Explanipedia

The partisanship of mayors has no detectable effect on police spending, police employment, crime, or arrests Open

Justin De Benedictis-Kessner, Matthew Harvey, Daniel B. Jones, Christopher Warshaw · 2025

Psychology

In this paper, we examine whether mayors’ partisan affiliations lead to differences in crime and policing. We use a large new dataset on mayoral elections and three different modern causal inference research designs (a regression discontin…

From viewers to voters: Tracing Fox News’ impact on American democracy Open

Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta, Matteo Pinna, Christopher Warshaw · 2024

Economics Political science Business

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the effect of Fox News Channel (FNC) on the mass public's political preferences and voting behavior in the United States from 2000 to 2020. We show that FNC has shifted the ideology and par…

How partisanship in cities influences housing policy Open

Justin De Benedictis-Kessner, Daniel B. Jones, Christopher Warshaw · 2024

Political science Economics Geography

Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make housing policy decisions and how their elections shape policy in this important realm. We leverage ho…

American local government elections database Open

Justin De Benedictis-Kessner, Diana Da In Lee, Yamil Velez, Christopher Warshaw · 2023

Political science Geography Computer science

The study of urban and local politics in the United States has long been hindered by a lack of centralized sources of election data. We introduce a new database of about 78,000 candidates in 57,000 electoral contests that encompasses races…

Replication Data for: How Partisanship in Cities Influences Housing Policy Open

Justin De Benedictis-Kessner, Daniel B. Jones, Christopher Warshaw · 2022

Political science Mathematics

Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make housing policy decisions and how their elections shape policy in this important realm. We leverage ho…

Subnational ideology and presidential vote estimates (v2012, original release) Open

Chris Tausanovitch, Christopher Warshaw · 2022

Political science Sociology

Estimates of the ideological preferences and presidential voting behavior of Americans at the local level. Estimates are based on responses to survey questions by 275,000 Americans who participated in the Annenberg National Election Study …

Subnational ideology and presidential vote estimates (v2015) Open

Chris Tausanovitch, Christopher Warshaw · 2022

Political science Economics

Estimates of the ideological preferences and presidential voting behavior of Americans at the local level. Estimates are based on responses to survey questions by 490,000 Americans who participated in the Annenberg National Election Study …

Subnational ideology and presidential vote estimates (v2022) Open

Christopher Warshaw, Chris Tausanovitch · 2022

Political science Geography Sociology

We provide new estimates of the ideological preferences and presidential voting behavior of Americans at the local level. We combine estimates of the ideology of about one million Americans based on 18 large-scale surveys between 2006-2021…

Moderates Open

Anthony Fowler, Seth J. Hill, Jeffrey B. Lewis, Chris Tausanovitch, Lynn Vavreck , et al. · 2022

Political science Sociology Psychology

Moderates are often overlooked in contemporary research on American voters. Many scholars who have examined moderates argue that these individuals are only classified as such due to a lack of political sophistication or conflicted views ac…

Replication Data for: Moderates Open

Christopher Warshaw, Anthony Fowler, Lynn Vavreck, Jeffrey B. Lewis, Chris Tausanovitch , et al. · 2022

Computer science Psychology Biology

Replication data and code for "Moderates"

The Effect of Television Advertising in United States Elections Open

John Sides, Lynn Vavreck, Christopher Warshaw · 2021

Political science Business Psychology

We provide a comprehensive assessment of the influence of television advertising on United States election outcomes from 2000–2018. We expand on previous research by including presidential, Senate, House, gubernatorial, Attorney General, a…

Replication Data for: The Effect of Television Advertising in United States Elections Open

Christopher Warshaw, John Sides, Lynn Vavreck · 2021

Political science Biology Business

Replication files for "The Effect of Television Advertising in United States Elections"

The Effect of Fox News Channel on U.S. Elections: 2000-2020 Open

Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta, Matteo Pinna, Christopher Warshaw · 2021

Political science Economics Computer science

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the effect of Fox News Channel (FNC) on elections in the United States. FNC is the highest-rated channel on cable television and has a documented conservative slant. We show that FNC has he…

Fatalities from COVID-19 are reducing Americans’ support for Republicans at every level of federal office Open

Christopher Warshaw, Lynn Vavreck, Ryan Baxter-King · 2020

Political science Business Medicine

Increases in COVID-19 fatalities reduce support for the President and other members of his party.

Replication Data for: Fatalities from COVID-19 are reducing Americans' support for Republicans at every level of federal office Open

Christopher Warshaw, Lynn Vavreck, Ryan Baxter-King · 2020

Political science History Medicine

Replication Data for: Fatalities from COVID-19 are reducing Americans' support for Republicans at every level of federal office.

Replication Data for: Accountability for the Local Economy at All Levels of Government in United States Elections Open