On behalf of CLEA leadership, we are pleased to announce the latest CLEA data release. CLEA Release 17 (2024019) includes updates to the Lower Chamber election data. *Overview of CLEA Release 17* CLEA Lower Chamber: - Dataset now includes 2181 election results from 183 countries and territories. - This release adds 67 new lower house elections from 44 areas. - We have added 3 new areas: Algeria, Macau, and Morocco. - We have also added V-Dem polyarchy scores to Appendix I, which provide a measure of the extent to which a society is democratic. Data come from the V-Dem Institute (Varieties of Democracy) at https://v-dem.net/ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lyris-mb.lmsslsecure.com/t/6417077/91762301/102607/1/__;!!IaT_gp1N!3EVs32x_92_XT13FBGT0Qp5CscOIMXBCF_wQaaq42ZWzDghSKGNviiwV4AQ1ku-ufQcwzTc9cjT5gFgU4QdF_FzyliQ$> . The datasets are free and available for download in the following formats: Excel, Stata, SPSS, and R. All files can be downloaded at www.electiondataarchive.org <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lyris-mb.lmsslsecure.com/t/6417077/91762301/102617/2/__;!!IaT_gp1N!3EVs32x_92_XT13FBGT0Qp5CscOIMXBCF_wQaaq42ZWzDghSKGNviiwV4AQ1ku-ufQcwzTc9cjT5gFgU4QdFvp9777o$> We would like to thank our users for bringing errors and new data to our attention. These have been addressed in the latest release, and we continue to welcome user feedback on these and other topics. Julia Lippman, Project Manager, University of Michigan Allen Hicken, University of Michigan Ken Kollman, University of Michigan ************************************************************** Political Methodology E-Mail List Editors: Yuan (Cecilia) Sui and Gechun Lin <[log in to unmask]> ************************************************************** Send messages to [log in to unmask] To join the list, cancel your subscription, or modify your subscription settings visit: https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/spm/mailing-list **************************************************************
