107th House — GGUM scores
GGUM ideal point estimates for the 107th House (members scored: 440 of 444; max PSRF: 1.013).
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Download H107-ggum-scores.csv — 444 members, 25 columns (Voteview metadata + GGUM θ, θ SD, PSRF).
Off-diagonal members
The following 15 members fall more than 2.5σ off the OLS fit of GGUM θ on W-NOMINATE dim-1. We flag these as diagnostic cases where the two scalings most disagree.
| Member | Party | State | nominate | GGUM θ | residual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LoBIONDO | R | NJ | +0.21 | +2.14 | +1.56 |
| ENGLISH | R | PA | +0.25 | +2.08 | +1.38 |
| WELLER | R | IL | +0.29 | +2.12 | +1.30 |
| RAMSTAD | R | MN | +0.32 | +2.11 | +1.21 |
| SWEENEY | R | NY | +0.25 | +1.89 | +1.19 |
| JONES | R | NC | +0.24 | +1.82 | +1.14 |
| GILLMOR | R | OH | +0.25 | +1.71 | +1.00 |
| LATHAM | R | IA | +0.30 | +1.81 | +0.95 |
| ADERHOLT | R | AL | +0.41 | +2.09 | +0.93 |
| TRAFICANT | D | OH | -0.08 | +0.61 | +0.91 |
| KENNEDY | R | MN | +0.41 | +2.07 | +0.89 |
| TAYLOR | D | MS | -0.04 | -1.05 | -0.86 |
| HULSHOF | R | MO | +0.36 | +1.87 | +0.82 |
| WICKER | R | MS | +0.38 | +1.90 | +0.81 |
| MORAN | R | KS | +0.41 | +1.96 | +0.76 |
Placements worth a second look
GGUM’s placement of the following members differs from what their established political reputations might lead a reader to expect. We draw attention to these cases so that researchers can consider them before using the estimates for a particular analysis; we are not alleging error.
RAMSTAD. Ramstad is commonly viewed as a moderate, pro-choice Republican. GGUM places him near the extreme-right pole.
LoBIONDO. LoBiondo is commonly viewed as a moderate Republican. GGUM places him near the extreme-right pole.
ENGLISH. English is commonly viewed as a moderate Republican. GGUM places him near the extreme-right pole.
WELLER. Weller is commonly viewed as a mainstream Republican. GGUM places him near the extreme-right pole.
LATHAM. Latham is commonly viewed as a pragmatic, appropriations-focused Iowa Republican. GGUM places him near the top of the chamber’s conservative range in this Congress, well above his usual placement in surrounding Congresses.
SWEENEY. Sweeney is commonly viewed as a mainstream upstate New York Republican. GGUM places him near the top of the chamber’s conservative range in this Congress, an outlier among his terms.
GILLMOR. Gillmor is commonly viewed as a low-profile institutionalist Ohio Republican. GGUM places him near the top of the chamber’s conservative range in this Congress, an outlier among his terms.
THOMPSON. Thompson is commonly viewed as a centrist Blue Dog Democrat from a competitive North Coast California seat. GGUM places him near the bottom of the chamber’s liberal range in this Congress, an outlier among his terms.
STUPAK. Stupak is commonly viewed as a centrist, Blue Dog-aligned Michigan Democrat. GGUM places him near the bottom of the chamber’s liberal range in this Congress, an outlier among his terms.
COSTELLO. Costello is commonly viewed as a moderate Illinois Democrat from a swing downstate district. GGUM places him near the bottom of the chamber’s liberal range in this Congress, an outlier among his terms.
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