Pre/Post Elections Data (House of Seshat)
Overview
This directory contains the dataset published by The House of Seshat for the Culture of Elections (CoE) study. The dataset is hosted on Hugging Face at the-house-of-seshat/culture-of-elections-data and is gated — access requires approval from the House of Seshat team.
Access & Restrictions
- Dataset page: the-house-of-seshat/culture-of-elections-data
- Access: Gated. Request access via the Hugging Face dataset request flow; approvals are handled by the House of Seshat team.
- Before using the data externally, obtain explicit approval from the dataset maintainers and follow any additional terms stated on the Hugging Face dataset card.
If you need assistance requesting access, open an issue in the code repository (see Contact & Support) or contact the dataset maintainers directly via the Hugging Face dataset page.
Contents
The repository root contains two primary folders used in our local workspace:
Pre elections/— data and resources collected prior to elections for the CoE study.Post elections/— data and resources collected after elections for the CoE study.
For detailed schema, file descriptions, and sampling notes, consult the dataset card on Hugging Face and the analysis notebooks in the linked GitHub repository.
Code & Provenance
The analysis code that used this data for the Culture of Elections study is available at:
https://github.com/House-of-seshat/CoE-data-analysis-notebooks
Refer to that repository for notebook examples, data-loading scripts, and analysis pipelines that expect the dataset structure used here.
Usage
- Check the Hugging Face dataset card for exact schema, column descriptions, and example usage.
- Follow any citation, license, or attribution requirements listed on the dataset card.
- When reproducing analyses from the CoE notebooks, ensure you have the required data access and the same preprocessing steps as documented in the notebooks.
Citation
If you use this dataset or the CoE analyses in publications, please cite the dataset and the Culture of Elections project as described on the Hugging Face dataset card and in the CoE repository.
License
See the dataset metadata on the Hugging Face page for licensing information. Do not assume public reuse rights until the license is verified on the dataset card.
Contact & Support
- Code & issues: https://github.com/House-of-seshat/CoE-data-analysis-notebooks
- Dataset page (access requests & maintainers): the-house-of-seshat/culture-of-elections-data
If you need the data for collaboration or review, request access through Hugging Face and mention the House of Seshat team; also open an issue in the GitHub repo for visibility.
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