Replication data for Ranking Candidates in Local Elections Neither Panacea nor Catastrophe for Candidates of Color (doi:10.7910/DVN/30EYIE)

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Replication data for Ranking Candidates in Local Elections Neither Panacea nor Catastrophe for Candidates of Color

doi:10.7910/DVN/30EYIE

Harvard Dataverse

2023-02-02

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Crowder-Meyer, Melody; Gadarian, Shana; Trounstine, Jessica, 2023, "Replication data for Ranking Candidates in Local Elections Neither Panacea nor Catastrophe for Candidates of Color", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/30EYIE, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:XW/WxhNA/AeswnF3aS4NRw== [fileUNF]

Replication data for Ranking Candidates in Local Elections Neither Panacea nor Catastrophe for Candidates of Color

doi:10.7910/DVN/30EYIE

Crowder-Meyer, Melody (Davidson University)

Gadarian, Shana (Syracuse University)

Trounstine, Jessica (University of California, Merced)

Harvard Dataverse

Trounstine, Jessica

Trounstine, Jessica

2023-01-17

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/30EYIE

Social Sciences, "local elections" "ranked choice voting"

Electoral rules can affect who wins, who loses, and how voters feel about the electoral process. Most cities select office holders through plurality rule, but an alternative, ranked choice voting (RCV), has become increasingly popular. RCV requires voters to rank candidates, instead of simply selecting their most preferred candidate. Observers debate whether RCV will cure a variety of electoral ills or undermine representation. We test the effect of RCV on voter’s choices and perceptions of representation using survey experiments with large, representative samples of respondents. We find that candidates of color are significantly penalized in both plurality and RCV elections, with no significant difference between the rule types. However, providing respondents with candidates’ partisan affiliation significantly increases support for candidates of color.

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• No. of variables per record: 6

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• Number of cases: 35376

• No. of variables per record: 23

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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• responseid - ResponseId
• icandtxt - likelihood of incumbency, 1 unlikely
• candName - F-2-1-1
• candRace - candidate's race
• candGender - candidate's gender
• meanrtxt1
• durationinseconds - Duration (in seconds)
• responseid - ResponseId
• election
• candName - candidate's name
• candPID - candidate's pid
• candRace
• candGend
• candList - Candidate Number
• Partisan - candidate PID shown
• RCV - voting rule: RCV or plurality
• Outcome - mayoral winner matches R's first choice
• VotedFor
• Rank
• VotedFor2 - Combines plurality and RCV top choices
• latino - R Latino
• gender - R gender
• educ - R level of education
• pl_np_mayor_time_pagesubmit - PL_NP_mayor_time_Page Submit
• rcv_np_mayor_time_pagesubmit - RCV_NP_Mayor_time_Page Submit
• pid7 - party ID (7pt scale)
• atlarge
• race2 - R race2
• ideo3 - political ideology 3

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Variable Format: numeric

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Variable Format: numeric

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Log of executing do file

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JEPS_replication_Figure6.xlsx

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Excel file to replicate Figure 6

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JEPS_replication_Final.do

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Code to replicate results

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Overview of replication files

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