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A Data-Driven Voter Guide for U.S. Elections: Adapting Quantitative Measures of the Preferences and Priorities of Political Elites to Help Voters Learn About Candidates

Adam Bonica
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2016, 2 (7) 11-32; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.7.02
Adam Bonica
aAssistant professor of political science at Stanford University. He is also co-founder at Crowdpac Inc
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    Data Architecture of Database on Ideology, Money, and Elections (DIME)

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    Comparison of Scores for Candidate Ideology Generated from Different Data Sources

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    Average Attention to Topics by Senate Committee Leaders Compared to Average Attention by Other Senate Members

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    Legislator Ideal Points from Classical OC and Issue-Specific OC (108th Congress)

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    Legislator Ideal Points from Classical OC and Issue-Specific OC (113th Congress)

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    Screenshot of Sample Ballot from Crowdpac Voter Guide to 2014 California Primary Elections

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    Screenshot of Data Details Page for Crowdpac’s Voter Guide to the Candidate Cory Booker (D-NJ)

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Adam Bonica
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Nov 2016, 2 (7) 11-32; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.7.02

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    • DEMOCRATIZING POLITICAL DATA
    • DATA ARCHITECTURE
    • OVERALL MEASURES OF CANDIDATE IDEOLOGY
    • A MODEL TO MEASURE CANDIDATE PRIORITIES AND POSITIONS ACROSS ISSUES
    • A DATA-DRIVEN VOTER GUIDE
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