Stated and funded ideology

Planned This chapter has not been written. It is listed so the book shows its full scope.

The question

How closely does a county's self-reported ideology match the ideology of its donors?

The data

• Cooperative Election StudyYears: 2006-2024 (every year; self-reported turnout is available in the 10 even years)
• DIMEYears: 1979-2024 (23 election cycles)

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The scope

Places Each row of the data is a place such as a county or a neighborhood, so results describe places. They do not describe the people in them.

The chapter sits in Part XIV, The money map, the political map. Its unit of analysis is places. See how the book treats evidence.