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      The Comparative Legislators Database (CLD) is a one-stop shop for rich, diverse and integrated individual-level data on national political representatives.
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      The database contains information for over 67,000 contemporary and historical legislators from 16 countries. It unites collaborative micro-data collection efforts and brings these together through the integration of data from Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other sources.
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      Use the menu above to <a href="about/">learn more about the database</a>, to receive an <a href="data/">overview of the data</a>, to   check out the <a href="legislator/">accompanying R package legislatoR</a>, and to learn <a href="contribute/">how to contribute</a>.
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