Reports

Selected research reports and technical appendices by Boris Shor.

City Council

Chicago City Council, 2003–2026

132 members and 693 contested roll calls across successive elected councils, with sourced party affiliations for 130 members, caucus and endorsement comparisons, and ward-level presidential voting.

Technical appendix

Denver City Council, 2023–2026

13 members, progressive and DSA endorsement comparisons, and district-level presidential voting. A source investigation explains repeated agenda records affecting Chris Hinds's position.

Technical appendix

New York City Council: local ideal points, 2014–2026

123 members and 1,239 contested roll calls, with researched party affiliations, caucus and DSA evidence, district-level presidential, council and mayoral validation, and a state-legislative bridge.

Technical appendix

Houston City Council: 2021–2025 ideal points

The preserved recent-period analysis: 25 officials including both mayors, with researched party affiliations and district-level presidential validation.

Technical appendix

Houston City Council: pooled 2000–2026 ideal points

77 officials, five mayors, and 2,081 divided roll calls, with elected-council tabs, party distributions and trends, organizational endorsements, and presidential and mayoral validation.

Interactive dashboard · Technical appendix · Texas bridge diagnostic

Los Angeles City Council, 2001–2026

A pooled analysis of 56 members and 2,986 contested roll calls, with thirteen council windows, voting distributions, party trends, separate DSA and Abundant Housing LA endorsements, and 2024 presidential voting across all fifteen districts.

Technical appendix · Recent-only report, 2021–2026 · Recent-only appendix

LLM

Respondent-information arms: can an LLM stand in for a survey respondent?

Five prompt arms compared across two language models at N = 500, replicating the comparison families of the silicon-sampling literature: individual accuracy, aggregate accuracy, ideal points, regression weights, and rare demographic profiles.

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