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View article: Collective Representation in Congress
Collective Representation in Congress Open
The aspiration of representative democracy is that the legislature will make decisions that reflect what the majority of people want. The US Constitution, however, created a Congress with both majoritarian and counter-majoritarian forces. …
View article: City-Defined Neighborhood Boundaries in the United States
City-Defined Neighborhood Boundaries in the United States Open
Neighborhoods are frequently cited as impactful for social, economic, political, and health outcomes. Measuring neighborhoods, however, is challenging, as the definition of a neighborhood may change dramatically across places. Researchers …
View article: City-Defined Neighborhood Boundaries in the United States
City-Defined Neighborhood Boundaries in the United States Open
Neighborhoods are frequently cited as impactful for social, economic, political, and health outcomes. Measuring neighborhoods, however, is challenging, as the definition of a neighborhood may change dramatically across places. Researchers …
View article: Forecasting Turnout
Forecasting Turnout Open
View article: The Geography of Racially Polarized Voting: Calibrating Surveys at the District Level
The Geography of Racially Polarized Voting: Calibrating Surveys at the District Level Open
Debates over racial voting, and over policies to combat vote dilution, turn on the extent to which groups’ voting preferences differ and vary across geography. We present the first study of racial voting patterns in every congressional dis…
View article: Language Models Trained on Media Diets Can Predict Public Opinion
Language Models Trained on Media Diets Can Predict Public Opinion Open
Public opinion reflects and shapes societal behavior, but the traditional survey-based tools to measure it are limited. We introduce a novel approach to probe media diet models -- language models adapted to online news, TV broadcast, or ra…
View article: Cooperative Election Study Common Content, 2022
Cooperative Election Study Common Content, 2022 Open
This is the final release of the 2022 CES Common Content Dataset. The data includes a nationally representative sample of 60,000 American adults. This release includes the data from the survey, a full guide to the data, and the questionnai…
View article: Replication Data for: The Geography of Racially Polarized Voting: Calibrating Surveys at the District Level
Replication Data for: The Geography of Racially Polarized Voting: Calibrating Surveys at the District Level Open
Abstract: Debates over racial voting, and over policies to combat vote dilution, turn on the extent to which groups' voting preferences differ and vary across geography. We present the first study of racial voting patterns in every …
View article: Cooperative Election Study (CES) Common Content, 2021
Cooperative Election Study (CES) Common Content, 2021 Open
CES Common Content, 2021 (n = 25,700). In odd years, the CES runs a common content only post-election wave, and multiple modules. This dataset releases the common content.
View article: Vote Choice and Population Size by Geography, Demographics, and Turnout
Vote Choice and Population Size by Geography, Demographics, and Turnout Open
Modeled vote choice of geographic, demographic, and turnout subgroups with survey and ecological data in the US. The current version models Presidential vote choice in 2016 and 2020 for each contemporaneous congressional district and each …
View article: Constitutions, federalism, and national integration
Constitutions, federalism, and national integration Open
This paper offers a model of endogenous constitutional design in a setting where culturally and economically distinct regions establish a national union and bargain over the form of the government. We examine two aspects: the type of legis…
View article: Separatism and identity: a comparative analysis of the Basque and Catalan cases
Separatism and identity: a comparative analysis of the Basque and Catalan cases Open
This paper explores the potential of elections to change our emotions and modify the relevance that voters assign to self-interest and group-identity issues. We examine this question by analyzing the 1998–2016 period of the Catalan and Bas…
View article: CES Common Content, 2021
CES Common Content, 2021 Open
CES Common Content, 2021 (n = 25,700). In odd years, the CES runs a common content only post-election wave, and multiple modules. This dataset releases the common content.
View article: Replication Data for: Franchise Expansion and Legislative Representation in the Early United States
Replication Data for: Franchise Expansion and Legislative Representation in the Early United States Open
What role did the size and scope of the elective franchise play in the political and economic development of the young United States? In this paper, we explore whether the relaxation of economic franchise restrictions in the first decades …
View article: CES21_Common_Questions.pdf
CES21_Common_Questions.pdf Open
CES 2021 questionnaire.
View article: CES21_Common_OUTPUT.tab
CES21_Common_OUTPUT.tab Open
CES 2021 dataset.
View article: The Geography of Racially Polarized Voting: Calibrating Surveys at the District Level
The Geography of Racially Polarized Voting: Calibrating Surveys at the District Level Open
Debates over racial voting, and over policies to combat vote dilution, turn on the extent to which groups' voting preferences differ and vary across geography. We present the first study of racial voting patterns in every congressional dis…
View article: Replication Data for: The CPS Voting and Registration Supplement Overstates Minority Turnout
Replication Data for: The CPS Voting and Registration Supplement Overstates Minority Turnout Open
Replication data and code for "The CPS Voting and Registration Supplement Overstates Minority Turnout." Includes STATA and R code and datasets for both main text and online appendix analyses.
View article: Cooperative Election Study Common Content, 2020
Cooperative Election Study Common Content, 2020 Open
This is the final release of the 2020 CES Common Content Dataset. The data includes a nationally representative sample of 61,000 American adults. This release includes the data from the survey, a full guide to the data, and the questionnai…
View article: CCES 2009, Team Module of Harvard University (HUM)
CCES 2009, Team Module of Harvard University (HUM) Open
CCES 2009, Team Module of Harvard University
View article: CCES 2017, Team Module for Harvard University (HUA and HUB)
CCES 2017, Team Module for Harvard University (HUA and HUB) Open
CCES 2017, Team Module for Harvard University (HUA and HUB)
View article: CCES Common Content, 2019
CCES Common Content, 2019 Open
CCES Common Content, 2019 (n = 18,000). In odd years, the CCES runs a common content only post-election wave, and multiple modules. This dataset releases the common content.
View article: CCES 2015, Team Module for Harvard University (HUF and HUR)
CCES 2015, Team Module for Harvard University (HUF and HUR) Open
CCES 2015, Team Module for Harvard University
View article: Replication Data for: Congressional Representation: Accountability from the Constituent’s Perspective
Replication Data for: Congressional Representation: Accountability from the Constituent’s Perspective Open
The premise that constituents hold representatives accountable for their legislative decisions undergirds political theories of democracy and legal theories of statutory interpretation. But studies of this at the individual level are rare,…
View article: CCES 2018, Team Module of Harvard University (HUA and HUB)
CCES 2018, Team Module of Harvard University (HUA and HUB) Open
This dataverse contains the data and supporting documents for the CCES 2018 Harvard University team module. This project was supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant Number SES-1756447.
View article: CCES18_HUA_OUTPUT_vv_codebook.txt
CCES18_HUA_OUTPUT_vv_codebook.txt Open
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View article: Guide to the 2014 CCES Common Content.pdf
Guide to the 2014 CCES Common Content.pdf Open
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View article: Backyard voices: How sense of place shapes views of large-scale energy transmission infrastructure
Backyard voices: How sense of place shapes views of large-scale energy transmission infrastructure Open
View article: 2018 CCES Competitive Districts Survey
2018 CCES Competitive Districts Survey Open
This survey is a supplement to the 2018 CCES and was designed to focus on vote choices in competitive US House races. This dataset includes interviews with 17,000 American adults, 13,000 of whom were living in House districts that were cla…
View article: Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment
Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment Open
A crucial factor in U.S. energy infrastructure development is the degree to which citizens that reside near a development support or oppose the project. While the literature offers several explanations about what shapes individuals' percep…