We make use of multiple data sources to examine whether there has been geographical polarization in the political behavior of Texas Hispanics from 2012 to 2022. It is widely known
May 2024
In the Shadow of Trump: The 2022 Midterm Elections
In the months leading up to the 2022 midterms, Republicans believed a variety of factors were working in their favor including inflation and overall state of the economy, redistricting, and
Mar 2024
Repression, Interests and Outgroup Attitudes: A Survey Experiment in Post-Coup Myanmar
Can outgroup attitudes improve in a repressive context? Existing literature highlights how shared victimization generated under repression facilitates recategorization of identity boundaries, thereby ameliorating exclusionary attitudes. We propose an alternative
Mar 2024
Can Encounters With the State Improve Minority-State Relations? Evidence From Myanmar
What explains ethnic minorities’ attachment to the state? Our current understanding has primarily considered structural factors, particularly access to political power and modernization. Diverging from existing explanations, I theorize that
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
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
Aug 2023
How Much Is a Trump Endorsement Worth?
Former president Trump made hundreds of candidate endorsements in the 2022 Republican primaries. The state of Georgia garnered outsized attention because it was ground zero for Trump’s false accusations of
Aug 2023
Outsourcing the polity: non-state welfare, inequality, and resistance in Myanmar
In the past few decades, a single-party socialist regime, a military junta, elected leaders and, since February 2021, another military junta have ruled Myanmar. Throughout these regime changes, an enduring
Jun 2023
Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections
Is America in the midst of an electoral transformation? What were the sources of Joseph Biden’s victory in 2020, and how do they differ from Republican and Democratic coalitions of
