Data Made Publicly Available
STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RETURNS DATASET
State legislative election returns for all 50 states from 1967 to 2016.
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/3WZFK9
STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RETURNS DATASET: RESTRUCTURED FOR USE
Provides code & file with the contest as the unit of analysis
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/DRSACA
STATE ECONOMIC & GOVERNMENT FINANCE DATA
State level economic performance and state government tax and spending data.
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/20404
GOVERNOR'S DATASET
Lists governors serving between
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/20408
COMPETITIVENESS MEASURES: RANNEY INDEX & HOLDBROOK & VAN DUNK INDEX
Covers these indexes from 1970 to 2010.
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/22519
STATE PARTISAN BALANCE DATA, 1937-2011
Contains variables measuring the number of Democrats and Republicans in both chambers of the state legislature and governor's office from 1937 to 2011. Others track majority party control, and veto, tax, and budget supermajorities.
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/20403