State Democracy Index

The State Democracy Index measures the quality of democratic institutions in the states from 2000 through 2018 used in the paper "Laboratories of Democratic Backsliding" (2022). Download the State Democracy Index data here.

Codebook:

democracy_mcmc: Electoral Democracy Score (main measure used in paper)

democracy_mcmc_sd: Standard deviation of Bayesian posterior for Electoral Democracy Score

democracy_mcmc_se: Standard error of Bayesian posterior for Electoral Democracy Score

democracy_additive: Alternative Electoral Democracy Score (additive index)

democracy_mcmc_lib: Electoral & Liberal Democracy Score

democracy_mcmc_lib_sd: Standard deviation of Bayesian posterior for Electoral & Liberal Democracy Score

democracy_mcmc_lib_se: Standard error of Bayesian posterior for Electoral & Liberal Democracy Score

democracy_additive_lib: Alternative Electoral & Liberal Democracy Score (additive index)