What Are They Thinking? New Findings from Political Behavior Research

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Resources for data-driven research on the political behavior of the mass public (especially the voting public). Topics include political preferences, knowledge, socialization, learning, and engagement. Most datasets are public opinion surveys. Also see voting & elections (for voter turnout and vote choice) and migration & citizenship (for immigration policy preferences).

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The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition. Classic introductory text, clear writing, helps students learn, great ancillaries. More info.

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Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.


How to Convert Measurement Units
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Investigating the Economic Value of a Law School Education: A Regression Analysis Approach
Researching the real economic value of a law school education offers valuable insights into whether...

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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Political Psychology: .The journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, dedicated to the analysis of psychological and political processes.

kai arzheimer: .Blogging about politics, parties, and voting behaviour since 2008. Focus on the Far Right. Also: data, methods, and the perils of peer review.

Political Behavior: .Publishes original research in the general fields of political behavior, institutions, processes, and policies.

Political Communication: .Features research at the intersection of politics and communication.

Public Opinion Quarterly: .Publishes important theoretical contributions to opinion and communication research, analyses of current public opinion, and investigations of methodological issues involved in survey validity.

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Pol. Behavior Data Sites

European Social Survey: .The European Social Survey (ESS) is an academically driven cross-national survey that has been conducted across Europe since 2001. Every two years, face-to-face interviews are conducted with newly selected, cross-sectional samples.

Roper Center: .Public opinion surveys from U.S. and around the world.

Public Religion Research Institute: .A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to conducting independent research at the intersection of religion, culture, and public policy.

Open Roboethics Institute: .exploring roboethics questions in the domain of self-driving vehicles, care robots, and lethal autonomous weapons systems, see its unique archive of public opinion polls.

PollBase: .British opinion polls database from 1943-today, from Mark Pack.

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New Articles with Replication Data

Attacking the Weak or the Strong? An Experiment on the Targets of Parochial AltruismSimon Varaine, +3 more authors (2023) POLBEH, more info.