Question

The DW- form of this metric, which was developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal, largely replaced the earlier D- and W- forms. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this metric used by the Voteview project. This metric uses two axes, of which one roughly measures the traditional left-right difference.
ANSWER: NOMINATE scores [accept DW-NOMINATE]
[10m] The main usage of NOMINATE scores is based on this kind of vote in the U.S. Congress. In this kind of vote, as opposed to a voice vote, congresspeople cast votes under their names.
ANSWER: roll call vote [accept recorded vote]
[10e] The second dimension of NOMINATE scores measures issues such as race and, historically, this topic. This was the major issue in the 1896 election, and the subject of a William Jennings Bryan speech about its “cross.”
ANSWER: bimetallism [accept gold standard; accept free silver; accept descriptions about the role of silver as a currency; accept cross of gold; prompt on currency or money supply; prompt on gold or silver]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Social Science>

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Summary

2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y220.00100%50%50%
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y422.50100%100%25%
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y813.75100%38%0%
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y316.67100%67%0%
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y210.00100%0%0%
2024 Penn Bowl Playtest10/12/2024N417.5075%100%0%

Data

Berkeley BBerkeley A001010
StanfordBerkeley C10101030
Chicago BIllinois C0101020
Illinois BChicago A001010
WUSTLNorthwestern A0101020
Northwestern BSIUE001010
Indiana ANotre Dame A0101020
Notre Dame BIndiana B001010
MinnesotaNotre Dame C001010
Illinois APurdue001010
Michigan BOhio State A0101020
Michigan AOhio State B0101020
Ohio State CMichigan State10101030
Carnegie MellonPittsburgh0101020
HoustonTAMU001010
Texas ATexas B001010
ColumbiaNYU B0101020
JHU AJHU B001010
MarylandNYU A0101020