20,955 rated or chosen profiles from 4,191 respondents, in up to 5 tasks of 1 profile varying on 6 attributes.
| Description | US adults (Lucid, July 2022, n = 4,191) read 5 text vignettes in which a president of randomized party, gender, age and electoral mandate responds to one of 9 situations (crises or a non-crisis control) with one of 10 actions, some undermining accountability, and rated their approval on a 6-point scale. |
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| Reference | De Bruin, E., & Jones, C. W. (forthcoming). Public support for undermining executive accountability in times of crisis. European Journal of Political Research. |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/E75DHD |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 4,191 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 20,955 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 5 |
| Profiles per task | 1 |
| Attributes | 6 |
| Topic | corruption accountability |
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| A profile represents | scenario |
| Country | US |
| Language shown | en |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Randomization restrictions | unknown |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Outcomes:
| rating | How much do you approve or disapprove of the president's action? (paraphrase) [rating, 1 (Strongly disapprove) to 6 (Strongly approve)] |
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attr_actionattr_ageattr_electionattr_genderattr_partyattr_situationcov_agecov_attention1_answercov_civil_rights_essentialcov_democracy_goodcov_duration_seccov_education_codecov_elections_essentialcov_ethnicity_codecov_experts_goodcov_failed_manipulation1_firstcov_failed_manipulation1_secondcov_failed_manipulation4cov_gendercov_govt_limit_freedoms_essentialcov_hhi_codecov_hispanic_codecov_ideologycov_independence_vs_respectcov_majority_law_change_essentialcov_majority_rule_essentialcov_manners_vs_curiositycov_minority_accepts_essentialcov_obedience_vs_self_reliancecov_party_id_codecov_political_interestcov_racecov_region_codecov_ruling_party_essentialcov_satisfied_democracycov_strong_leader_goodcov_term_limits_essentialcov_violent_order_essentialcov_well_behaved_vs_consideratecov_womens_rights_essentialidprofileratingtask
The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("debruin_2026_crisis_accountability", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("debruin_2026_crisis_accountability", source="conj")
@misc{https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/e75dhd,
doi = {10.7910/DVN/E75DHD},
url = {https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/E75DHD},
author = {De Bruin, Erica and Jones, Calvert W.},
keywords = {Social Sciences, Democratic backsliding, Executive aggrandizement, Crises, Public opinion},
title = {Replication Data for: "Public Support for Undermining Executive Accountability in Times of Crisis"},
publisher = {Harvard Dataverse},
year = {2026}
}
| IRW version | v584 |
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| Redivis dataset | irw_conjoint v4.2 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/qkye-q530 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v4.2 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v44.0 |