Description

Congressional votes on the American Health Care Act in 2017

Format

A data frame with 430 observations on the following 11 variables.

STATE

State name

Dist

Congressional district

Party

Party affiliation (D=Democrat, R=Republican)

Dem

1=Democrat, 0=Republican

Rep

1=Republican, 0=Democrat

uni2013

Percentage of citizens without health care in 2013

uni2015

Percentage of citizens without health care in 2015

uniChange

uni2015 - uni2013

Member

Name of representative

AHCAvote

1=yes, 0=no

Trump

1=Trump won district, 0=Clinton won district

Details

On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives voted, by the narrow margin of 217-213, to pass the American Health Care Act. Most Republicans voted Yes, while all Democrats voted No.

Source

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/obamacare-has-increased-insurance-coverage-everywhere/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfkHtzBTP5gf4jAu8tcVQgsBJ1IDvXEHjuMqYlOgYbA/edit#gid=0

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html