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party2d/metadata/data_dictionary.csv
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2party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)party_idPartyFacts party identifierIdentifier for the individual partyintegeridentifierPartyFacts crosswalkAssigned during party harmonization
3party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)party_name_englishEnglish party nameParty name from the harmonized outputstringnameParty metadata
4party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)party_name_shortShort party nameShort party label from the harmonized outputstringnameParty metadataMay be missing
5party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)countryCountry codeISO2 or historical country-code identifierstringidentifierSource metadata and PartyFacts
6party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)yearCalendar yearCalendar year of the election-year estimateinteger19442025yearElection and model-year metadata
7party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)segment_numParty segment numberSegment number within party after splitting at long evidence gapsinteger1segmentParty history segmentationMain segment is coded 1
8party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)union_party_idUnion or alliance PartyFacts identifierIdentifier of parent union or alliance where applicableintegeridentifierAlliance mappingMissing if party is not represented through a union or alliance
9party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)in_unionUnion membership indicatorIndicator that the row is associated with a union or allianceboolean0;101indicatorAlliance mapping
10party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)pervoteVote shareVote share at the election yearnumeric0100percentElection metadata
11party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)economic_lrEconomic left-right posterior meanPosterior mean of economic left-right positionnumeric01unit interval0=left; 1=rightPosterior drawsMean after inverse-logit transformation
12party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)galtanCultural cosmopolitan--traditionalist posterior meanPosterior mean of cultural cosmopolitan--traditionalist positionnumeric01unit interval0=cosmopolitan; 1=traditionalistPosterior drawsMean after inverse-logit transformation
13party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)economic_lr_seEconomic posterior standard errorPosterior standard deviation for economic_lrnumeric0unit intervalPosterior drawsStandard deviation over posterior draws
14party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)galtan_seCultural posterior standard errorPosterior standard deviation for the cultural estimatenumeric0unit intervalPosterior drawsStandard deviation over posterior draws
15party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)economic_lr_q025Economic lower posterior interval2.5 percent posterior quantile for economic_lrnumeric01unit interval0=left; 1=rightPosterior drawsQuantile over posterior draws
16party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)economic_lr_q975Economic upper posterior interval97.5 percent posterior quantile for economic_lrnumeric01unit interval0=left; 1=rightPosterior drawsQuantile over posterior draws
17party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)galtan_q025Cultural lower posterior interval2.5 percent posterior quantile for the cultural estimatenumeric01unit interval0=cosmopolitan; 1=traditionalistPosterior drawsQuantile over posterior draws
18party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)galtan_q975Cultural upper posterior interval97.5 percent posterior quantile for the cultural estimatenumeric01unit interval0=cosmopolitan; 1=traditionalistPosterior drawsQuantile over posterior draws
19party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)election_idElection identifierElection identifier where availablestringidentifierElection metadataMissing where no election identifier is available
20party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)election_dateElection dateElection date where availabledatedateElection metadataMissing in current processed election metadata
21party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)has_textText support indicatorIndicator for direct or nearby text evidenceboolean0;101indicatorSource-support constructionNearby threshold documented in source_support_dictionary.csv
22party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)has_expertExpert support indicatorIndicator for direct or nearby expert evidenceboolean0;101indicatorSource-support constructionNearby threshold documented in source_support_dictionary.csv
23party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)n_text_sourcesNumber of text sourcesNumber of distinct text source families contributing direct or nearby evidenceinteger0countSource-support construction
24party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)n_expert_sourcesNumber of expert sourcesNumber of distinct expert source families contributing direct or nearby evidenceinteger0countSource-support construction
25party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)nearest_text_distanceNearest text distanceAbsolute distance in years to nearest text observation used to inform trajectorynumeric0yearsSource-support constructionMissing if no text observation exists for the party-country key
26party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)nearest_expert_distanceNearest expert distanceAbsolute distance in years to nearest expert observation used to inform trajectorynumeric0yearsSource-support constructionMissing if no expert observation exists for the party-country key
27party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv (inside party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.zip)source_support_classSource-support classSummary class of text/expert supportstringboth_direct_or_nearby; text_only_direct_or_nearby; expert_only_direct_or_nearby; temporal_propagationcategoricalSource-support construction
28party_2d_annual_model_output_vN.csv (inside party_2d_annual_model_output_vN.zip)all fieldsAnnual model output fieldsSame model-output fields as the production annual party-position file plus no source-support augmentationmixedPosterior processingSecondary model output