Congressional Foreign Policy Voting Records, 1947 to 1988

A dataset on U.S. Congressional voting behavior on foreign policy issues from 1947 to 1988, created by Douglas L. Kriner. It likely contains records linking votes to party affiliation, ideology, and specific issues. The data is hosted on the paperswithcode platform.

Use Cases

• Model the relationship between legislator ideology and foreign policy votes (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyze temporal trends in party-line voting on international affairs (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Train classifiers to predict vote outcomes based on issue and member characteristics (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the paperswithcode platform.
• Covers a significant 41-year time period from 1947 to 1988.
• Author attribution is provided (Douglas L. Kriner).

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown.
• License is listed as closed, which may restrict usage.

Provenance

Source

paperswithcode

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical Congressional roll call records.

Time Range

1947 to 1988

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

United States (inferred from 'Congressional' context)