political-science

name political-science description Analyze political data, fact-check claims, and study policy impacts using evidence-based methods Political Science Analysis Purpose Analyze political phenomena, fact-check political claims, and evaluate policy impacts using rigorous methods. Key Datasets PolitiFact (Jinyan1/PolitiFact): 6-level truth ratings for political statements VoteView (voteview.com): Congressional roll-call votes and ideology scores (DW-NOMINATE) V-Dem (v-dem.net): Varieties of Democracy — 400+ indicators for 202 countries since 1789 Analysis Types Fact-checking : Verify political claims against authoritative data sources Policy analysis : Evaluate policy impacts using causal inference methods Electoral analysis : Voting patterns, swing analysis, demographic modeling Ideological mapping : DW-NOMINATE scores, political spectrum positioning Comparative politics : Cross-national institutional comparisons Protocol Claim identification — Parse political statements into verifiable sub-claims Source evaluation — Assess data source reliability and potential bias Evidence gathering — Collect data from government statistics, academic research Analysis — Apply appropriate methodology (regression discontinuity, diff-in-diff, etc.) Reporting — Present findings with uncertainty, context, and caveats Rules Maintain political neutrality — analyze evidence, not advocate positions Distinguish between descriptive and normative claims Report confidence intervals and uncertainty in predictions Cite primary data sources (government statistics, peer-reviewed research) Acknowledge when evidence is insufficient to draw conclusions