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Power Lets Lawmakers Prioritize Policy—Without Cutting Constituent Service

i

Constituency Service

Policy Work

Legislator Capacity

Committee Chairs

Administrative Data

2025 est.

i

Stronger Local News Makes State Legislators More Moderate, Accountable, and Productive

State Legislatures

Press Coverage

Voter Engagement

Incumbency

Moderation

2025 est.

i

How Congress Quietly Shares Responsibility for Presidential Wars

War Powers

Blame Avoidance

Congress

Sentiment Analysis

Presidency

2025 est.

i

2025

How Black Disfranchisement Remade Southern Lawmaking, 1879–1916

Disfranchisement

Roll Call

Ideal Points

Solid South

Reconstruction

2025

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When 'The Economy Is Rigged' Boosts Support for Redistribution — Except in the U.S.

Inequality

Redistribution

Narratives

Survey Experiment

Comparative

2025

An Agency Perspective on Immigration Federalism

i

2025

Why Did Irish Soldiers Desert? Childhood Famine Raised Risk Aversion

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Desertion

Risk Aversion

Irish Famine

Civil War

Cohort Analysis

2025

5 R files

1 Other

Why Congressional Staff Become Oversight Experts When Their Party Controls the Presidency

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Congressional Staff

Expertise

Oversight

Presidency

Administrative Data

2025

i

Women Talk Local in Congress—Even at Committee Hearings

Descriptive Representation

Gender

House Hearings

Committee Stage

Text Analysis

2025

i

Sheriffs Cut Traffic Fines in Election Years—Effect Stronger in Close Races

Budget Cycle

Sheriffs

Traffic Fines

California

Panel Data

2025

i

White Lawmakers Talk More About Minorities — But Policy Doesn’t Follow

Symbolic Representation

Substantive Representation

Congressional Speech

Redistricting

Race

2025

i

How Lockdown Job Losses Fueled Right-Wing Populism

Populism

Lockdowns

COVID-19

Difference-in-differences

Economic Hardship

2025

Why Teachers' Union Endorsements Tilt Local School Board Races

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Teachers' Unions

Endorsements

Local Elections

Partisanship

Electoral Behavior

2025

i

How Railroads Fueled Protectionism: Trade's Unexpected Political Losers, 1880–1900

Protectionism

Railroads

Rogowski Theory

Spatial Trade

United States

2025

i

2024

Pride Online, Violence Offline: The Proud Boys' Telegram Cycle

Proud Boys

Crisis Monitor

Machine Learning

Political Violence

2024

i

Why Moderates Once Had the Edge: Lawmaking Power Shifts in Congress Since 1873

Legislative Effectiveness

Congress

Legislation

Ideology

Majority Party

2024

1 Archives

New Scores Reveal Which State Lawmakers Actually Get Bills Done

i

Legislative Effectiveness

State Legislatures

Polarization

Professionalization

United States

2024

i

Why Republican Voters Prefer Masculine Candidates — And How That Limits Women

Gender

Representation

Republicans

CCES

Experiments

2024

i

2023

When Cities Clash With States: Ideological Distance Predicts More Preemption

Preemption

Municipalities

Ideology

Survey

Unified Government

2023

i

How Partisanship & Ideology Shape Approval of U.S. Congress

Responsible Party Government

Partisanship

Ideology

Congress

2023

i

Quantifying Party Branding: DNC and RNC Shifts in the Cold War Era

Party Branding

New York Times

DNC RNC

White House Control

2023

When Solidarity Spurs Action: How Minority Linked Fate Drives Political Participation

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Linked Fate

Political Participation

Multiracial Survey

Coalition Politics

Racial Solidarity

2023

i

Contrary Wisdom on Civil-Military Relations? Partisanship Explained

Civilian Control

Civil-military Relations

USA Public Opinion

Partisan Views

Military Role

2023

How a Bayesian Model Balances Polls and Fundamentals to Forecast Senate Races

i

Dirichlet Regression

Gaussian Process

US Senate

Bayesian Forecasting

Polls

2023

Pol. An.

2 archives

Feminist Policies Boost Women's Representation, but What About Votes? Exploring U.S. Politics

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Electoral

Gender Representation

USA

Feminism

2023

i

2022

U.S. State Legislatures Vary Widely in Bicameral Distinctiveness

Bicameralism

State Legislatures

Distinctiveness

Amendments

United States

2022

Constituents Hold Reps Accountable: Why District-Level Votes Don't Show It

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Constituents

Representatives

Issue Agreement

Instrumental Variables

2022

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How Majority Party Control Alters Lawmakers' Votes and the Legislative Agenda

Majority Control

Agenda Setting

Legislative Behavior

Natural Experiment

Party Politics

2022

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Tax Policies Mirror Voters, Spending Priorities Stay Unchanged

Median Voter Theorem

Representation Theory

Policy Responsiveness

State Governments

Political Actors

2022

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How gridlock forces Congress to use non-statutory tools against the executive branch

Appropriations Committees

Committee Reports

Separation Of Powers

Non-statutory Policy

Gridlock

Executive Constraint

Polarization

2022

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Legislators' Interest in Policy Varies by Party Endorsement: A Field Experiment Insight

Policy Diffusion

Legislative Signaling

Partisan Endorsement

Co-partisan Interest

2022

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Surprise: House Lawmakers Vote Against District Majorities More Often Than You'd Expect

Symbolic Representation

Identity Politics

U.S.

House Of Representatives

CCES

Regression

2022

Does More Non-Profit Lobbying Widen Party Divides?

i

Interest Groups

Partisan Polarization

US Politics

2022

i

Governors Wait Out Legislatures Without Special Session Powers

Divided Government

Special Sessions

States

Executive Orders

2022

Congressional Twitter Rhetoric Reveals True Partisanship Levels

i

Congressional Partisanship

Twitter Analysis

Ideology Vs Partisanship

Legislative Behavior

2022

How Natural Disasters Influence Partisan Voting Behavior at Elections?

i

Retrospective Voting

Election Impact

United States Disaster

2022

i

Interest Groups Target Undecided Politicians, Study Finds

Conjoint Experiment

Targeting Strategies

Undecided Members

Policy Advocates

2022

Out-of-District Donors Skew House Representation Despite Local Reliance

i

US House

National Endowment For Democracy

Fundraising

Campaign Contributions

Representation

Partisan Voting

District Safety

2022

Political Knowledge Shapes Attitudes About Presidential Secrecy

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Presidential Secrecy

Partisan Flip Effect

Political Knowledge

Us Politics

2022

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Why Doesn't More Time Make MSNBC Seem Fair? For Democrats Yes, for Republicans No

Partisan Bias

Media Exposure

Political Polarization

Fox News

Msbc

2022

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Employee Donations Mirror Employer's Political Leanings

Partisan Alignment

Us Federal Campaign Finance

Pac Contributions

Matching Individual Firm Data

2022

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Demand for Expert Reports in Congress Rises During Quiet Times

Congressional Expertise

Crs Reports

Political Salience

Policymaking

2022

Facts Didn’t Move Voters: Partisanship Locked Support for Trump’s Acquittal

i

Impeachment

Public Opinion

Partisanship

Civic Knowledge

Survey Experiment

2022

PS

i

Racial Resentment Fuels Discontent Among US Whites Despite Election Losses

Racial Resentment

White Identity Politics

US Elections 2004-2016

Democratic Satisfaction

2022

i

Low-Resource Groups Gain Legislative Advantage Through Costly Protest

Costly Protest

Issue Salience

Descriptive Representation

US Congress

NYT Data

2022

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Citizenship Questions on US Census Could Change Responses to Other Sensitive Queries

Citizenship Question

Survey Experiments

Voting Behavior

Census Data

2022

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1 text files

Strategic Local Government Press Releases: A Direct Look at Accountability Dynamics

i

Strategic Communication

Democratic Accountability

Press Releases

Local Government

2022

i

Caucus Conversations Double Lawmaker Support, But Bills Rarely Change

Caucus

Deliberation

Field Experiment

Policy Coalitions

State Legislatures

2022

i

Direct Election of Senators Shifted Accountability Away from Congress

Direct Election

Senate Representation

Accountability Shift

Foreign Policy Delegation

2022

i

Legislators' Nationalization: Broadband Rollout Turns Local Media into a Partisan Echo?

Nationalization

Broadband Rollout

US House

Partisan Alignment

2022

Trump’s Brand of Racism & Sexism Boosted Democrats in 2018 Midterms

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Hostile Sexism

Denial Racism

Backlash Theory

American National Election Survey

2022

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The Partisanship of Bipartisanship: How Reps Use Bipartisan Language Strategically

Bipartisan Assertions

Descriptive Representation

Quantitative Content Analysis

2022

i

How Childhood Gender Lessons Push Girls Away From Politics

Gender Socialization

Political Ambition

Political Interest

Children

United States

2022

i

2021

Internet Echo Chambers? New Data Shows Most Americans Avoid Extreme Online Media Bias

2021

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Direct Test Reveals Legislative Gatekeeping Patterns in Iowa States

Legislative Gatekeeping

Iowa House

Wisconsin Assembly

Lobbying

2021

Early Predictions Accurately Forecasted 2020 Election Outcomes State-by-State

i

Electoral Forecasting

US States

Statistical Modeling

2020 Election

2021

PS

How Anti-Minority Animus Fueled Trump Support

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Racial Animus

Trump

Partisanship

Panel Data

Elite Rhetoric

2021

Does Ambiguous Rhetoric Weaken Legislative Accountability? A New Puzzle for Political Science Research

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Ambiguous Rhetoric

Legislative Accountability

Descriptive Representation

2021

Beyond Left-Right: Exploring Anti-Establishment Views in American Politics

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Polarization

Anti-establishment Theory

2019 Survey Data

2020 Survey Data

2021

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Squire Index Updated: State Court Professionalization Changes Slower Than Expected

Squire Dataset

State Court Systems

Professionalization Reforms

2021

New Way to Gauge Lawmakers' Beliefs: Tracking Online Speech Since 2006

i

Religious Rhetoric

Internet Archive .gov Captures

Time-variant Measure

Regression Analysis

2021

i

Why Republican Control Matters More Than You Think for Environmental Policy

Partisanship

Toxic Releases

Governorships

Congress

2021

Optimistic Views of US Democracy Clash with New Evidence on Democratic Backsliding Risks

i

Set Theory

Inequality

Cleavages

United States

2021

PS

State-Level Legislation Challenging National Authority: Why Some Bills Move Faster

i

Federalism

National Policies

State Legislation

Resistance Strategies

2021

Business Owners Enter Politics: How Private Sector Experience Drives Policy Changes

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Business Owners

Political Transition

Public Policy

Representation

2021

13 R files

2 other files

Campaign Finance Rules Shape Politicians' Post-Election Paths, New Study Finds

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Campaign Finance

Lobbying Incentives

Difference-in-differences

Citizens United

2021

Why Do Citizens' Election Predictions Differ Across States? A State-by-State Experiment

i

Citizen Forecasting

State Politics

Election Predictions

Public Opinion

2021

PS

i

Sorting, Not Polarization: How Local Politics Differ From Washington

Partisan Sorting

Local Policy

Economic Development

Bipartisanship

2021

i

Living Together Shaped House Votes — But The Effect Was Smaller Than Believed

Coresidence

Boardinghouses

Social Influence

Roll-call

Natural Experiment

2021

i

How Petitioning Shaped Early American Representation Despite Limited Franchise

Congressional Representation

Petitioning Rights

Native Americans

Women's Suffrage

CPD Database

Historical Analysis

2021

Democratic Discontent: Americans' Views on Procedures vs. Equality Shifted Since Mid-Century

i

Elitism

Authoritarianism

Racial Supremacy

Cooperative Congressional Study

2021

PS

i

Fierce Fight Erupts Over Federalism as Sheriffs and State Legislatures Clash in West

Federalism

Sheriffs

State_legislatures

American_west

2021

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Presidents Can Sidestep Senate Approval Through Strategic Vacancies

Presidential Confirmation

Nomination Strategy

Separation-of-Powers Models

Interim Appointees

2021

i

Beyond the Dashboard: Why US Legislators Still Misjudge Public Opinion Despite Data Access

Legislators

Public Opinion Perception

Field Experiment

Cooperative Congressional Election Study

2021

i

Elite Polarization: How Incivility Lowers Trust While Issue Stances Create Attitude Divides

Elite Polarization

Incivility

Political Trust

Issue Positions

2021

i

Divided Legislatures Spark Civil Service Reforms: A Surprising Trigger for Change

Divided Government

Legislative Chambers

Civil Service Reform

Delegation

2021

i

Insurance Industry's Political Influence: Surprising Results from New Data

Insurance Industry

Corporate Campaign Contributions

US State Politics

Policy Outcomes

2021

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Why External Threats Rarely Create Bipartisan Unity

Polarization

Foreign Policy

Congressional Speeches

Public Opinion

Survey Experiment

2021

IO

1 PDF

2 Archives

Does Ethnicity Matter? Field Experiment Finds No Discrimination Against Hispanics in US State Legislatures

i

Field Experiment

State Legislatures

Hispanic Representation

Constituency Service

2021

Term Limits Boost Speaker Power: A Counterintuitive Look at State Legislatures

i

Term Limits

Speaker Power

Collective Action Problem

State Legislatures

2021

Prohibition Exposed: How North and South Divided Representation

i

Dyadic Representation

American North

American South

Prohibition

2021

Economic Woes in 2020 Amplified Political Polarization

i

Economic Sentiment

U.S.

Crisis Elections

Punitive Voting

Social Media

Affective Polarization

2021

PS

RD in State Legislatures? Not When You Have Local Randomization.

i

Regression Discontinuity

Local Randomization

Causal Inference

Slim Majority

District Races

2021

i

Why the Pandemic Didn't Expand Public Support for Executive Power

Executive Power

COVID-19

Public Opinion

Polarization

Survey Experiment

2021

i

Immigrant Ancestry Boosts Support For Migrants Despite Polarizing Politics

Immigration Narrative

Descent From Immigrants

Perspective-taking

Empathy

2021

i

Father Founders: Sons Shifted Delegates' Support for Stronger US Government

Child Gender

Natural Experiment

Fathers

Sons

Federalism

US Constitution

2021

i

Nebraska's Unicameral Shift: Spending Dip or Just Political Theater?

Synthetic Control Method

Nebraska Unicameralism

Government Expenditure Change

2021

Beyond Dues: How Strong US Labor States Fund Weaker Ones

i

Financial Solidarity

Labor States

US Union Funding

Right-To-Work

2021

Approval Rises, Economy Falls: How State Polls Predicted 2020 Election Outcome

i

Electoral Forecasting

Presidential Approval

Economic Indicators

2020 Election

Swing States

2021

PS

Fundamentals Trump Polls in 2020 Democratic Primaries

i

Democratic Primaries

2020 Election

Forecasting Models

Joe Biden

Iowa Method

2021

PS

White Voters vs. Black Votes: How Job Losses Drive Political Divisions

i

Deindustrialization

Automation

Globalization

White Backlash

Economic Voting

Social Identity Theory

US Politics

2021

Affective Polarization Leads Partisans to Conflate America With Trump's COVID Response

i

Affective Polarization

Partisanship

COVID-19

Survey Experiment

2021

i

Polarization Misguided: Americans Value Policy Over Emotion in Representation

Substantive Representation

Conjunctive Experiment

American Politics

Polarization

2021

i

Interjurisdictional Rivalry Fuels Policy Preferences: What This Means for Governance

Interjurisdictional Competition

Policy Preferences

Public Demand

Governance

2021

Can Deliberation Reduce Extreme Partisan Polarization? Evidence From America in One Room

i

Deliberation

Partisan Polarization

Affective Polarization

Field Experiment

America-in-One-Room

2021

i

Elite and Mass Views on Polarization: Similarities and Differences

Elite Polarization

Mass Affective Polarization

Survey Data

Campaign Manifestos

Voting Behavior

2021

Legislative Networking Boosts Federal Grants: How Connections Help Secure Community Funding

i

Collaboration

Dear Colleague Letters

Social Influence

Network Analysis

2021

Pandemics Shape Elections? How COVID-19 Explains US Polling Data

i

Pandemic Impact

2020 Election

US Polling Data

Time-series Analysis

2021

PS

Labor Union Influence on White Democrats' Loyalty

i

Labor Unions

Democratic Partisanship

White Workers

Quantitative Analysis

2021

i

Is More Government Transparency Worse? States' Secret Debates Boost Credit

Sunshine Laws

General Obligation Bonds

Credit Risk Reduction

Empirical Evidence

2021

Competitive Parties Boost State Spending and Life Expectancy

i

Party Competition

State Politics

Public Spending

Panel Data

Health Outcomes

2021

i

Local TV News Reduces National Election Bias by Enhancing Voter Knowledge

Local TV News

Media Market Geography

Split-Ticket Voting

United States

2021

i

Election Win Extends Life: US Politicians Live Longer Post-Election

Regression Discontinuity Design

US State Government

Longevity Effects

Political Office

2021

i

Why Exclusion Might Boost Female Legislators' Collaboration: A Surprising Leadership Paradox

Legislative Collaboration

State Legislatures

Cosponsorship Data

Bipartisan Activity

2021

How Minority Parties Shape Law in the House

i

Minority Party

Party Cohesion

House Of Representatives

Bill-Level Data

Legislative Behavior

2021

i

More Accurate? Yes. But Polarized? Still the Same for Political Elites & Citizens.

Factual Polarization

Survey Design

Descriptive Representation

Accuracy Divergence

2021

i

How Negative Hate Helped Trump Elect

Negative Partisanship

Positive Partisanship

US Elections

Survey Data

2021

i

How Issues Shape Leaders in US Election Forecasting

U.S.

Elections

Forecasting

Campaign Strategy

2021

PS

Off‑Cycle Elections Shift City Policy Toward Public Employee Interests

i

Off-cycle Elections

Municipal Government

Public Employees

Representation

2021

i

ACA Enrollment Expansion Shifts Political Representation: A Surprising Look at Policy Feedback Effects

Policy Feedback Effects

Affordable Care Act

Voter Turnout

Partisan Representation

2021

Staff Cuts Shrink US Newspaper Political Coverage by Hundreds of Stories

i

US Newspapers

Panel Data Analysis

Economic Constraints

Staff Reductions

2021

i

Rewarding Education Votes: How Partisan Alignment Shapes School Funding

Partisan Targeting

2000s Elections

Precinct Data Aggregation

Congruence

School Funding Allocation

2021

Partisanship, Religion, and Polarization: A New Angle on US Politics

i

Partisanship

Religion

Polarization

Representation

2021

i

Economic Policy Liberalism Increases with Party Competition, But Social Stance Remains Unchanged

Party Competition

Policy Liberalism

Economic Policy

Social Policy

2021

Gender Balance Legislation Fails to Boost Female Candidates Despite Good Intentions

i

Gender Balance Legislation

Candidate Pipeline

Female Representation

State Legislatures

2021

Issue Framing Drives Smoking Restrictions Across States - Adoption Does Not Explain It

i

Policy Diffusion

Topic Modeling

United States

Smoking Restrictions

2021

i

Unequal Class Influence in US Policy: Party and Interest Group Dynamics

Class Politics

Interest Groups

American Electoral System

Policy Capture

2021

Unequal Representation: How Municipal Mergers Reshape Local Services

i

Municipal Merger

Geographic Inequality

Representation Gap

Germany LÄnder

2021

i

Left-Wing Prejudice Against Mormons? New Data Reveals Surprising Political Aversion

Prejudice

Mormon Voters

2012 Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project

List Experiments

Political Prejudice

2021

PS

i

Did Presidents Get Off The Hook For Bad Economies? Accountability Timed Out After Two Years?

Retrospective Voting

Presidential Approval

Economic Conditions

Survey Experiment

2021

i

Primary Model Accurately Predicts Trump Re-Election Success

Primary Model

Trump Reelection

Polls Data Analysis

2021

PS

Seeing Women in Office Makes Citizens Feel More Politically Effective

i

Descriptive Representation

Political Efficacy

Panel Survey

Congress

State Legislatures

2021

i

FDI Skepticism in America: Nationalism's Role as Trade Woes Grow

Nationalism

Deindustrialization

Americans

Survey Experiment

2021

i

Is America's White Identity Threatened? It Depends on How Diversity Is Framed

Racial Projections

Multiracialism

Majority-minority Framing

White Identity Threat

2021

Why Do Same-Party Voters Accept Extremism Without Penalty?

i

Spatial Voting

US House

Primary Elections

Perception Study

2021

Labor Unions Reduce US Legislative Bias Against Low-Income Groups

i

Labor Union Influence

Legislative Responsiveness

US House Of Representatives

Income Inequality

2021

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Substance Over Symbol: New Multiverse Analysis Challenges Conventional Wisdom on LGB Representation

i

Multiverse Analysis

Substantive Representation

Lgb Americans

Measurement Variation

2021

Revenue Source Shifts: How Local Elections Influence Policy Decisions

i

Electoral Accountability

Revenue Sources

Local Policy

Gov Experiments

2021

i

Women in Office? Not Always Equal Boosts for Representation Gap

Role Models

Partisan Effects

Political Representation Gap

Women In Office

2021

Revealed: How Reconstruction-era Tax Decline Followed Elite Strategies in High-Slavery Southern Counties

i

Cross-Class Coalitions

Bureaucratic Capacity

American South

Inequality

2021

i

Reforms Can Backfire: How US Reconstruction Fostered Institutionalized Grievance

Social Transformation

US Reconstruction

Historical Analysis

Institutional Violence

2021

State Policies Fuel Federal Lobbying Over Renewable Energy Expiration

i

Renewable Portfolio Standards (rps)

Production Tax Credit Expiration

Electric Utility Lobbying

Counterintuitive Finding

2021

Biden Secures Broader Victory Than Forecasts Predicted

i

United States

Presidential Election Forecasting

Quantitative Analysis

Political Forecasts

2021

PS

i

Submerged for Some? Race Shapes Americans' Views on Government Policy

Government Visibility

Racial Groups

Policy Feedback

Interviews

Quantitative Analysis

Civil Rights

Welfare Policies

2021

Beyond Heavy Industry: Most Climate Lobbying Comes from Supply Chains

i

Supply Chains

Carbon Coalition

Lobbying

Industries

2021

i

Suspension Votes: Not Just Rules, But Party Strategy in Disguise

Majority Party Strategy

Suspension Votes

Representation Imbalance

Speaker Control

2021

How Accurate Were Election Markets During The Chaotic 2020?

i

Prediction Markets

U.S. Election

Covid Effects

Election Forecasting

2021

PS

Does Voting Align with Student Needs? Examining U.S. School Board Representation Gaps

i

Democratic Deficit

School Boards

Voter Turnout

US Education

2021

i

Initiatives Boost State Policy Innovation—Unless Requirements Block It

Pooled Event History Analysis

Initiative Process

Signature Requirements

Population Ideology

2021

Challenging Expectations: Ideological Benefits Drive Committee Selection Beyond Distribution

i

Descriptive Representation

US Congress Committees

Ideological Alignment

Member Self-selection

2021

Beyond Ideology: Why Tax Disputes Dominate Modern Policy Debates

i

Policy Space

Ideological Coalitions

NOMINATE Scores

Economic Dimensions

2021

Economic Factors Dampen Blue Wave Hopes for US Elections

i

Political Economy Model

Economic Forecasting Elections

2021

PS

Trade Adjustment Assistance and Protectionism: Substitutable Political Responses

i

Trade Adjustment

Substitution

Protectionism

Antidumping Duties

2021

Pollyvote's Unconventional Election Prediction: An Inside Look at Its Accuracy in the 2020 US Presidential Contest

i

Pollyvote

Social Media Analytics

Election Forecasting

2020 US Presidential Election

Data Fusion

2021

PS

Does Racist Elite Speech Embolden Prejudiced Citizens? A New Look at Trump's Impact

i

Racial Prejudice

Elite Communication

Emboldening Effect

Trump Campaign

2021

i

Study Finds: White Working Class Not Uniquely Key to Trump's 2016 Victory

White Working Class

Voter Turnout

2012 Election

Party Identification

2021

Motion Detection Shows Crossing the Aisle Predicts House Voting

i

Motion Detection

Video Data

U.S. House

Polarization

2021

i

Core Values Drive Polarization Beyond Ideology or Partisanship

Affective Polarization

Core Values

ANES Dataset

US Politics

2021

i

Beyond Stereotypes: How Obama Deflected Racial Rumors with Strategic Silence

Strategic Silence

Racial Stereotypes

Rumor Management

Campaign Communication

2021

i

Party Leaders Prefer Extremes Despite General Election Goals

County Leaders

Centrist Candidates

Elite Polarization

Partisan Differences

2021

i

Urban vs. Rural Identities Create Political Divides That Reshape National Policies

Urban Identity

Rural Identity

Political Polarization

National Governance

2021

i

2020

House Control Shifts: How Agenda Dominance Impacts Election Outcomes

Agenda Control

U.S. House

Congressional Elections

Political Representation

2020

i

Birthers Not Just Conspiracy Theorists: Ideology Trumps Partisanship in Predicting Beliefs

Conspiracy Beliefs

Partisanship

Ideology

American National Election Study (an)

Regression Analysis

2020

i

Before Reagan: How Anti-abortion Views Preceded the Republican Party's Political Alignment

Southern Strategy

Civil Rights

Conservative Voters

Abortion Politics

2020

Minority Influence in the House: A Surprising Look at Committee Votes

i

Bicameralism

Minority Influence

Committee Votes

Senate Rules

2020

Same-Sex Marriage Legalized, But Not Equally Responsive?

i

Descriptive Representation

Audit Experiment

U.S.

Same-sex Marriage

2020

i

Senate Rules Shift: Minority Party Bills Bypass Committees Amid Polarization Surge

Senate Committee Bypassing

Minority Senators

Polarization

Policy Agenda Power

2020

Military Occupation Boosted Taxes in Post-Civil War South, but What Happened When Troops Left?

i

Elite Capture

Freedmen Suffrage

Military Occupation

Reconstruction Era

Taxation Policy

2020

i

Appointment vs Election: Why Governors' Methods Affect Executive Diversity

Descriptive Representation

Appointment Process

Election Mechanisms

State Governments

2020

Diversity in Legislators Not Enough for Leadership

i

African Americans

Women

State Legislatures

Original Data

2020

Do Longer Terms Boost City Responsiveness? A Counterintuitive Look at NYC Elections

i

Constituency Responsiveness

New York City

San Francisco

Difference-in-Differences

2020

i

Party Lines Not Driving District Demographic Misperceptions

Demographic Perception

State Legislator Survey

Polarization Gap

U.S. States

2020

New Homeowners Increase Political Activity: A Look at California and Texas

i

Property Ownership

California

Texas

Contribution Records

2020

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Sorting Explains Polarization? New Data Shows It’s Not That Simple...

Partisan Sorting

Neighborhood Preferences

Geographic Polarization

Simulation Study

2020

New Study Finds @realDonaldTrump's Mexico Tweets Significantly Impact Peso Volatility

i

Trump_tweets

Peso_volatility

Policy_resolve

Newcomers_leadership

2020

i

Partisan Donors Drive Congressional Polarization in US Elections

Partisan Donors

Polarization

Responsiveness

Candidate Selection

2020

i

Economic Segregation Spikes Policy Responses—Why Unequal Outcomes Emerge

Economic Segregation

Redistricting

Descriptive Representation

Inequality Theory

2020

i

Social Ties Drive Congressional Success: A New Look at Legislative Effectiveness

Network Effects

Heckman Correction

Cosponsorship Links

Alumni Networks

2020

i

How Do U.S. Municipal Officials Make Uncertain Election Decisions?

Municipal Elections

U.S. Officials

Survey Experiment

Political Decision Making

2020

i

Electoral Timing Matters? Field Experiment on U.S. Incentives Shows Nuances

Field Experiment

Investment Incentives

U.S. Municipalities

Electoral Cycles

2020

i

Feds Don't Dictate All: State Finances Shape Race to Top Uptake

Race To The Top Initiative

RttT

Federal Stimulus

U.S.

State Budgets

Capacity

Budget Allocation

2020

Women Legislators Outperform Men in Responsiveness Despite Higher Policy Activity

i

Descriptive Representation Theory

Constituent Responsiveness

U.S.

2020

Campaign Networking: A Tool for Congressional Gains or Strategic Losses?

i

Campaign Resources

Congressional Networks

FEC Data

Partisan Advantage

2020

i

Identity Not Destiny: Why Partisanship Fuels Self-Categorization Shifts

Identity Politics

Partisan Alignment

Panel Data Analysis

Demographic Segmentation

2020

i

Income Inequality's Impact on State Party Representation: Rich Influence Varies by Partisan Lines

Income Inequality

Party Representation

Quantitative Analysis

Democratic Politics

2020

WWII Veterans' Military Service Linked to Enduring Democratic Shifts, New Study Reveals

i

New Deal Realignment

WWII Veterans

GI Joe

Presidential Elections

2020

PS

Mapping Influence: State-by-State Party Network Shifts 2000-2016

i

Party Networks

Partisan Alignment

Candidate Donations

Backbone Method

2020

Spending vs Funding in Budget Research: A Measurement Matter

i

Appropriations

Spending

Committee Influence

Pork Distribution

2020

i

Gun Violence Shockwaves Fail To Sway Elections Despite Media Focus

Democratic Accountability

Regression Discontinuity Design

Issue Salience

2020

i

Hitchhiker Bills Show Lawmakers Are More Effective Than We Thought

Legislative Hitchhikers

Senate Bills

Agenda Constraints

Bipartisanship

2020

i

Party Control Fails To Predict State Policy Performance, Study Finds

Retrospective Voting

US States

Difference-in-difference

Regression Discontinuity

2020

i

Rethink Partisan Polarization on Black Suffrage from Early Republic to Civil War

Racial Realignment

Early Republic

Pre-civil War Era

Party Speeches

2020

Local vs National: How Party Competition Favors Coalitional Stability in US Municipalities

i

Party Competition

Coalition Stability

American Local Government

Voter Balance

2020

i

Why Are US Voters Splitting by Gender? Sorting Explains It

Gender Gap

Sorting

Polarization

Education

2020

i

Party Sub-Brands Offer More Than Simple Ideology

Ideological Factions

Party Sub-Brands

House Data

Quantitative Analysis

2020

i

Less Bias in US Interest Groups? New Data Shows Surprising Preferences Until Weighted by Spending

Interest Group Bias

PAC Contributions

Lobbying Expenditures

Congressional Roll Calls

2020

i

New Study Reveals How State Ideology Fuels Original Policy Creation

Policy Borrowing

Policy Inventing

State Legislatures

Renewable Portfolio Standards

2020

i

Why Opposition Voters Distrust Rivals in South Africa's Dominant-Party Era

Trust

Partisanship

Dominant Party

South Africa

Trust Game

2020

i

Conservative Political Science Studies Rarely Published? Exploring the File-Drawer Effect

File-drawer Effect

ANES Data

Gender Bias Politics

Representation Gap

Conservative Studies

2020

PS

Why Voters Hold Governors & Legislatures Accountable Differently

i

Voter Knowledge

Accountability Standards

Pooled Surveys

Regression Analysis

2020

How Fox News Changed Congressional Races: A Counterintuitive Look at Media Influence

i

Fox News

United States

Candidate Entry Decision Calculus

Perceptions Of Vulnerability

2020

i

Symbolic Attitudes Dominate Health Insurance Decisions, Study Shows

Symbolic Politics

Self-Interest Behavior

Gallup Poll

ACA Implementation

2020

Surprising Shifts in White Voter Alignments Across States

i

Cultural Alignment

White Voters

State Electorates

US Politics

2020

i

Former Lawmakers' Lobbying Power Wanes as Legislatures Turn Over

Revolving Doors

Legislative Turnover

Assembly Size

Interest Groups

2020

i

Social Status Competition on Social Media Fuels Economic Conservatism Among Affluent Americans

Social Media

Economic Policy

Inequality

Status Competition

2020

i

American Dream Belief Fluctuates With Reality

American Dream

Social Mobility

Economic Inequality

Political Beliefs

2020

i

Slow Shifts in State Racial Resentment Levels Revealed Through 1980-2016 Data

Racial Resentment

Multilevel Regression

US States

1980s

2000s

Symbolic Racism

2020

African American Legislators Elected Amid Southern Republican Surge

i

African American Legislators

Southern States

Election Analysis

Republican Representation

2020

White Women Lean Right Despite Gender Gap

i

White Women

Partisanship

American National Election Study

Race Gap

2020

2 text files

Pandemic Accountability: How COVID-19 and the Economy Undermined Trump's Support

i

COVID-19

Economic Voting

Democratic Accountability

Trump

Survey Experiment

2020

When Committees Align with Policy Interests: How Matching Affects State Legislators' Success

i

Committee Matching

Policy Alignment

State Legislature

Rational Choice

2020

Why Do Our Deepest Values Divide Us Politically?

i

Moral Convictions

Affective Polarization

Partisan Sorting

American Electorate

2020

i

Does Partisan Misalignment Drive City Lobbying? A New Study Examines Representation Gaps

Partisan Logic

City Mobilization

State Lobbying

Districts Electing

2020

i

How Much Does Partisanship Drive Animosity? Experiments Reveal Policy Disagreement's Dominance.

Partisan Animosity

Policy Disagreement

Experimental Design

United States Politics

2020

i

Did The Resistance Spark Adolescent Protests After 2016?

Adolescent Protests

American Adolescents

Role Model Influence

Political Disillusionment

2020

i

Why Professional Legislatures Attract Better Candidates

Professionalism

Candidate Quality

Chile

Regression Discontinuity

2020

Polarization Doesn't Define All: Values Shape How Ideology Fuels Partisanship

i

Ideology

Partisanship

Egalitarianism

Moral Traditionalism

2020

i

Clown Coverage Meets Celebrity: Trump's 2016 Campaign Dominates Media

Celebrity Politics

Journalism Standards

Trump Campaign

Coverage Dilemma

2020

Beyond Simple Roll Rates: How Low Participation Signals Party Influence

i

Counterfactual Analysis

Roll Rates

Agenda Control

Institutional Power

US House

2020

BLM Frames: Which Identity Angle Spur Protest or Support?

i

Black Lives Matter

Experimental Design

Intersectionality Theory

African American Identity

2020

i

Climate Disasters Boost Climate Ballot Measures in Democratic Areas

Partisan Effects

Wildfire Exposure

Climate Change Beliefs

Ballot Measures

2020

Why The Gender Gap In Candidates Largely Reflects Their Absence From Key Political Roles

i

Gendered Pipeline

Candidate Pools

Officeholders

Political Contributions

2020

i

2019

Rhetorical vs Policy Representation: Why Was Obama Not the Black President?

Rhetorical Rep

Policy Rep

Obama Presidency

African American Leaders

2019

A Race for Regulations: How Unified Government Speeds Agency Rulemaking

i

Unified Government

Statutory Deadlines

Regulatory Competition

Representation

2019

Does Failing to Account for Early Exposure Bias Explain Mass Shootings?

i

Pre-Treatment Exposure

Panel Data Analysis

Causal Inference

Mass Shootings

2019

i

Trump's GOP Support: Conservative vs Female Republicans

Republican Party

Descriptive Representation

Conservative Republicans

Female Representatives

2019

More Interest Groups But More Lobbyists: Institutional Change Explains Growth

i

Lobbying Intensity

Term Limits

Lobbying Regulations

One-party Dominance

Quantitative Analysis

2019

Blue Line That Spurned Romney Backed Trump, Study Shows

i

Blue Line

Police Union

FOP

Political Endorsements

2019

PS

i

Fact-checks Can Counter Presidential Misinformation on Climate Change Despite Political Backfire

Presidential Misinformation

Fact-checking

Political Polarization

Climate Change Beliefs

2019

Violent Protests Boost Policy Support, Not Reduce It — New Study on 1992 LA Riot

i

Violent Protest

Policy Shift

Voter Turnout

Data Analysis

2019

i

When Headlines Favor Trump's Rivals: Scandal Coverage Shifts Republican Opinions

Partisan Reaction

Experimental Design

Media Focus

Trump-russia Scandal

2019

Congress May Be More Powerful Than You Think

i

Congressional Veto

Spatial Model

Federal Regulations

Presidential Endorsement

2019

i

Trump Supporters Less Willing to Define Conservatism

Operational Conservatism

Symbolic Conservatism

Conceptual Conservatism

Never Trump Voters

Trump Supporters

Party Identification

2019

Phone Town Halls Get Boost in Member-Constituency Communication

i

Telephone Town Halls

Communication Strategy

Member Of Congress

Constituent Opinion

2019

2 R files

Mass Shootings Don't Boost Gun Control Support? New Study Challenges Assumption

i

Critical Events

Gun Control Support

Mass Shootings

US Adults

2019

i

Interest Group Signals in Congress: Early Cues vs Later Momentum

Cue-taking

Legislative Process

Interest Groups

Cosponsors

2019

i

Shared Identity Fuels Congressional Representation

Descriptive Representation

Constituency Service

Veterans

Senate Communication

2019

i

Budget Tradeoffs Explained: Partisan Differences Amplified by Tax Limits

Peterson Typology

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Expenditure Limits

2019

Surprising Political Science Discovery from President Trump

i

Descriptive Representation

Rational Choice Theory

Presidential Campaign

Group Loyalty

2019

i

Presidential Approval Fuels, Not Curbs, Executive Orders: A Contrarian Take

Presidential Power

United States

Executive Orders

Vector Autoregression

2019

i

Economic Inequality's Threat to Democracy?

Economic Inequality

Democratic Accountability

New Gilded Age

Wealth Concentration

2019

i

Why Trade Hostility Grew Despite Falling Unemployment

Great Recession

Trade Attitudes

American Public

Future Threat Perception

2019

BJPS

Federalism's Double-Edged Sword in Welfare Policy

i

Federalism

Racialization

Tanzania (tancf)

Caseload

2019

Union Decline Spreads Across States Despite Liberal State Governments

i

Diffusion Theory

United States

Federalism

Liberal State Governments

2019

Why Ex-Congress Members Excel at Lobbying

i

Lobbyist Value Added

Narrow Election Wins

Congressional Experience

K Street

2019

Female Politicians Prioritize Different Policies Despite Gender Stereotypes

i

Gender Stereotypes

Women Congress

Policy Priorities

Descriptive Representation

2019

i

Moderate Voters, Polarized Laws: How Geography Fuels Political Division

Ideological Polarization

US State Legislatures

District Heterogeneity

Median Voter

2019

i

Why Hotter Districts Spark Climate Legislation: Partisan Responses to Local Temperature Anomalies

Climate Legislation

Temperature Anomalies

Multilevel Model

Democratic Legislators

2019

Was 2016 Unusual? Examining County Flips & Education Gaps Since 1952

i

County Flips

Education Gap

Partisan Sorting

Counterfactual Analysis

2019

Incumbents Use Ideological Signaling to Win Re-Elections

i

Incumbency Advantage

Ideological Signaling

Descriptive Representation

Cooperative Congressional Election Study

US House Elections

Policy Implications

2019

i

Cue-Taking Persists Late in Policy Debates: Field Experiments Show Influence in State Legislatures

Cue-Taking

State Legislature

Field Experiment

Policy Diffusion

2019

5 R files

Beyond Diversity: Examining Gender Stereotypes Among White Voters in 2016

i

Gender Stereotypes

Race

2016 Presidential Election

Voter Behavior

2019

i

Does Partisanship Affect How Leaders Face Accountability for Foreign Policy?

Audience Costs

Experimental Method

Trump Presidency

Polarization

2019

Beyond Rules: How Committee Smarts Shape US Law Today

i

Committee Power

Descriptive Representation

Mixed Methods Study

Regression Discontinuity Design

2019

The Surprising Influence of Leadership PAC Donations on Incumbency

i

Leadership PACs

Party Status

Ideological Fit

Incumbency

2019

Contrary to Expectations, Divided Government Limits Executive Unilateralism

i

Separation Of Powers Systems

United States

Polarization

Quantitative Analysis

2019

Congress Effectively Shapes Agency Policy Through Direct Communication

i

Interbranch Relations

U.S. Department Of Labor

Legislative Lobbying

Policy Reversal

2019

Why Mass Shootings Boost Gun Control Support Despite Partisan Divides?

i

Mass Shootings

Gun Control Support

Public Policy Feedback

Contextual Effects

2019

i

Machine Learning Surpasses Survey Methods in Measuring Politicians' Personalities

Machine Learning Accuracy Measuring Traits Speeches

2019

i

Beyond the Invisible Primary? Trump's Unique Response to Media Attention in 2016

Invisible Primary

Media Attention

Quantitative Analysis

Polling Data

2019

Despite Increased Party Cohesion in Congress, Bipartisan Lawmaking Persists

i

Party Cohesion

Bipartisan Lawmaking

Mayhew Dataset

Congressional Power

2019

Vocal Pitch Reveals Deeper Emotional Engagement in Female Legislators' Speech on Women

i

Vocal Pitch

Emotional Intensity

Congressional Speeches

Female Legislators

2019

2 archives

State Legislators' Professional Shifts: A New Dataset Explores 98 Chambers from 1993-2012

i

State Legislatures

Professional Backgrounds

Gender Ideology

Legislative Behavior

2019

Gun Control Debate Intensifies Despite Mass Shootings

i

Gun Control Debate

Polling Data

Response Patterns

Guns

Social Policy

2019

i

Policy vs. Public Opinion on Minimum Wages in U.S. States

Policy Responsiveness

Minimum Wage Bias

Direct Democracy Effects

United States

2019

i

Beyond the Fluke Narrative: Sincere Support for Sex Amendments?

Civil Rights Act

Equal Rights Amendment

Representation

Preference

2019

Where Do Experts & Public Agree on Democracy Under Trump?

i

Democratic Constraints

Bright Lines Theory

Expert-public Divergence

Civilian-military Relations

2019

Electoral Shifts: Why Southern Legislators Risk Short-Term Loss for Long-Term Gain

i

Party Switching

American South

Political Ambition Analysis

Electoral Costs

2019

Industry vs Environmental Groups: Similar Strategies in State Rulemaking?

i

Rulemaking

Stakeholder Engagement

Insider Strategy

Outsider Tactic

US States

2019

Education Shifts Priorities: Higher Drop-Out Age Reduces Democratic Support

i

Dropout Age

Democratic Party

Usa

Generalized Difference-in-differences

2019

i

How Did Racial Attitudes and Economic Distress Shape 2016 Voting? New Findings on White vs. Other Voters

Cooperative Congressional Election Survey

2016 Us Election

Voting Behavior

Economic Distress

Racial Attitudes

2019

Does Shared Power Boost Democratic Satisfaction? Exploring Federal-State Partisan Dynamics

i

Partisan Representation

US Voters

Survey Experiment

Institutional Competition

2019

Why Did Voters Choose a Controversial Novice? Testing Clinton's Post-Election Analysis

i

US Election 2016

Defeat Analysis

Text Analysis

Campaign Dynamics

2019

Legislative Committees Improve Decisions Through Information Sharing, New Experiments Show

i

Informational Theory

Committees

Representation

Voting Rules

2019

i

House Majority Party Ties Boost Lobbying Firms' Profits, Study Finds

Legislative Subsidies

Lobbying

House Majority Party

Democratic Republicans

2019

How Whites Saw Themselves Helped Trump Win in 2016

i

White Perception Gap

Color-blindness Studies

Job Market Beliefs

Systematic Racism Views

2019

Southern State Agencies Fight Federal Orders 3.75x More Than Others, Study Finds

i

Administrative Sectionalism

FERC

Southern US

Mixed Methods Analysis

Nonacquiescence

Bureaucratic Impartiality

2019

New Measure for LGBT Advocacy Strength at State Level

i

LGBT Advocacy Groups

National Center For Charitable Statistics

State-level Measurement

Revenue Data

2019

Beyond the Establishment: Status Threat Explains Foreign Policy Divide Among Trump Supporters

i

Status Threat Theory

Foreign Policy Preferences

2016 ANES

Trump Supporters

Regression Analysis

2019

Civil War Motivation: Slave Ownership Compelled Service Despite Wealth Incentives

i

Wealth Inequality

Slave Ownership

South Motivation

Land Lottery Experiment

2019

i

Insurance Influence in State Politics: A Neglected Factor in Legislative Priorities

Descriptive Representation Theory

IPII Dataset

Insurance Industry Influence

State Legislators

Bill Drafting

2019

Does Twitter Reveal Politicians Follow Public Priorities or Just Their Supporters?

i

Agenda Setting

Vector Autoregression

Twitter Data

Responsiveness

2019

i

Vocal Community Participants Fall Short in Representing Broader Public

Descriptive Representation Theory

US

Voter Files

Meeting Minutes

2019

#NeverTrump Explained: Identity, Not Policy, Drives Congressional Defection

i

2018

Identity Politics

Descriptive Representation

Gender Gap

Establishment Bias

2018

National Economic Data Aggregates Local Information Voters Actually Use

i

Spatial Aggregation

Representation Theory

Contextualized Perception

Media Influence

2018

i

America's Two Worlds: Civic vs. Religious Approaches to Social Assistance

Religious Welfare

Civic Welfare

Regional Variation

United States

2018

Elite Polarization Puzzle: Why Do Republican Politicians Misread Their Own Voters?

i

Elite Polarization

Descriptive Representation

Partisan Bias

Constituents Support

2018

i

Uneasy Compromise: Why Apportionment Stability Hinged on Absent States

Coalitional Stability

Three-Fifths Clause

Great Compromise

Continental Congress States

Voting Share Simulation

2018

i

Passing Law Boosts Policy Focus Despite Uncertainty

Electoral Incentives

Error Correction Modeling

Policy Attention

United States

Congressional Activity

Legislative Agenda

2018

i

Uber's Regulatory Tightrope: Disrupting While Dodging Oversight

Representative Politics

Institutional Capture

Dual Regulation

City

State

Judicial Venue

2018

How Do US States Navigate Supermajority Tax Rules Over Time?

i

Supermajority Rule

Constitutional Constraints

State Taxes

Legislative Power

2018

Same-Sex Recognition in Mexico vs US Shows Surprising Rights Progress

i

Same-sex Recognition

Civil Rights

Social Movements Theory

Partisan Politics

Federalism

2018

Does Informal Persuasion Matter More in State Houses? Expert Study Points Otherwise

i

Legislative Effectiveness

North Carolina

Michigan Legislature

Gregory Wright

Expert Evaluation

2018

States Shifted from Margins: Policy Polarization Intensifies Since 2000

i

Policy Polarization

State Governments

Countries

Political Control

2018

Elite Polarization Sparks Better Mass Alignment

i

Elite Polarization

ANES Data

DW-NOMINATE

Ideological Alignment

2018

i

Interest Groups Money Doesn't Elect Most Politicians - But It Matters More Later

Campaign Finance

Procedural Power

Difference-in-differences

US State Legislature

2018

i

Partisanship Limits Interest Group PAC Donations: A Surprising New Constraint

Interest Groups

PAC Donors

Partisanship Constraint

Difference-in-differences

2018

i

Spatial Alignment Closes in Congressional Elections

Spatial Proximity

2008 Election

2010 Election

US Voters

2018

Ideology Dominates Over Party Loyalty and Public Opinion in State ACA Votes

i

Ideology

Legislators

ACA Implementation

Voting Behavior

2018

Campaign Cash Outperforms Congressional Votes in Predicting Lobbyist Influence

i

Supervised Machine Learning

Roll Call Scores

Predictive Modeling

Campaign Finance

US Politics

Congressional Voting

2018

i

Direct Knowledge Exchange Shapes U.S. State Energy Policy Decisions

Knowledge Networks

U.S. States

Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)

Electricity Deregulation

2018

Why Did Syrian Refugee Mobilization Surge in Jordan's Za'atari Camp?

i

Refugee Mobilization

Informal Leadership

Governance Regimes

Za'atari Camp

2018

Does Union Strength or Donations Drive Political Representation Equality? New Insight on Unequal Democracy.

i

Political Equality

Labor Unions

Mobility

U.S.A

2018

i

Stronger Legislatures Mean Riskier Bonds

Legislative Capacity

Institutional Strength

Credit Risk

States

2018

i

Senior staffers overestimate conservative/Republican constituent views

Legislative Staff

Constituent Opinion

Survey Experiment

US Congress

2018

i

Reforms Boosted Personal Votes in Gilded Age Congress: New Study Reveals

Legislative Entrepreneurship

Australian Ballot

Nominating Primary

Private Legislation

2018

i

New Measure Uncovers Foreign Policy Positions Beyond Domestic Voting Patterns

Bayesian Item Response

US Congress

Foreign Policy

Measurement

2018

i

Unions Still Check U.S. Income Inequality Despite Decline in Membership

Labor Unions

United States

Income Inequality

State Policy

2018

Can Policies Sabotage Their Rivals? Study Shows Conservative Network Legislation Weakens Public Unions

i

Policy Feedback

Conservatism

Public Unions

State Politics

2018

State Policy Shifts Surprise Experts: Incumbents Drive Gradual Change, Not Just Partisans

i

Dynamic Responsiveness

Incumbents Adaptation

State Policy Liberalism

American States

2018

i

Electoral Weakness Drives Protectionist Trade Policy

Presidential Particularism

Electoral Calculus

United States

Quantitative Analysis

2018

Electoral Reform in California Didn't Boost Representation: New Study Finds

i

Representation Congruence

California

Independent Redistricting Commission

Top-two Primary

2018

Beyond Voting: Citizen Engagement Boosts Policy Congruence Under ACA

i

Affordable Care Act

Descriptive Representation

Citizen Engagement

Cooperative Congressional Election Study

2018

1 text files

Competitive Elections Push States Toward Unconstitutional Laws?

i

Electoral Competition

Judicial Review

Supreme Court

US States

2018

Opportunity Structures Drive Women's Collaboration in State Legislatures

i

Women Legislators

Legislative Behavior

Representation

Institutions

Collaborative Politics

2018

How One Party Controls the Agenda Without a Majority in Mexico's Fragmented Congress

i

Agenda-setting

Gatekeeping

Coalitions

PRI

Roll-call

2018

i

Pork Barrel Politics: Early America's Counterintuitive Shift Away From Elective Favoritism

Pork Barrel

US Congress

Credit Claiming

Solid South

1870s Shift

2018

i

Death Panels Stirred Debate, But Elite Influence on US Healthcare Was More Limited Than Imagined

Elite Rhetoric

Death Panels

2009-2010 Healthcare Debate

Descriptive Representation

2018

i

The Political Implications of American Concerns About Economic Inequality

2018

i

Charter School Initiative Reveals Surprising Voter Coalitions Across Partisanship

Charter Schools

Washington State

Ballot Initiative

Voting Patterns

2018

Medicaid Expansion Boosts Voter Registration: New Evidence from State-Level Data

i

Medicaid Expansion

National Federation Of Independent Business V. Sebelius

Voter Registration

Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

2018

i

The Things They Carried: Generational Effects of the Vietnam War on Elite Opinion

2018

Why Do Women Stay Out of Politics? It’s Not Just Gender Bias – But a Double Bind

i

Double Bind

Conjoint Experiments

Descriptive Representation

Social Role Conflict

2018

i

Presidential Nominations: How Agency Independence and Ideology Shape Who Gets Confirmed

Agency Independence

Appointee Ideology

Presidential Nominations

Confirmation

2018

i

Does Fiscal Transparency Truly Help the Poor? New Data Shows Otherwise

Fiscal Transparency

Class Bias Voter Participation

Welfare Effort

US States

2018

Higher Veto Override Thresholds Boost Executive Budget Influence in US States

i

Veto Thresholds

US Governors

Legislative-executive Relations

Budgetary Power

2018

i

Polarization's hidden cost: Voters less responsive in divided elections

Ideological Conflict

Motivated Reasoning

Polarization

Survey Experiment

2018

i

ACA's Impact on Politics: How Policy Benefits and Burdens Shape Public Opinion

Policy Feedback

ACA Opinions

US Partisanship

Burden Benefits

2018

Did You Know Women-Only Sponsored Bills Face Lower Passage Rates?

i

Women's Issues

Congressional Legislation

Sponsorship Gender Gap

Failure Rates

2018

i

2017

Civil Rights Roll Calls Reveal Less Polarized Conflict Than Perceived

Polarization

Us House

Civil Rights

Roll Call Voting

2017

i

How Does the Updated Squire Index Measure Legislative Professionalization?

Legislative Professionalization

Squire Index Update

Measurement Methodology

2017

Presidential Copartisans and Federal Grant Allocation Strategies

i

Presidents

Senators

Federal Grants

Copartisans

2017

Constitutional Qualms or Partisan Preferences? Why Americans Don't Automatically Check Presidential Unilateral Action

i

Unilateral Action

Partisan Concerns

Constitutional Constraints

Survey Experiments

2017

i

Congressional Diffusion

Discharge Petitions Data

Rational Choice Theory

2017

i

State Legislators' Votes Go Unpunished, Accountability Study

Descriptive Representation

Accountability Mechanisms

Rational Choice Theory

Partisan Districts

State Legislators

Roll Call Voting

2017

i

Candidate Ideology Scores Rarely Agree Within Parties

Ideology

Congress

Roll-call

Representation

Measurement

2017

i

Direct Democracy Boosts Responsiveness to Same-Sex Marriage Policies, Study Finds

Direct Democracy

Same-sex Marriage

Dynamic Representation

Policy Congruence

2017

States Compete or Free-Ride on Tobacco Policies?

i

Tobacco Policies

Competitive Dynamics

Free-Rider Effects

US States

2017

Gender Equality Barometer: Tracking State-Level Attitudes 1972-2010

i

Gender Equality

Attitudinal Measure

State-Level Variation

Survey Aggregation

2017

Air Polluters Exploit Wind Patterns in Federal States

i

Federalism

Strategic Location Theory

States

Usa

2017

i

Prop 187 Shifted California Hispanics Leftward, Study Shows

Partisan Alignment

Descriptive Representation

California Politics

Texas Politics

2017

Term Limits Boost Elections? New Study Finds Contrasting Effects

i

Term Limits

Voter Turnout

Regression Analysis

State Legislatures

2017

Lobbying Across Branches: When Policy Venues Shift, Advocates Mobilize Again

i

Issue Tracing

California Policy

Lobby Relocation

Business Interests

Public Advocacy

2017

Election Results Shape Representation for Decades: A Surprising Persistence Effect

i

Regression Discontinuity

Representation Persistence

Coin Flip Election

US House

Senate Roll Call

2017

BJPS

4 Stata files

Congress Can Turn Public Opinion Against President: What Five Experiments Reveal

i

Presidential Support

Congressional Objections

Experimental Studies

United States

2017

i

Uneven Trade Protection Benefits in US Reflect Political Competition, Study Finds

Distributive Politics

Clientelism Theory

Comparative Advantage Principle

District-level Electoral Competition

2017

i

Polarization Turns Ambivalent Voters into Ideological Partisans

Ideological Anchors

ANES Data

Policy Implications

2017

i

Twitter Text Predicts State Polls: Campaign Strategy Insights from Social Media

Predictive Polling

Twitter Analysis

US Elections

Social Media Strategy

2017

i

Voting Rights Act Section 5 Boosted Black Representation, Study Finds

Voting Rights Act

Representation

Accountability

Shelby County

2017

i

Why Voters Prioritize White Students' Outcomes in California Elections?

Racial Inequality

Retrospective Voting

California School Board Elections

Voter Priorities

2017

i

Beyond Equal Effectiveness: How Some Legislators Shape Policy Quality and Change

Spatial Models

Legislative Effectiveness

Gridlock

U.S. Congress

2017

i

How Expertise Loss in State Committees Hinders Policy Effectiveness

State Legislatures

Committee Retention

Policy Specialization

Jurisdictional Change

2017

Campaign Money's Unexpected Role in State Fracking Policy

i

Hydraulic Fracturing

Pennsylvania

Campaign Donations

Roll-call Voting

2017

How Do Executive Orders Survive? The Answer Is Political Power

i

Executive Orders

Survival Analysis

Presidential Power

Policy Endurance

2017

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Did Responsiveness Drive Approval? New Evidence Challenges Cross-Sectional Links

Legislative Responsiveness

Descriptive Representation

US Congress

Recall Bias

2017

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2016

Does Money Buy Access? Field Experiment Reveals Campaign Contributions Facilitate Congressional Meetings.

Campaign Contributions

Randomized Field Experiment

Congressional Access

Deregulation Decisions

2016

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Why Do Congress's Top Pork Packers Get More?

Congressional Committees

Leadership Effects

Within-Member Design

Distributive Politics

2016

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New Study Reveals How Ideology Directs Distributive Politics in the US

Pork-barrel Politics

Ideological Representation

Distributive Policy

United States

2016

Divided Government Fuels Fragmentation in American Law

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Divided Government

Separated Powers

Policy Implementation

Statistical Analysis

2016

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Campaign Donors Boost Polarization Despite Heterogeneous Ideologies

Descriptive Representation

American States

Campaign Donors

Regression Analysis

2016

Higher Politician Salaries Don't Boost Working-Class Representation: A Contrarian Look at Economic Diversity in State Legislatures

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Descriptive Representation

Political Compensation

Working Class Politics

Rational Choice Theory

2016

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Presidents Improve Bureaucracy Through Experience: How Agency Appointments Reflect Their Learning Curve

Experiential Learning

Presidential Appointments

Federal Agencies

Agency Leadership

2016

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Gender Difference in American Public Opinion on the Use of Military Force, 1982-2013

2016

Politicians Systematically Discount Opposing Constituent Opinions, New Study Finds

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Constituents

Survey Experiment

Ideological Incongruence

Policy Position

2016

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Presidents Issue Fewer Orders When Congress Can Act: New Data Shows Capacity Matters More Than Ideology

Legislative Capacity

Separation Powers Politics

Mid 1940s Threshold

Regression Discontinuity

2016

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More Party Competition Predicts Higher Polarization — New Data Confirms Surprising Trend

Party Competition

State Legislatures

Polarization Index

U.S. States

2016

Federal Performance Data: A Counterproductive Tool for Local School Elections?

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Performance Federalism

School Tax Levies

Voter Behavior

Impoverished Districts

2016

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When Voters and Leaders Clash, Legislators Flip Flop More Often

Cross-Pressured Legislators

State Houses

Representation Theory

Partisan Politics

2016

1 R files

4 datasets

Segregation Fuels Polarization: How Racial Divides Sabotash Public Goods

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Segregation

Polarization

US Cities

Regression Discontinuity Design

2016

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Term Limits Reduce Bipartisan Cosponsorship Even With Longer Tenures?

Term Limits

Bipartisan Cosponsorship

Cross-Party Collaboration

Legislative Tenure

Professionalization Levels

2016

Tracking Decades of U.S. State Policy Liberalism: A Longitudinal Breakthrough

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Policy Liberalism

Cross-sectional Measures

Longitudinal Data

State Trends

2016

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Higher Black Voter Registration Correlates with Reduced Southern State Welfare Spending

Representation

Voter Registration

Southern States

Poverty Relief

2016

New Study Reveals How Fox News Influenced Congressional Voting Near Elections

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Strategic Responsiveness

Fox News

Election Cycle

Political Polarization

2016

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Senate Delays: Why Some Executive Nominees Face Obstruction While Others Don’t

Confirmation Delay Strategy

Ideological Alignment

Presidents Vs Senators

Institutional Politics

2016

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Threatening Veto Creates Legislative Gridlock

Presidential Veto

Filibuster Tactics

Legislative Riders

Conference Committee

2016

i

2015

Partisan Sorting Fuels Social Division Despite Stable Issue Alignments

Partisan Sorting

ANES Data

Political Identity Alignment

Behavioral Polarization

2015

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Presidential Smarts Come at a Foreign Policy Cost

Presidential Competency

Descriptive Representation

U.s.

International Conflicts

2015

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Candidates Copy Each Other's Strategies Through Consultant Networks

Consultant Networks

Campaign Strategy

Candidate Copying

Diffusion

2015

Senators Tailor Explanations to Policy Positions: Why Most Voters Notice

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Strategic Communication

Field Experiment

Survey Experiment

Policy Positions

2015

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Fearful? Angry? New Study Shows Extreme Affective Polarization is Automatic

Partisan Polarization

Implicit Bias

Party Identification

Social Norms

2015

8 text files

Professionalization vs Effectiveness: What Makes State Legislatures More Accomplished?

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Professionalized Legislatures

State Government

Oversight Capacity

Representation Theory

2015

Presidential Spending: Rewarding Swing State Loyalists Strategically

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Presidential Particularism

Swing States Targeting

Core Partisan Counties

Election Cycles

2015

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Fact-Checking as a Deterrent? Field Experiment Targets US Legislators' Accuracy

Reputational Cost

US Legislators

Field Experiment

Deterrent Effect

2015

How Extended Party Networks Help Challengers in US Elections?

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Extended Party Networks

US House Races

Network Analysis

Logistic Regression

2015

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The Repercussions of Realignment: United States-China Interdependence and Exchange Rate Politics

2015

How Policy Ideas Travel Through Legislation

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Policy Diffusion

Text Reuse Analysis

Legislative Content

US Congress

2015

New Study Reveals How Government Subsidies Fuel Union Power

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Mandatory Bargaining

Teachers Unions

US Public Sector

Policy Feedback

2015

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2014

Primary Elections Don’t Spark Moderate Politicians—Study Finds

Primary Elections

Polarization Impact

Ideology Extremism

2014

Why Combining Polls, Markets, Experts & Models Boosted 2012 Election Predictions

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PollyVote

Forecasting

United States

Election 2012

2014

PS

Partisan Media Shapes Votes Not Just by Reinforcing Existing Preferences

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Partisan Media Effects

Vote Choice Dynamics

2008 Election Panel Data

Reinforcement Vs Activation

2014

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Budgets Explode During Crises, But Follow a Steady Exponential Growth Pattern Otherwise

Incrementalism

Policy Process Models

Temporal Dynamics

Exponential Growth

2014

13 text files

Spillover Ads Boost Contributions: Campaign Spending in Non-Battleground Areas Increases Donations

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Propensity Score Matching

Spillover Advertising

Battleground States

Presidential Campaigns

2014

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Congress Oversight vs White House Influence on Agencies - An Election Game?

Congressional Oversight

Committee Involvement

Bureaucratic Agency

White House Influence

2014

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A New Way to Measure Political Ideology Across the US Government and Donors

Campaign Finance Data

Ideal Points

Political Donors

US Congress

Interest Groups

2014

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Presidents Prioritize Non-Policy Patronage for Agencies Off Their Agenda

Presidential Appointees

Obama Administration

Agency Performance

Formal Modeling

2014

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Against All Odds: How Citizens' Views Shape City Policies Despite Non-Ideological Assumptions

Descriptive Representation

Policy Conservatism

U.S. Cities

Opinion Estimation

2014

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Casualties Near Home Spark Congressional Anti-War Shifts Despite Wider Partisan Divides

Casualty Locations

Congress Floor Votes

Iraq War

Partisan Divides

2014

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Why Unilateral Executive Orders Don't Signal Full Presidential Power

Presidential Discretion

Legislative Preferences

Party Influence

Item-response Model

2014

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Political Factors Trump Citizen Needs in Medicaid Expansion Decisions

Medicaid Expansion

Governors' Decisions

Patient Protection Affordable Care Act

Partisanship

2014

Women's Petition Canvassing Skills Transformed Political Activism in 1800s America

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Petition Canvassing

Signature Collection

Women Activism

Antislavery Movement

Seneca Falls Declaration

2014

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2013

Electoral Incentives Fuel Polarizing Strategies in Congressional Representation

Electoral Incentives

Collective Representation

Appropriation Focus

Position-taking

2013

3 text files

Black Legislators Respond More Even When No Political Gain

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Black Legislators

Field Experiment

Intrinsic Motivation

2013

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Why Split State Governments Draw More Foreign Investment

FDI

Divided Government

State Politics

Panel Analysis

2013

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1 Datasets

Term Limits Didn't Reduce Spending? Here's What the Data Says

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Causal Inference

State Institutions

Treatment Effect Heterogeneity

Differences-in-Differences

2013

Contributions Reveal Ideology Differently Than Votes

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Ideology

Contribution Data

Ideal Point Estimation

Statistical Methods

2013

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Legislators Prioritize Representation Beyond Policy to Secure Reelection

Descriptive Representation

Legislative Institutions

District Demand

Survey Experiments

2013

1 PDF files

Political Parties Often Favor Affluent Citizens Even in Early Platforms

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Political Homophily

California Counties

Institutional Collective Action

Public Policy

2013

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Descriptive Representation

State Party Platforms

U.S.

Income Inequality

2013

Quantitative Evidence Reveals Not All Wars Boost Presidential Power Over Congress

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Wartime Presidency

Presidential Influence

Congressional Voting Behavior

US House

2013

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Minority Women Legislators Excel in Polarized House Despite Odds

Descriptive Representation

U.S. House

Legislative Polarization

Consensus-building

2013

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2012

Presidents Get Rewarded Despite Voters' Deficit Claims

Federal Spending

Regression Discontinuity Design

United States Elections

Co-partisan Members

2012

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2011

State Legislatures: The Next Frontier for Spatial Voting Research?

Spatial Voting

Roll Call Data

Ideal Point Estimation

State Legislatures

2011

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Playing to the Home Crowd? Symbolic Use of Economic Sanctions in the United States

2011

Balancing legislative activity and sponsorship frequency is key to success

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Congressional Effectiveness

U.S. House

Legislative Activity

Sponsorship Frequency

2011

2 other files

Southern Religions Drive Contemporary US Prohibition Persistence

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2010

Religious Composition

Counties

Southern US

Prohibition Persistence

2010

Bridging Ideologies: Using Congressional Transfers to Compare State Legislators

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Ideal Point Estimation

Bridge Actors

Congressional Common Space

State Legislatures

2010

How State Context Shapes the Christian Right's Political Influence

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Christian Right

State Politics

Influence Measurement

Contextual Variation

2010

Heterogeneous Groups Behave Differently: A New Measurement Model for Ideological Diversity

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Ideological Heterogeneity

U.s. States

Measurement Model

Descriptive Representation

2010

Problems, Politics, and Policy Streams: A Reconsideration US Foreign Aid Behavior toward Africa

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2010

How States Prioritize Spending: From Targeted Benefits to Public Goods

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2009

State Spending

Policy Priorities

Spatial Model

Representation

2009

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Direct Democracy Doesn't Change How Public Opinion and Policy Align in States

Direct Democracy

State Policy Liberalism

Organized Interests

Congruence

2009

Income inequality widens political influence gap as affluent voters sway policy outcomes more than their votes suggest

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2008

Income Inequality

Policy Responsiveness

Political Representation

2008

PS

1 PDF files

Introducing a New Database on U.S. State Policies: Ideology and Urbanism Measures

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Policy Liberalism

Policy Urbanism

Principal Components Analysis

Descriptive Representation

2008

Does Party Control in Congress Really Mean 'Leviathan'? A Second Look

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2007

Party Government

Descriptive Representation

Institutional Power

Legislative Studies

2007

How Powerful Are State Legislative Committees? New Data Measures Their Evolving Influence

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2006

State Legislatures

Committee Power

Quantitative Measurement

United States

2006

How Speech Analysis Measures Governor Ideology Accurately

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2005

Ideology Measurement

Speech Analysis Technique

Governors Political Preferences

2005

Why State Government Partisanship Data Matters More Than You Think

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2004

Partisan Balance

Measurement Error

Data Collection Methods

State Politics

2004