Redistricting plays a critical role in structuring the competitive terrain of American elections and shaping the quality of democratic representation. While often viewed as a routine administrative task, the redrawing
Dec 2025
Treating a friend to voter registration in a Divided America
As partisanship strengthens in the United States, unaffiliated voter registration is also increasing. We conducted an original survey experiment to understand voter registration choices among registered voters in Florida and
Mar 2025
Not a Teammate and Not a Fan: Probing the Identities of Unaffiliated Registered Voters
For decades, in most states with a party registration option, the percentage of voters registering as unaffiliated with a major political party has steadily increased. But who are these registered
Oct 2024
MAGA Trumps the Incumbency Advantage in a Dueling Incumbent Primary
Redistricting is the causal agent responsible for two incumbents facing off in U.S. House elections and hence, despite the rarity of these matchups, they occur periodically due to district boundary
Sep 2024
The changing South in presidential elections
We examine presidential elections in the American South. Our empirical starting point is the 2008 election of Democrat Barack Obama. We discuss political dynamics leading up to this historic contest
May 2024
The Increasing Nationalization of Local Elections: The Case of Prosecutors
To what extent are local races across the country being increasingly driven by politics at the national level? In this article, we examine the nationalization of elections for state executive
Mar 2024
Winners, Losers, and Voter Confidence in Response to Partisan Electoral Reform
In this article, we examine individual- and state-level voter confidence in Georgia from 2020 to 2022—an extremely contentious moment in Georgia politics. For the first time in 28 years, Georgia’s
Feb 2024
Taking the Pulse of Georgia Local Election Officials After Senate Bill 202
We analyze AP VoteCast survey data to determine if opinions toward the 2020 presidential election shaped participation and vote choice in the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff contests. Specifically, we estimate
Jan 2024
Nationalized Politics: Evaluating Electoral Politics Across Time
In the United States, politics has become increasingly nationalized in recent years as voter decision-making is now driven by partisan or national political forces rather than the attributes of individual
Sep 2023
Home Field Advantage: Roots, Reelection, and Representation in the Modern Congress
Anyone closely following American politics today will recognize the nationalized tenor of political dialogue and the behavior of the electorate. Candidates running for congressional office often echo the same themes
