Noah Dasanaike
noahdasanaike.bsky.social
Noah Dasanaike
@noahdasanaike.bsky.social
Harvard Government PhD candidate, interested in structural origins of political outcomes.
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Urban–rural cleavages are seen as a defining political divide. But does this polarization hold worldwide? My new working paper tests this question using an original dataset of granular, geocoded election returns from 106 countries (polling station-level in 70). (1/8)
SAGE brings the availability of election results for the 2019 Indian Lok Sabha election down from an average of 2 million voters per each of 543 constituencies to 1,000 voters across nearly a million polling stations.
February 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Polling station data from SAGE reveal considerable spatial variation in the 2021 Hong Kong elections, with pro-establishment strongholds spread across the New Territories, mixed support patterns through Kowloon, and pockets of opposition votes concentrated on Hong Kong Island.
February 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you're interested in seeing any detailed election results from the Small-Area Global Elections (SAGE) archive, let me know in the replies. I'll start with parliamentary elections in Poland in 1991 and 2023.
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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February 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Urban–rural cleavages are seen as a defining political divide. But does this polarization hold worldwide? My new working paper tests this question using an original dataset of granular, geocoded election returns from 106 countries (polling station-level in 70). (1/8)
February 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM