Drivers of Congressional Behavior: Analyzing Members, Constituents, and Committees With CongressData
Published online on April 16, 2026
Abstract
American Politics Research, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 422-429, July 2026.
The US Congress is the world’s most studied legislature, but data on its many facets often remains isolated. This note introduces an updated version of CongressData, a database of over 1300 member-year and district-year level variables between 1789 and ...
The US Congress is the world’s most studied legislature, but data on its many facets often remains isolated. This note introduces an updated version of CongressData, a database of over 1300 member-year and district-year level variables between 1789 and ...