Question

In the passing of the 1964 United States Civil Rights Act, combining the members from both houses of congress, Democrats in total voted “Yes” 198 to 117 “No”, while Republicans in total voted “Yes” 165 to 40 “No”. Northern Democrats specifically voted “Yes” 190 to 10 “No” and Southern Democrats specifically voted “Yes” 8 to 107 “No”. Northern Republicans specifically voted “Yes” 165 to 29 “No” and Southern Republicans specifically voted “Yes” 0 to 11 “No”. Find and compare the marginal probabilities of voting “Yes” for Democrats vs. Republicans, as well as for Northerners vs. Southerners. Then summarize all the takeaways of your analysis, explaining in context what seems to have occurred with all the factors that were associated in making political members more likely to vote “Yes” (or “No”).

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