Municipal Government Representation Data from American Political Science Review

Replication data for a 2014 American Political Science Review article on political representation in U.S. municipal governments. The dataset likely contains variables for analyzing the congruence between public opinion and policy outcomes at the city level. It was created by authors Chris Tausanovitch and Christopher Warshaw.

Use Cases

• Analyze ideological congruence between citizens and municipal governments based on survey and policy data.
• Replicate statistical models of political representation from the original 2014 study.
• Compare policy outcomes across different U.S. municipalities using the underlying data.

Strengths

• Data is peer-reviewed and published in a flagship political science journal.
• Serves as direct replication material for a published academic study.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

American Political Science Review, August 2014, Volume 108(3).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from municipal policy records and public opinion surveys for replication purposes.

Geography

United States (municipal level).