Replication data for: Immigration Politics and Partisan Realignment: California, Texas, and the 1994 Election

This article demonstrates how the party identification of various demographic groups in California and Texas changed in response to the gubernatorial campaigns of Pete Wilson and George W. Bush. Using aggregated time series of Field Poll, Texas Poll, and Gallup data, difference-in-differences results show that Wilson's embrace of Proposition 187 was followed by significant Hispanic movement towards the Democratic Party in California. Time series analysis substantiates that this action led to a long-term 7.1 percentage point Democratic shift among California's Hispanics. This suggests that state-level actors can influence partisan coalitions in their state, beyond what would be expected from national-level factors. Data Description Public opinion data on United States and California macropartisanship, or mass party identification, from 1969-2010. Based on Gallup and Field Poll results, respectively. Also includes US-level measures of consumer sentiment, presidential approval, presidential party, and indicator for presidential administration. Additional data are from the Texas Poll from 1990-1998 to capture macropartisanship in Texas.