Replication Data for: The Alphabet Mafia: Effectiveness of LGBTQ+ Interest Groups in Congress

Abstract: This paper examines the effectiveness of LGBTQ groups in Congress by looking at voting in favor of bills concerning queer rights. I find that the effect of donations exists in the early period of queer bills before Congress but disappears in bills post-2018. Instead, party is the dominant explanation for votes on bills. This has implications for the strategies that should be employed by LGBTQ+ interests at the national level, and implications for how political science should examine the interactions between interest groups and new venues of change.