Political Science
How power, institutions, and voters actually behave.
What counts as evidence: Voting data, public opinion surveys, institutional records, and comparative case analysis.
- Public datasets (ANES, Pew, government election data) are detailed and free to use.
- Separate description ('what happened') from causal claims ('why it happened') explicitly.
- Compare across time or across places to strengthen a causal argument.
- State your theoretical framework if you're using one, and its limits.