analysis of test ban treaty vote: 13 october 1999
Below are the 1st dimension W-NOMINATE scores for the members of the 106th Senate along with how they voted on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. All the Democrats except Byrd (D-WV) voted for the treaty along with the 3 left-most Republicans -- Specter (R-PA), Chafee (R-RI), and Jeffords (R-VT) -- along with Gordon Smith a moderate Republican from Oregon. The vote classifies perfectly except for Gordon Smith -- 98 of 99 Senators are correctly classified with a PRE of .979.106 14914 12 NEW JER D LAUTENBERG -0.991 Y 106 49101 33 MINNESO D WELLSTONE -0.988 Y 106 14230 31 IOWA D HARKIN -0.987 Y 106 15011 71 CALIFOR D BOXER -0.983 Y 106 14709 23 MICHIGA D LEVIN, CARL -0.957 Y 106 29142 5 RHODE I D REED -0.941 Y 106 49308 73 WASHING D MURRAY -0.934 Y 106 15021 21 ILLINOI D DURBIN -0.926 Y 106 14400 82 HAWAII D AKAKA -0.923 Y 106 15703 25 WISCONS D KOHL -0.922 Y 106 14101 11 DELAWAR D BIDEN -0.921 Y 106 10808 3 MASSACH D KENNEDY, ED -0.909 Y 106 13039 52 MARYLAN D SARBANES -0.907 Y 106 14440 52 MARYLAN D MIKULSKI -0.901 Y 106 14617 37 SOUTH D D DASCHLE -0.893 Y 106 15054 65 NEVADA D REID -0.871 Y 106 49701 44 GEORGIA D CLELAND -0.864 Y 106 14307 6 VERMONT D LEAHY -0.849 Y 106 14922 56 WEST VI D ROCKEFELLER -0.846 Y 106 14858 13 NEW YOR D SCHUMER -0.836 Y 106 14920 3 MASSACH D KERRY, JOHN -0.834 Y 106 4812 82 HAWAII D INOUYE -0.823 Y 106 49902 47 NORTH C D EDWARDS -0.822 Y 106 15700 65 NEVADA D BRYAN, RICH -0.819 Y 106 15071 12 NEW JER D TORRICELLI -0.818 Y 106 14213 1 CONNECT D DODD -0.813 Y 106 14871 72 OREGON D WYDEN -0.810 Y 106 11204 48 SOUTH C D HOLLINGS -0.805 Y 106 15705 40 VIRGINI D ROBB -0.802 Y 106 49300 71 CALIFOR D FEINSTEIN -0.799 Y 106 15503 43 FLORIDA D GRAHAM, BOB -0.799 Y 106 49309 25 WISCONS D FEINGOLD -0.793 Y 106 14508 13 NEW YOR D MOYNIHAN -0.791 Y 106 15425 37 SOUTH D D JOHNSON -0.784 Y 106 15704 1 CONNECT D LIEBERMAN -0.761 Y 106 49901 22 INDIANA D BAYH -0.761 Y 106 14812 36 NORTH D D DORGAN -0.745 Y 106 14203 64 MONTANA D BAUCUS -0.744 Y 106 14912 66 NEW MEX D BINGAMAN -0.742 Y 106 15502 36 NORTH D D CONRAD -0.737 Y 106 15702 35 NEBRASK D KERREY, BOB -0.731 Y 106 29305 42 ARKANSA D LINCOLN -0.680 Y 106 49702 45 LOUISIA D LANDRIEU -0.672 Y 106 1366 56 WEST VI D BYRD, ROBER -0.665 P 106 13056 45 LOUISIA D BREAUX -0.504 Y 106 14910 14 PENNSYL R SPECTER 0.100 Y Cutpoint Between 106 14500 5 RHODE I R CHAFEE 0.234 Y Jeffords and Snowe 106 14240 6 VERMONT R JEFFORDS 0.288 Y ******** 106 14661 2 MAINE R SNOWE 0.322 N ******** 106 49703 2 MAINE R COLLINS 0.378 N 106 49500 23 MICHIGA R ABRAHAM 0.487 N 106 15020 24 OHIO R DEWINE 0.490 N 106 11044 11 DELAWAR R ROTH, WILLI 0.500 N 106 14712 40 VIRGINI R WARNER 0.508 N 106 49705 72 OREGON R SMITH, GORD 0.510 Y 106 49900 21 ILLINOI R FITZGERALD 0.528 N 106 14506 22 INDIANA R LUGAR 0.560 N 106 14503 67 UTAH R HATCH 0.576 N 106 12109 81 ALASKA R STEVENS 0.580 N 106 14103 66 NEW MEX R DOMENICI 0.586 N 106 14904 73 WASHING R GORTON 0.602 N 106 14852 32 KANSAS R ROBERTS 0.603 N 106 49903 24 OHIO R VOINOVICH 0.603 N 106 49307 67 UTAH R BENNETT 0.607 N 106 49306 49 TEXAS R HUTCHISON, 0.618 N 106 29141 14 PENNSYL R SANTORUM 0.631 N 106 15501 34 MISSOUR R BOND 0.632 N 106 14226 31 IOWA R GRASSLEY 0.636 N 106 49502 54 TENNESS R FRIST 0.640 N 106 94659 41 ALABAMA R SHELBY 0.649 N 106 95407 62 COLORAD R CAMPBELL 0.655 N 106 15039 61 ARIZONA R MCCAIN 0.658 N 106 14921 51 KENTUCK R MCCONNELL 0.661 N 106 49704 35 NEBRASK R HAGEL 0.677 N 106 9369 48 SOUTH C R THURMOND 0.691 N 106 14009 46 MISSISS R COCHRAN 0.695 N 106 14907 81 ALASKA R MURKOWSKI 0.712 N 106 49301 44 GEORGIA R COVERDELL 0.751 N 106 49501 34 MISSOUR R ASHCROFT 0.753 N 106 29306 42 ARKANSA R HUTCHINSON, 0.755 N 106 29523 32 KANSAS R BROWNBACK 0.756 N 106 49503 54 TENNESS R THOMPSON 0.764 N 106 15037 43 FLORIDA R MACK 0.766 N 106 29367 33 MINNESO R GRAMS 0.767 N 106 14031 46 MISSISS R LOTT 0.768 N 106 14826 4 NEW HAM R GREGG 0.774 N 106 49700 41 ALABAMA R SESSIONS 0.777 N 106 15701 64 MONTANA R BURNS 0.780 N 106 15633 68 WYOMING R THOMAS 0.813 N 106 14809 63 IDAHO R CRAIG 0.831 N 106 15406 51 KENTUCK R BUNNING 0.846 N 106 29345 63 IDAHO R CRAPO 0.849 N 106 15429 61 ARIZONA R KYL 0.850 N 106 49706 68 WYOMING R ENZI 0.888 N 106 29108 62 COLORAD R ALLARD 0.894 N 106 14105 47 NORTH C R HELMS 0.898 N 106 15424 53 OKLAHOM R INHOFE 0.911 N 106 14908 53 OKLAHOM R NICKLES, DO 0.927 N 106 14628 49 TEXAS R GRAMM, PHIL 0.945 N 106 15116 4 NEW HAM R SMITH, ROBE 0.958 N