Description of `house` Source: I got this data from the `rddtools` package and just changed the names of the columns in the data. It originally comes from Lee, David S. "Randomized experiments from non-random selection in US House elections." Journal of Econometrics 142.2 (2008): 675-697. The data contains 6558 observations of Democratic vote shares in House of Representatives elections from 1946 to 1998 The following variables are included: - Dmargin1 -- The Democratic "margin of victory" in the election 2 years ago (if it is positive, it indicates that the Democratic candidate won the election; if it is negative, it indicates that the Democratic candidate won the election - Dmargin2 -- The Democratic "margin of victory" in the current election (if it is positive, it indicates that the Democratic candidate won the election; if it is negative, it indicates that the Democratic candidate won the election