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Congress & the Presidency: .(Taylor & Francis) An interdisciplinary journal of political science and history that features articles on Congress, the President, the interaction between the two institutions, and national policy-making.

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Presidential Research Group Data Sites: .Includes the Database of Historical Congressional Statistics

United States Election Project: .Information source for the United States electoral system; great data on voter turnout.

American Legislatures Project: .Aims to measure the ideology of individual state legislators and state legislatures as a whole over the past several decades, state and individual-level data available.

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2023 est.

No Right to Be Wrong: What Americans Think About Civil-Military RelationsRobert Ralston, +1 more author (2023 est.) POP, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 2, text files: 1, other files: 1

2023

Congressional Approval & Responsible Party Government: The Role of Partisanship & Ideology in Citizen Assessments of the Contemporary U.S. CongressCarlos Algara (2023) POLBEH, more info.
R files: 7, other files: 1, text files: 1

Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953-2012Boris Heersink (2023) POP, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 8, text files: 1

Polls, Context, and Time: A Dynamic Hierarchical Bayesian Forecasting Model for US Senate ElectionsYehu Chen, +2 more authors (2023) POLAN, more info.
archives: 2

The Electoral Costs and Benefits of Feminism in Contemporary American PoliticsMarzia Oceno, +2 more authors (2023) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 3, datasets: 1

2022

Congressional Representation: Accountability from the Constituent's PerspectiveStephen Ansolabehere, +1 more author (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 10, Stata files: 4, PDF files: 2, text files: 1, other files: 2, datasets: 9

Estimating the Locations of Voters, Politicians, Policy Outcomes, and Status Quos on a Common ScaleJames Battista, +2 more authors (2022) PSRM, more info.
R files: 1, other files: 6, PDF files: 6, datasets: 1, text files: 1, LaTeX files: 1

Gridlock, Bureaucratic Control, and Non-Statutory Policymaking in CongressAlexander Bolton (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 5, Stata files: 4, datasets: 34, PDF files: 19, text files: 1

How Do Public Officials Learn About Policy? A Field Experiment on Policy DiffusionMiguel M. Pereira (2022) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, datasets: 1, other files: 1

Incongruent Voting or Symbolic Representation? Asymmetrical Representation in Congress, 2008-2014Ryan Dawkins, +1 more author (2022) POP, more info.
Stata files: 2, text files: 1, archives: 1, datasets: 1

Interest Group Lobbying and Partisan Polarization in the United States: 1999-2016Alex Garlick (2022) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 9, other files: 1, datasets: 7, text files: 1

Legislative Constraints, Ideological Conflict, and the Timing of Executive UnilateralismSharece Thrower, +1 more author (2022) LSQ, more info.

Measuring Congressional Partisanship and Its ConsequencesJeremy Gelman, +1 more author (2022) LSQ, more info.
Stata files: 1, PDF files: 1, other files: 8, datasets: 6

Natural Disasters, 'Partisan Retrospection,' and U.S. Presidential ElectionsBoris Heersink, +3 more authors (2022) POLBEH, more info.
R files: 4, Stata files: 1, datasets: 3, text files: 1

On Whose Door to Knock? Organized Interests' Strategic Pursuit of Access to Members of CongressDavid Miller (2022) LSQ, more info.
R files: 3, text files: 2, other files: 1, datasets: 3

Out‐of‐District Donors and Representation in the US HouseBrandice Canes-Wrone, +1 more author (2022) LSQ, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 1

Partisan Context and Procedural Values: Attitudes Towards Presidential Secrecy Before and After the 2016 United States ElectionDaniel Berliner (2022) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, other files: 1, datasets: 1

Partisan Media Effects Beyond One-Shot Experimental DesignsJoshua Darr, +5 more authors (2022) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 3, other files: 1

Political Alignment between Firms and Employees in the United States: Evidence from a New DatasetJan Stuckatz (2022) PSRM, more info.
R files: 2, other files: 10, datasets: 6, text files: 3

Problem Solving and Demand for Expert Information in CongressE.J. Fagan, +1 more author (2022) LSQ, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 1

Public Approval, Policy Issues, and Partisanship in the American Presidency: Examining the 2020 Trump Impeachment and AcquittalCraig Burnett, +1 more author (2022) PS, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 1, text files: 1

Racial Resentment, Electoral Loss, and Satisfaction with Democracy Among Whites in the United States: 2004-2016*Adam Enders, +1 more author (2022) POLBEH, more info.
R files: 3, Stata files: 5, datasets: 22, text files: 1

Revealing Issue Salience Via Costly Protest: How Legislative Behavior Following Protest Advantages Low-Resource GroupsLaGina Gause (2022) BJPS, more info.
Stata files: 2, PDF files: 1, datasets: 1

Sensitive Questions, Spillover Effects, and Asking About Citizenship on the U.S. CensusMatthew A Baum, +3 more authors (2022) JOP, more info.
archives: 2, text files: 1

Strategic Government Communication About PerformanceJustin de Benedictis Kessner (2022) PSRM, more info.
R files: 2, other files: 3

The Direct Election of Senators and the Emergence of the Modern PresidencyThomas Gray, +2 more authors (2022) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 3, PDF files: 1, text files: 1

The Effects of High-Information Environments on Legislative Behavior in the US House of RepresentativesMarc Trussler (2022) LSQ, more info.
R files: 12, datasets: 3, PDF files: 1

The Heightened Importance of Racism and Sexism in the 2018 U.S. Midterm ElectionsBrian Schaffner (2022) BJPS, more info.
Stata files: 1, other files: 1

The Partisanship of Bipartisanship: How Representatives Use Bipartisan Assertions to Cultivate SupportSean J Westwood (2022) POLBEH, more info.
R files: 9, datasets: 13

2021

(Almost) Everything in Moderation: New Evidence on Americans' Online Media DietsAndrew Guess (2021) AJPS, more info.
R files: 8, PDF files: 1, text files: 2, datasets: 8

A Direct Test of Legislative GatekeepingSebastian Thieme (2021) LSQ, more info.
R files: 6, text files: 2, other files: 18

A Long-Range State-Level Forecast of the 2020 Presidential ElectionJay DeSart (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 2

Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump SupportLilliana Mason, +2 more authors (2021) APSR, more info.
Stata files: 2

Ambiguous Rhetoric and Legislative Accountability*Elizabeth Simas, +2 more authors (2021) JOP, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 2

American Politics in Two Dimensions: Partisan and Ideological Identities Versus Anti-Establishment OrientationsJoseph E. Uscinski, +8 more authors (2021) AJPS, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 3, datasets: 15, PDF files: 2

An Update to the Squire State Court of Last Resort Professionalization IndexJordan Butcher, +1 more author (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Archived Attributes: An Internet-text Approach to Measuring Legislator Attitudes and BehaviorEmily Kalah Gade, +3 more authors (2021) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, datasets: 2

Are Republicans Bad for the Environment?Luke Fowler, +1 more author (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Assessing the Risk of Democratic Reversal in the United States: A Reply to Kurt WeylandMatias López (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 1

Bill Content, Legislative Outcomes, and State-Level Resistance to National PoliciesAndrew Karch, +1 more author (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Business Owners and Executives As Politicians: The Effect on Public PolicyPatricia Kirkland (2021) JOP, more info.
R files: 13, other files: 2

Campaign Finance Legislation and the Supply-Side of the Revolving Door*Simon Weschle (2021) PSRM, more info.
other files: 1

Citizen Forecasting 2020: A State-by-State ExperimentAndreas Murr, +1 more author (2021) PS, more info.
R files: 4, other files: 7, HTML files: 1, PDF files: 1, datasets: 2, text files: 1

City Limits to Partisan Polarization in the American PublicWilliam Marble, +3 more authors (2021) PSRM, more info.
R files: 9, Stata files: 9, LaTeX files: 8, PDF files: 34, other files: 13, text files: 3, datasets: 3

Congressional Representation by Petition: Assessing the Voices of the Voteless in a Comprehensive New Database, 1789-1949Maggie Blackhawk, +3 more authors (2021) LSQ, more info.
R files: 3, Stata files: 1, other files: 4, text files: 1

Contemporary Views of Liberal Democracy and the 2016 Presidential Election*William D. Hicks, +2 more authors (2021) PS, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 1, text files: 1

Contentious Federalism: Sheriffs, State Legislatures, and Political Violence in the American WestZoe Nemerever (2021) POLBEH, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 1, PDF files: 1, datasets: 3, other files: 1

Control Without Confirmation: The Politics of Vacancies in Presidential AppointmentsChristina Kinane (2021) APSR, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 5, HTML files: 1

Correcting Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion Among American Elected Officials: Results from Two Field Experiments*Joshua Kalla, +1 more author (2021) BJPS, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 6, PDF files: 5, other files: 3

Dimensions of Elite Partisan Polarization: Disentangling the Effects of Incivility and Issue PolarizationRasmus Skytte (2021) BJPS, more info.
Stata files: 4, PDF files: 2, datasets: 2

Divided Government, Delegation, and Civil Service ReformElliott Ash, +2 more authors (2021) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 1, PDF files: 1, text files: 8, other files: 1, LaTeX files: 7

Do Campaign Contributions Buy Favorable Policies? Evidence from the Insurance Industry*Alexander Fouirnaies, +1 more author (2021) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 3, text files: 1

Do Politicians Ethnically Discriminate Against Hispanics? Evidence from a Field Experiment With State Legislative OfficesMichelangelo Landgrave (2021) LSQ, more info.
Stata files: 3, other files: 2, datasets: 4, text files: 3, PDF files: 1

Do Term Limits "Limit" the Speaker? Examining the Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Speaker PowerLaine Shay (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Dyadic Representation in the American North and South: The Case of ProhibitionMichael P. Olson, +1 more author (2021) JOP, more info.
R files: 7, datasets: 17, text files: 1

Economic Pessimism and Political Punishment in 2020Brad Lockerbie (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 1

Estimating Slim-Majority Effects in US State Legislatures with a Regression Discontinuity Design Under Local Randomization AssumptionsLeandro De Magalhaes (2021) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 2

Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote InclusionAdeline Lo, +5 more authors (2021) APSR, more info.
R files: 2, Stata files: 1, other files: 3, datasets: 18

Finally, Nebraska: A Synthetic Control Analysis of Legislative StructureWilliam Hankins (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Financial Solidarity: The Future of Unions in the Post-Janus EraLeslie K Finger, +1 more author (2021) POP, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 2, text files: 1

Forecasting the 2020 Electoral College Winner: The State Presidential Approval/State Economy Model*Peter Enns, +1 more author (2021) PS, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 1

Fundamentals Matter: Forecasting the 2020 Democratic Presidential NominationAndrew Dowdle, +3 more authors (2021) PS, more info.
other files: 1

Gone For Good: Deindustrialization, White Voter Backlash, and US Presidential Voting*Leonardo Baccini (2021) APSR, more info.
other files: 1

Ideology, Not Affect: What Americans Want From Political RepresentationMia Costa (2021) AJPS, more info.
R files: 3, PDF files: 1, text files: 1, datasets: 3

Interjurisdictional Competition and Policy Preferences of the PublicDeven Carlson, +2 more authors (2021) JOP, more info.
Stata files: 1, other files: 2, datasets: 3

Issues Vs. Affect: How Do Elite and Mass Polarization Compare?*Adam Enders (2021) JOP, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 1, datasets: 15, text files: 1

It Takes A Coalition: The Community Impacts of CollaborationAlison Craig (2021) LSQ, more info.
R files: 1, PDF files: 1, other files: 1, datasets: 1

It's the Pandemic Stupid: A Simplified Model for Forecasting the 2020 Presidential ElectionAlan Abramowitz (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 1

Labor Unions and White Democratic PartisanshipDavid Macdonald (2021) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 3, other files: 2, PDF files: 1

Legislative Transparency and Credit Risk*Jeffrey J. Harden, +2 more authors (2021) LSQ, more info.
archives: 1

Local News, Information, and the Nationalization of U.S. ElectionsDaniel J. Moskowitz (2021) APSR, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 4, datasets: 8, text files: 1

Longevity Returns to Political OfficeSebastian Barfort, +2 more authors (2021) PSRM, more info.
R files: 1, text files: 2, PDF files: 3, datasets: 1

Marginalization and Mobilization: The Roots of Female Legislators' Collaborative Advantage in the StatesClint Swift, +1 more author (2021) SPPQ, more info.

More Accurate, but No Less Polarized: Comparing the Factual Beliefs of Government Officials and the PublicNathan Lee, +3 more authors (2021) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 1, datasets: 1, other files: 1

Negative and Positive Partisanship in the 2016 U.S. Presidential ElectionsAlexa Bankert (2021) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 2

Of Issues and Leaders: Forecasting the 2020 U.S. Presidential ElectionAndreas Graefe (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 1

Offsetting Policy Feedback Effects: Evidence from the Affordable Care ActWilliam Hobbs, +1 more author (2021) JOP, more info.
R files: 23, other files: 1, text files: 5, datasets: 6

Paper Cuts: How Reporting Resources Affect Political News Coverage*Erik Peterson (2021) AJPS, more info.
R files: 5, text files: 1, PDF files: 9, other files: 3, datasets: 6

Partisan Politics and Public Education: Finding the Formula for (Electoral) SuccessKarin Kitchens (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Partisanship, Religion, and Issue Polarization in the United States: A ReassessmentJeremiah Castle, +1 more author (2021) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 5

Party Competition and Policy LiberalismZachary Baumann, +2 more authors (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Pipeline or Pipedream: Gender Balance Legislation's Effect on Women's Presence in State GovernmentShannon McQueen (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Policy Diffusion: The Issue-Definition StageFabrizio Gilardi, +2 more authors (2021) AJPS, more info.
R files: 12, text files: 123, other files: 6, PDF files: 16, datasets: 32, LaTeX files: 5

Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Unequal Class Influence in American PolicyMatthew Grossman, +2 more authors (2021) JOP, more info.
R files: 8, datasets: 1, text files: 1

Political Representation and Effects of Municipal MergersJanne Tukiainen (2021) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 3, text files: 2

Prejudice and Tolerance in U.S. Presidential Politics: Evidence from Eight List Experiments in 2008 and 2012Eric Schmidt, +1 more author (2021) PS, more info.
R files: 18, Stata files: 2, datasets: 5, PDF files: 2

Presidential Approval and the Inherited Economy*Michael Sances (2021) AJPS, more info.
Stata files: 42, other files: 15, datasets: 13, PDF files: 18, text files: 4, LaTeX files: 16

Primary Model Predicts Trump Re-electionHelmut Norpoth (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 1

Quitting Globalization: Trade-Related Job Losses, Nationalism, and Resistance to FDI in the United StatesAndrew Kerner, +2 more authors (2021) PSRM, more info.
R files: 1, text files: 2, datasets: 2

Racial Projections in Perspective: Public Reactions to Narratives about Rising DiversityMorris Levy, +1 more author (2021) POP, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 3

Reconciling Candidate Extremism and Spatial VotingBenjamin Highton, +1 more author (2021) LSQ, more info.
Stata files: 12, datasets: 19, other files: 3, images: 2, text files: 4

Reducing Unequal Representation: The Impact of Labor Unions on Legislative Responsiveness in the US CongressDaniel Stegmueller, +1 more author (2021) POP, more info.
other files: 1, text files: 1

Reevaluating the Substantive Representation of LGB Americans: A Multiverse AnalysisJoseph Saraceno, +2 more authors (2021) JOP, more info.
datasets: 3, other files: 1

Revenue Source and Electoral Accountability: Experimental Evidence from Local U.S. PolicymakersAdam Dynes, +1 more author (2021) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 4

Role Models or Partisan Models? The Effect of Prominent Women OfficeholdersCory Manento, +1 more author (2021) SPPQ, more info.

Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American SouthPavithra Suryanarayan, +1 more author (2021) APSR, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 3

Social Transformation and Violence: Evidence from U.S. ReconstructionMegan Stewart, +1 more author (2021) CPS, more info.
Stata files: 1, PDF files: 1, datasets: 2, text files: 1

State Policy and Lobbying in a Federal System: Evidence from the Production Tax Credit for Renewable Energy, 1998-2012*Sung Eun Kim, +2 more authors (2021) SPPQ, more info.

State-Level Forecasts for the 2020 US Presidential Election: Tough Victory Ahead for BidenBruno Jerome, +3 more authors (2021) PS, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 2, datasets: 2

Submerged for Some? Government Visibility, Race, and American Political TrustAaron Rosenthal (2021) POP, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 1, text files: 2

Supply Chain Linkages and the Extended Carbon CoalitionIain Osgood, +2 more authors (2021) AJPS, more info.
R files: 6, other files: 4, datasets: 126, text files: 4, PDF files: 2

Suspension of the Rules and Majority Party Strategy in the HouseAustin Bussing (2021) LSQ, more info.
other files: 6, datasets: 8, PDF files: 1

The 2020 (Re)Election According to the Iowa Electronic Markets: Politics, Pandemic, Recession and/or Protests?Thomas S. Gruca, +1 more author (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 1

The Democratic Deficit in U.S. Education Governance*Vladimir Kogan, +2 more authors (2021) APSR, more info.
R files: 3, datasets: 11, PDF files: 2

The Initiative Process and Policy Innovation in the American StatesScott LaCombe, +1 more author (2021) SPPQ, more info.

The Partisanship of House Committees and Member Self-SelectionJosh Ryan (2021) LSQ, more info.
Stata files: 3, datasets: 12, text files: 1, images: 14

The Policy Substance of Legislative IdeologyAdam Cayton (2021) LSQ, more info.
Stata files: 3, datasets: 3, PDF files: 1

The Political Economy Model: A Blue Wave Forecast For 2020Charles Tien (2021) PS, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 1

The Politics of Trade Adjustment vs. Trade ProtectionKrzysztof Pelc, +1 more author (2021) CPS, more info.
Stata files: 2, other files: 1, datasets: 2, PDF files: 1

The PollyVote popular vote forecast for the 2020 U.S. Presidential ElectionAndreas Graefe (2021) PS, more info.
datasets: 1

The Trump Effect: An Experimental Investigation of the Emboldening Effect of Racially Inflammatory Elite CommunicationBenjamin Newman, +5 more authors (2021) BJPS, more info.
Stata files: 1, text files: 2, datasets: 1

The White Working Class and the 2016 ElectionNicholas Carnes, +1 more author (2021) POP, more info.
Stata files: 3, datasets: 1, text files: 1

Using Motion Detection to Measure Social Polarization in the U.S. House of RepresentativesBryce Dietrich (2021) POLAN, more info.
archives: 2, text files: 1

Value Extremity Contributes to Affective Polarization in the U.S.*Adam Enders, +1 more author (2021) PSRM, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 4, datasets: 7, text files: 2

Whitewashing: How Obama Used Implicit Racial Cues as a Defense Against Political RumorsVincent Hutchings, +3 more authors (2021) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 4, datasets: 5, PDF files: 2, text files: 1

Why Local Party Leaders Don't Support Nominating Centrists*David Broockman, +3 more authors (2021) BJPS, more info.
other files: 1, HTML files: 1

You're Not From Here!: The Consequences of Urban and Rural Identities*Stephen Utych, +1 more author (2021) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 3, datasets: 4

2020

Agenda Control and Electoral Success in the U.S. House*David Fortunato, +1 more author (2020) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, text files: 1

Are All 'Birthers' Conspiracy Theorists?: On the Relationship Between Conspiratorial Thinking and Political Orientations*Adam Enders, +2 more authors (2020) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, Stata files: 4, datasets: 2, other files: 1

Before Reagan: The Development of the Partisan Divide on Abortion