Replication Data for: Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions (doi:10.7910/DVN/KH9N7W)

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Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/KH9N7W

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2020-01-09

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1

Bibliographic Citation:

Adams, James; Weschle, Simon; Wlezien, Christopher, 2020, "Replication Data for: Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KH9N7W, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/KH9N7W

Authoring Entity:

Adams, James (University of California, Davis)

Weschle, Simon (Syracuse University)

Wlezien, Christopher (University of Texas at Austin)

Producer:

Weschle, Simon

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Adams, James

Access Authority:

Weschle, Simon

Access Authority:

Wlezien, Christopher

Depositor:

Weschle, Simon

Date of Deposit:

2019-10-14

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KH9N7W

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Elite interactions, Policy perceptions

Abstract:

Recent research documents that voters infer that governing coalition partners share similar ideologies, independently of these parties’ actual policy statements. We argue that citizens estimate party positions from more general forms of inter-party cooperation and conflict, particularly near the times of national elections. We analyze tens of thousands of media reports on elite interactions from 13 Western democracies between 2001 and 2014, and show that – controlling for coalition arrangements and for the policy tones of parties’ election manifestos – voters infer greater left-right agreement between pairs of parties that have more cooperative public relationships, but that this “cooperation effect” is only evident near the times of national elections. Our findings have implications for parties’ policy images and for mass-elite linkages.

Notes:

This dataset underwent an independent verification process that replicated the tables and figures in the primary article. For the supplementary materials, verification was performed solely for the successful execution of code. The verification process was carried out by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. <br></br> The associated article has been awarded Open Materials and Open Data Badges. Learn more about the Open Practice Badges from the <a href="https://osf.io/tvyxz/wiki/home/" target="_blank">Center for Open Science</a>.<br></br> <img src="https://odum.unc.edu/files/2019/09/OpenData_PR.png" alt="Open Data Badge" height="77" width="80"> <img src="https://odum.unc.edu/files/2019/09/OpenMaterials_PR.png" alt="Open Materials Badge" height="77" width="80">

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

Fortunato, David, Thiago Silva and Laron K. Williams. 2018. "Strategies for Studying Voters' Perceptions of Party Brands." Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, Austria: https://pdfs.semanticscholar. org/631e/45b17d3e7b61e11db1bec5b22766c2b6d1e9.pdf.<br></br> Lowe, Will, Kenneth R Benoit, Slava Mikhaylov and Michael Laver. 2011. "Scaling Policy Preferences from Coded Political Texts." <i>Legislative Studies Quarterly</i> 36(1):123-155. <br></br> Volkens, Andrea, Pola Lehmann, Theres Matthieß, Nicolas Merz, Sven Regel and Annika Werner. 2016. "The Manifesto Data Collection. Manifesto Project (MRG/CMP/MARPOR). Version 2016a." Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB). https://doi.org/10.25522/manifesto.mpds.2016a.<br></br> Weschle, Simon. 2018. "Quantifying Political Relationships." <i>American Political Science Review</i> 112(4):1090-1095.

Data Access

Disclaimer:

The <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> and the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science are not responsible for the accuracy or quality of data uploaded within the <i>AJPS</i> Dataverse, for the use of those data, or for interpretations or conclusions based on their use.

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Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Adams, James, Simon Weschle, and Christopher Wlezien. 2021. “Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions.” <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> 65 (1): 101–14.

Identification Number:

10.1111/ajps.12510

Bibliographic Citation:

Adams, James, Simon Weschle, and Christopher Wlezien. 2021. “Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions.” <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> 65 (1): 101–14.

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