State Partisan Balance Data, 1937 - 2011

Dataset includes number and percent of state legislators who are Democrats and Republicans, party control of state legislatures and governor’s offices, and different measures of party control of state institutions for the years 1937 to 2011. Also includes variables that indicate what percentage of legislators are up for election in a year and whether there is a gubernatorial election. “Source Files” give documentation on coding and primary sources used to construct the data.

本数据集涵盖1937年至2011年间的多项数据：美国州议会民主党与共和党议员的人数及占比、州议会与州长办公室的政党控制权状况，以及用于衡量州级机构政党控制权的多项指标。此外，数据集还包含两类变量：一类用于反映当年度参选议员的占比，另一类用于标识是否举行州长选举。"源文件（Source Files）"中提供了本数据集构建所采用的编码规则与原始来源文档。