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TABLE 1
Factors Effecting Minority Nominations to the U.S. Courts of Appeals,
*
1977-2000
Variable ______
Presidents:
Number of minorities nominated / appointed during a President’s administration:
Jimmy Carter:
11 / 10
Ronald
Reagan:
2
/
1
George H.W. Bush:
4 / 1
Bill
Clinton:
27
/
15
Presidential Ideology (DW-Nominate, dimension 1):
Jimmy Carter =
-0.478
Ronald Reagan =
0.539
George
H.W.
Bush
=
0.468
Bill
Clinton
=
-0.492
Ideology of a State’s Most Liberal Senator (DW-Nominate, dimension 1):
Mean Ideology:
-0.251
Standard
Deviation:
0.293
Minority Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Number of times that a state’s nominee had minority
representation in the U.S. House of Representatives:
158 of 275 nominees
Voting-Age Population:
Mean percentage of the minority voting-age population: 16.25%
Standard
Deviation:
0.090
Minority Economic Influence:
Mean standardized business receipts of minorities:
0.878
Standard
Deviation:
1.449
N=275
* Judge’s nominated to the District of Columbia, Federal, Puerto Rico, or Virgin Islands Circuit are
excluded from this data set because they do not have a voting member of the U.S. House of
Representatives or U.S. Senate.
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