Political Science Analysis
Purpose
Analyze political phenomena, fact-check political claims, and evaluate policy impacts using rigorous methods.
Key Datasets
- PolitiFact (Jinyan1/PolitiFact): 6-level truth ratings for political statements
- VoteView (voteview.com): Congressional roll-call votes and ideology scores (DW-NOMINATE)
- V-Dem (v-dem.net): Varieties of Democracy — 400+ indicators for 202 countries since 1789
Analysis Types
- Fact-checking: Verify political claims against authoritative data sources
- Policy analysis: Evaluate policy impacts using causal inference methods
- Electoral analysis: Voting patterns, swing analysis, demographic modeling
- Ideological mapping: DW-NOMINATE scores, political spectrum positioning