out-party)
- PRESIDENT
Numeric indicator for president
- DIVIDEDGOV
Dummy variable for divided government
- ELECTION
Dummy variable for election years
- HONEYMOON
Dummy variable for honeymoon period
- UMCSENT
Consumer sentiment
- UNRATE
Unemployment rate
- APPROVE_L1
Lagged presidential approval