Week (1-1670) for 1977-2008 period
First date in week (Stata date format)
Last day in week (Stata date format)
Opposition identifier approval
Lagged overall approval
Lagged approval among independents
Lagged opposition identifier approval
Lagged (by 2 months) opposition identifier approval
Lagged approval among identifiers of president's party
President (number)
Reagan
Bush 41
Clinton
Bush 43
Divided government
War
Standardized news pressure value
Unstandardized news pressure value
Week (Stata format)
Distance between party medians in two-dimensional DW-NOMINATE space
House days in session
Senate days in session
Exogenous disasters and tragedies
Total cable penetration
Total Internet access
Total cable news subscribers
Scandal intensity (number of front-page Wash. Post scandal stories)
Scandal onset (Washington Post)
Scandal onset (NYT/chronologies)
Weeks in office
Years in office
Years in office^2
Years in office^3/10
Election year
Presidential term in office
Previous scandals for president (WP)
Years between scandals (WP)
Years between scandals^2 (WP)
Years between scandals^3/10 (WP)
Years between scandals (NYT/chron.)
Years between scandals^2 (NYT/chron.)
Years between scandals^3/10 (NYT/chron.)
Years since 1976
Peak hurricane season
Lagged standardized news pressure
Independent counsel law in effect