Replication Data for: Politicians' Theories of Voting Behaviourdoi:10.7910/DVN/QRAUDJHarvard Dataverse2024-08-271Lucas, Jack; Sheffer, Lior; Loewen, Peter; Walgrave, Stefaan; Soontjens, Karolin; Amsalem, Eran; Bailer, Stefanie; Brack, Nathalie; Breunig, Christian; Bundi, Pirmin; Coufalová, Linda; Dumont, Patrick; Lachance, Sarah; Pereira, Miguel; Persson, Mikael; Pilet, Jean-Benoit; Rasmussen, Anne; Sterba, Maj-Britt; Varone, Frédéric, 2024, "Replication Data for: Politicians' Theories of Voting Behaviour", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QRAUDJ, Harvard Dataverse, V1Replication Data for: Politicians' Theories of Voting Behaviourdoi:10.7910/DVN/QRAUDJLucas, JackSheffer, LiorLoewen, PeterWalgrave, StefaanSoontjens, KarolinAmsalem, EranBailer, StefanieBrack, NathalieBreunig, ChristianBundi, PirminCoufalová, LindaDumont, PatrickLachance, SarahPereira, MiguelPersson, MikaelPilet, Jean-BenoitRasmussen, AnneSterba, Maj-BrittVarone, FrédéricHarvard DataverseLucas, JackLucas, Jack2024-07-24Social SciencesWhile political scientists regularly engage in spirited theoretical debates about elections and voting behavior, few have noticed that elected politicians \textit{also} have theories of elections and voting. Here, we investigate politicians' positions on eight central theoretical debates in the area of elections and voting behavior and compare politicians' theories to those held by ordinary citizens. Using data from face-to-face interviews with nearly 1,000 politicians in eleven countries, together with corresponding surveys of more than 12,000 citizens, we show that politicians overwhelmingly hold thin, minimalist, ``democratic realist'' theories of voting, while citizens' theories are more optimistic and policy-oriented. Politicians' theoretical tendencies -- along with their theoretical misalignment from citizens -- are remarkably consistent across countries. These theories are likely to have important consequences for how politicians campaign, communicate with the public, think about public policy, and represent their constituents.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>Lucas, Jack, Lior Sheffer, Peter John Loewen, Stefaan Walgrave, Karolin Soontjens, Eran Amsalem, Stefanie Bailer, et al. 2024. “Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior.” American Political Science Review, 1-18.10.1017/S0003055424001060Lucas, Jack, Lior Sheffer, Peter John Loewen, Stefaan Walgrave, Karolin Soontjens, Eran Amsalem, Stefanie Bailer, et al. 2024. “Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior.” American Political Science Review, 1-18.codebook.pdfCodebook for variables used in analysis. application/pdfcountry labels.xlsxHelper file to add labels to plotsapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetdata_allresp.RDSMain datasetapplication/gzipdata_citizen_extremity.RDSData for response extremity analysis in SMapplication/gzipdata_cso.RDSData for citizen self/other analysis in SMapplication/gzipdata_lca_probs.RDSData for LCA types add’l information in SMapplication/gzipdata_lca.RDSData set up for LCAapplication/gzipdata_lca_results.RDSLCA Results fileapplication/gzipdata_localpols.RDSBelgian local politicians for test in SMapplication/gzipdata_timing.RDSResponse timing data for analysis in SMapplication/gzipethics.pdfAdditional information on ethics approvals and ethics approval certificates from Research Ethics Boards.application/pdfquestion labels.xlsxHelper file to add labels to plotsapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet_readme.pdfDescription of files. Read this first!application/pdfreplication code.RReplication code (main text and SM). type/x-r-syntaxsupplementary.pdfCopy of supplementary material.application/pdf