Polity data series

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Structured data parsed from Wikipedia. The Polity data series is a widely used data series in political science research. The latest version, Polity IV, contains coded annual information on the level of democracy for most independent states with greater than 500,000 total population and covers the years 1800–2018. Polity's conclusions about a state's level of democracy are based on an evaluation of that state's elections for competitiveness and openness, the nature of political participation in general, and the extent of checks on executive authority. For each year and country, a 'Polity Score' is determined which ranges from 10 to +10, with 10 to 6 corresponding to autocracies, 5 to 5 corresponding to anocracies, and 6 to 10 to democracies. Polity data series

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