Political affiliation of Americans

Data drawn from the 2000 General Social Survey containing sex and political affiliation of surveyed individuals, according to the party they identify the most with

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Format

a data frame containing the 2 by 3 contingency table

count

total counts in sample

gender

gender, either male or female

party

factor for party, either Democratic Party (democrat), independent (indep) or GOP (republican)

Source

Table 2.5 in Agresti (2007), An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis, Wiley.