(iPoster) American Politics Datasets and Race and Ethnic Politics Research

• In Event: Poster Session: Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) Scholars

Abstract

Given the extensive use of non-oversampled data in race and ethnic politics work, I examine the differences between using oversampled data like the CMPS and non-oversampled data like the CES or ANES. I find that the CES' sample of Hispanics is descriptively poor and that Hispanics are deeply underrepresented in supposedly representative state level samples. I also find that Whites are overrepresented in the CES sample. The ANES sample is not as descriptively biased. When used in a basic regression, the CES underestimates the effect of race on being a Democrat compared to the CMPS. When used for within-group analyses, the CES and ANES are not significantly different from the CMPS. These findings should inform how people use American politics datasets for REP work in the future.

Author

• Luke Bellinger, University of Texas at Austin