Case ID
Sample type
Weight
Treatment - US democracy rating future
Treatment - PERF Items option AB
Treatment - Redrawing Party Selection: Democratic Party, Republican Party, or on
Treatment - Vote count
Treatment - PERF Items 1/2/3
Treatment - PERF Items 4/5
Rating of how democratic US political system is
US democracy ratings in 2017
US democracy ratings in 2019
US democracy ratings in 2020
US democracy ratings in 2021
US democracy ratings in 2024
US democracy rating future 1
US democracy rating future 2
US democracy rating future 3
US system description now
System description now explanation
US system description future -- A system with free and fair elections and strong
US system description future -- A system with free and fair elections but only m
US system description future -- A system with unfair, tilted elections and weak
US system description future -- A system in which those in power can't be voted
PERF items -- The judiciary is able to effectively limit executive power
PERF items -- The Supreme Court is able to effectively limit executive power
PERF items -- Lower courts are able to effectively limit executive power
PERF items -- The geographic boundaries of electoral districts do not systematic
PERF items -- The geographic boundaries of electoral districts in your state do
PERF items -- Government officials are legally sanctioned for misconduct
PERF items -- Government officials do not use public office for private gain
PERF items -- Government agencies are not used to monitor, attack, or punish pol
PERF items -- All adult citizens enjoy the same legal and political rights
PERF items -- Government does not interfere with journalists or news organizatio
PERF items -- Government effectively prevents private actors from engaging in po
PERF items -- Government protects individuals' right to engage in unpopular spee
PERF items -- Executive authority cannot be expanded beyond constitutional limit
PERF items -- The legislature is able to effectively limit executive power
PERF items -- The elected branches respect judicial independence
PERF items -- Government protects individuals' right to engage in peaceful prote
PERF items -- Law enforcement investigations of public officials or their associ
PERF items -- The law is enforced equally for all persons
PERF items -- Universities, businesses, and professional organizations operate i
PERF items -- Law enforcement remains politically neutral and does not favor or
PERF items -- Officeholders do not use law enforcement to advance political agen
PERF items -- Political competition occurs without criticism of opponents' loyal
PERF items -- Elections are free from foreign influence
PERF items -- Parties and candidates are not barred due to their political belie
PERF items -- All adult citizens have equal opportunity to vote
PERF items -- All votes have equal impact on election outcomes
PERF items -- Elections are conducted, ballots counted, and winners determined w
PERF items -- Voter participation in elections is generally high
PERF items -- Information about the sources of campaign funding is available to
PERF items -- Public policy is not determined by large campaign contributions
PERF items -- Citizens can make their opinions heard in open debate about polici
PERF items -- Even when there are disagreements about ideology or policy, politi
PERF items -- Elected officials seek compromise with political opponents
PERF items -- Citizens have access to information about candidates that is relev
PERF items -- Government statistics and data are produced by experts who are not
PERF items -- Politicians who lose free and fair elections publicly concede defe
PERF items -- Military leadership remains politically neutral and does not favor
PERF items -- Officeholders do not use the military to advance political agendas
Constitutional hardball - Executive -- A President pardoning himself or herself
Constitutional hardball - Executive -- A President establishing important new go
Constitutional hardball - Executive -- A President directing the Department of J
Constitutional hardball - Courts -- The majority party in the Senate refusing to
Constitutional hardball - Courts -- A party that controls Congress and the presi
Constitutional hardball - Elections -- A party that controls both chambers of Co
Constitutional hardball - Elections -- State governments signing a pact to guara
Constitutional hardball - Elections -- A state political party drawing Congressi
Constitutional hardball - Elections -- A state political party proposing measure
Redistricting approval - Dem or Rep
Level of interest in politics
Biden rightful winner
2026 election confidence
2026 election confidence explanation
Institutional confidence -- The U.S. Department of Justice
Institutional confidence -- The U.S. Supreme Court
Institutional confidence -- The FBI
Institutional confidence -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Institutional confidence -- Federal district and circuit courts
Attention check 2 grid -- People convicted of murder should be given the death p
Attention check 2 grid -- World War I came after World War II
Attention check 2 grid -- Gays and lesbians should have the right to legally mar
Attention check 2 grid -- In order to reduce the budget deficit, the federal gov
Attention check 2 grid -- The Affordable Care Act passed by Congress in 2010 sho
District fairness perception
Approval of Trump during second term as US President
More of a supporter of Donald Trump or Republican Party
Looked up information
How often give insincere responses
Attention check grid -- By law, abortion should never be permitted
Attention check grid -- In order to reduce the budget deficit, the federal gover
Attention check grid -- The federal government should raise the minimum wage to
Attention check grid -- The federal government should guarantee health insurance
Attention check grid -- The federal government should pass new rules that protec
Attention check grid -- Barack Obama was the first president of the United State
Survey comments
Birth Year
Age (numerical)
Age (categorical)
Gender with other
Race
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic
Highest level of education completed
Marital Status
Employment Status
Family income
Children under age 18 in household
State of Residence
Home ownership
3 point party ID
7 point Party ID
2020 President Vote Post Election
2024 President Vote Post Election
Voter Registration Status
Political ideology
Political Interest
Religion
Church attendance (Pew version)
Born Again (Pew version)
Importance of religion (Pew version)
Frequency of Prayer (Pew version)
Questionnaire Start Time
Questionnaire End Time
Randomization spec for module election_conf_mod
Randomization spec for module constitutional_hardball_mod
Immutable final public vendor ZIP source
Bright Line Watch survey wave
Survey sample
Canonical data release status
Three-category party identification derived from pid7
Respondent inputstate is one of the 50 U.S. states
Future U.S. political-system rating under assigned scenario
Observed randomized judiciary-check performance item
Observed randomized district-boundaries performance item
2026 election confidence: nationwide assignment
2026 election confidence: state assignment
Open explanation of nationwide 2026 election confidence
Open explanation of state 2026 election confidence