Comprising over 400,000 survey responses from Russia's top polling agencies, collected over two decades. It is used to analyze how the elimination of directly-elected mayors in Russian cities affected public attitudes toward political authorities.
Use Cases
- Analyze changes in support for President Vladimir Putin following the cancellation of local elections using a difference-in-differences design.
- Examine the correlation between a city's history of robust electoral competition and the magnitude of public opinion shifts after election elimination.
- Study public opinion trends across Russian cities over two decades to assess the value placed on elections under autocracy.
Strengths
- Over 400,000 survey responses provide a substantial sample for analysis.
- Data is drawn from Russia's top polling agencies, suggesting a degree of methodological rigor.
- Covers a two-decade time span, enabling longitudinal study of public opinion.
Limitations
- Survey data may reflect biases inherent to polling in an autocratic context.
- The dataset's specific variables and column structure are unknown, limiting detailed assessment.
- Analysis is geographically limited to Russia, affecting generalizability to other autocracies.
Provenance
- Source
- American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) Dataverse, authored by Quintin Beazer.
- Collection Method
- Survey data assembled from Russia's top polling agencies.
- Time Range
- Two decades of collection (specific years unknown).
- Freshness
- Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
- Geography
- Russia, focusing on its large cities.