VRscores MSA CSV 2012-2024

MSA-year panel dataset derived from the VRscores 2024 release. Each record corresponds to a metropolitan statistical area (CBSA/MSA) and calendar year from 2012–2024 with at least five matched workers across any year. Variables include the combined MSA identifier, worker counts, raw and imputed L2 voter registration counts by party, average match quality, raw and imputed partisan shares, two-party and overall margins, partisan diversity indices, effective number of parties, and the latest position end-date contributing to the MSA-year. The dataset contains 4,758 MSA-year rows covering 366 metropolitan areas per year. It is built from a matching of employment records from Revelio Labs (April 2025) with voter registration data from the L2 voter file (November 2024) using ensemble linkage techniques. Small MSAs (<5 matched workers) are excluded, one-to-one matches are enforced, and the VRscores methodology and working paper document the data processing and definitions. These files are provided in CSV format; they mirror the MSA parquet release but are stored as comma-separated values for convenience.