Affective polarization has become a vital concept in political science and beyond. Scholars from multiple disciplines examine the origins and consequences of polarization, not just in the United States, but
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
Sep 2025
The Lone Star State conjures up many myths and legends. Thoughts immediately turn to the defiant, heroic, and tragic last stand at The Alamo, its nearly decade-long existence as an
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
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
Jun 2020
TRENDS: Creating Parties in Congress: The Emergence of a Social Network
This article examines the creation of political parties in Congress with a focus on ties between emerging party leaders and members, 1789–1802. Using an egocentric selection model, we examine who
Oct 2018
Of Paradigms Won and Lost: The Neo-Corporatist World According to Howard J. Wiarda
Howard J. Wiarda overestimated the staying power of neo-corporatism. In 1997, when he proclaimed that corporatism would be as influential as liberalism and socialism, a number of factors were already
Dec 2016
What is the effect of gerrymandering on the partisan outcomes of United States Congressional elections? A major challenge to answering this question is in determining the outcomes that would have
