Model 1 (Combined speeches since 1996) Model 2 (Just 112th Congress)
Baseline 14.42
(0.93)
15.51
(1.11)
Lib.-Cons. Voting Score (Democrats) 1.59
(0.40)
1.35
(0.52)
Lib.-Cons. Voting Score (Republicans) -2.07
(0.33)
-2.06
(0.42)
NORTHEAST 0.33
(0.16)
0.24
(0.20)
SOUTH -0.03
(0.13)
-0.20
(0.17)
WEST 0.15
(0.15)
0.08
(0.19)
Years in Seat 0.03
(0.01)
0.01
(0.01)
Senate 0.00
(0.16)
0.11
(0.19)
% of Constituents with H.S. Diploma -0.02
(0.01)
-0.019
(0.013)
Income ($1000) 0.07
(0.05)
0.03
(0.07)
Words spoken per session (natural log) -0.13
(0.06)
-0.22
(0.07)
Adjusted R-squared 0.18 0.10